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You lie down, fully clothed.
Spinal traction in Slidell.
Pain in your leg or your arm that actually starts in your spine. Traction unloads the segment crowding the nerve, so the strengthening work can hold.
What It Is
Space for the nerve. Nothing forced.
When a disc bulges or a joint space narrows, the nerve passing by gets crowded. That is why the ache shows up in your calf or your hand, a long way from your spine. You have been treating the leg. The problem is upstream.
Spinal traction is a slow, controlled pull that unloads one segment of your spine. Less compression on the nerve can mean less of that burning line down the leg, and more room to move without bracing.
What it is not is a treatment on its own. Traction opens a quieter window. We spend that window loading the muscles that hold the segment, one-on-one with a licensed physical therapist. The pull gives you room. The strength is what keeps it.
Slow, controlled, stopped whenever you say
What It Helps
Where spinal traction earns its place.
If any of these is the reason you looked us up, this is worth reading.
What A Session Looks Like
Three steps, one visit.
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A slow pull, then a slow release.
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Then we load what holds it.
Why It Works
Four reasons it earns a place in your plan.
Sitting through dinner without shifting.
The drive to work stops ruining the morning.
Fewer nights the leg wakes you.
Strength work you can finally tolerate.
Pairs Well With
Spinal traction rarely works alone.
Questions, Answered
Straight answers about traction.
No. What you feel is a slow, steady stretch, and plenty of people find it relaxing. You control the intensity, and we stop the moment you ask. If your leg pain climbs during the pull instead of easing, that is useful information and we change the plan.
No. There is no thrust and nothing pops. Traction is a gradual pull that unloads one segment, held and then released. It is applied by a licensed physical therapist inside a plan that includes strengthening, not sold as a standalone visit.
Here is the honest answer. Traction unloads the area and can quiet nerve pain, which gives us a window to work in. It does not rebuild anything by itself. The strengthening you do inside that window is what holds the result, and that is exactly why we never use traction on its own.
No. Louisiana lets you start physical therapy without a physician referral, so you can book an evaluation now. If you already have imaging, bring it. If your evaluation turns up something that belongs with a physician instead, we tell you plainly and help you get there.
Coverage differs by plan, and we do not guess at it. We run a benefits check before your first visit, and a Good Faith Estimate is available if you are paying out of pocket. Call us at (985) 326-7260 with your card in your hand.
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Alpha Physical Therapy
- 1290 Front St STE 1B, Slidell, LA 70458
- (985) 326-7260
- Fax: (985) 326-7261
- scheduling@alphaptgroup.com
- Mon & Wed 8:00am to 6:00pm · Tue, Thu, Fri 8:00am to 5:00pm · Sat & Sun Closed