I remember when I'm a kid my dad used to hold me in my head to lift me for no reason. Now that I'm an adult I wish there is someone out there big enough to do the same to me for neck traction purposes.

I bought an inflatable neck device last week. I’ve been using it everyday for 5 minutes and cannot recommend it enough. Not one pain killer in 9 days! Says it all really. Great video buddy.

The inflatable neck device works wonders especially for people who sit at a deck all day and have neck and shoulder tension. The strength of the neck gave me some much needed relief to the back of my neck. I felt a release of pressure from my neck and spine.

Thanks very much for this. Consider that, if you do this a few times a week or a day, you are increasing the blood circulation to your joints, thus their ability to repair or maintain themselves, which has been impeded by lessened blood flow due to compression. That is according to a spine surgeon I consulted who told me my neck was a mess, but not bad enough to risk operation, and that he believed that getting my neck stretched by a chiropractor regularly (using a towel to pull my neck back for 30 secs at a time) would help maintain and repair to some extent the deteriorated joints. So, my partner does this for me and it is really effective at the time, and, if we do it often, over time. But I'm looking for a device to do it in between, since partner not always available.

I had one of the inflatable neck traction collars and if you have a fat neck it'll strangle you. I have that door traction Device and use it every day. I have scoliosis and arthritis and it really helps . I'd give it 5 stars. Well worth the money.

I have severe cervical compression. I bought both over the door traction device and the inflatable device. Both are good and slightly different in the relief they deliver. They don't cure but they do give some temporary relief and that's make them worth the money. I think it is good to have both as they each have advantages.

The inflatable neck donut thing is amazing. I've had this for a while too, I don't use it every day but I find it actually improves my posture after using it for 5-10 minutes. It really seems to take pressure off my upper back so I can stay more upright when at my desk.

Iuc inflatable neck traction device in between osteopath visits. It does bring me some relief without having to resort to pain killers. I wouldn't recommend using it as a net question on a flight though. Anyone who's used an inflatable travel pillow would have noticed even the slightest drop in altitude or cabin pressure will cause the air inside to expand so that could be kind of dangerous with the traction device.

Thank you! This video is exactly what I was looking for, covered all the different options out there in good detail

You are out of sight with your straight forward analysis. Appreciate it so much. Now I have to figure out how the hell I get my money back for the hammock unit. I absolutely love your forthright heads up reviews thank you sir

I have seen the final one advertised and it looked as if it would give good traction. It's nice to see it reviewed by a professional.

In Colorado my chiropractor uses the over the door device for me. Its a more professional one. But basically the same type. I have issues with my C5-C6 and it helps me ALOT. I ordered one for home use. Just trying to delay and avoid surgery. Thanks for the video.

I use the Core therapeutics cervical pillow for sustained traction. It keeps my neck in alignment and I love it. I use the gentle one.

I have the inflatable one and its working realy well.

For neck traction, I use my pillow, use force to make a curve that can fit on my neck. I just lie down and place my neck on pillow then position my neck wherein I feel most comfortable. I don't know about other people but I feel relieve on my neck which can be compared to what neck traction's purpose. I also use lumbar back traction but I have proper equipment for that.

I have the inflatable one and *love* it. It’s the only thing that’s really helped. I use it often!

I use the 4th device but without the door part. I use overhead beam. I suffered neck and shoulder pain due to pinched nerve as diagnose by a doctor for a few years. Use the device 30 minutes daily for first few days then every alternate days, after a week the pain no longer there. I would recommend the over the door device it cost me less than10 dollar US online from China.

The most professional video I have seen everything he says is true and accurate

The harness type that hangs from the ceiling are brilliant, I use mine for an hour every night while using the computer.

Very helpful! Thank you for taking the time put it together. Also, just for future reference, we just call it Velcro in the US.

We too call it Velco in the US

Thanks Man I purchased the pillows based on your advice.... thanks so much

Great review . Will advise my patients and pay it forward. Thanks for taking the time to offer your opinions.

A rope and towel off a door knob (neck hammock) has been a lifesaver for tightness below my occipital and muscles on right side of vertebrae. Better than inflatable. Will try vertical device next. Thank you!

I have the neck traction pillow, it works quite well. My pain management dr. said if I feel some relief, use it.

Thanks for saving me buying these

Nice video. I have the inflatable cushion device and absolutely love it!

Brilliant comparison video. Thanks for this, I won't buy the wrong devices.

Awesome video tutorial. It was just what I was looking for. Thanks very much. Extremely helpful.

The inflatable one was recommended by my chiropractor. I have not yet try it.

This is a very good review. I’ve tried the bellows pump up device and had to buy two of them both developed air leaks in short order. I now use the over the door device but mine has a plastic collapsible water bottle that the user fills with water to a specified level on the bag denoting weight. I really like it. But the over the door model you showcase seems better because it is a ratcheting device not needing a water bottle. I’ll order one of them. Thanks again for a great review.

With the inflatable one you don’t have to spend so much time pumping it just pull the hose off and blow it up yourself then use the inflation device to adjust to your comfort level because you have to pump that sucker 90 to 100 times to inflate it.

thanks so much to give your professional time to go through these device. it is exactly what i am looking for. sound like i will buy 4th one to try. thanks help me

Love this video! I however had to laugh at “hook and loop”… in the states it is definitely still Velcro 😂

We call in Velcro in the states too :)

Got the inflatable. Thanks for the conformation

thank you for your presentation.I' ve tried all of them, but the last one was better than for me .

I really like the way you present - so clear and informative. Could you review back /posture braces - the type which pull your shoulders back? Would you even recommend them? Thanks.

I have one of these in my dungeon. This was commical with you strapped in and trying to explain it's operation. (Overhead door product.)

Please make a video about the devices that do the same thing, but for the back. I mean devices to decompress vertebrae. Tnx

Thank you. You did a great job on this video. It answers the questions I had regarding the neck traction. I would like to know which one is best for reversed curvature of the neck.

I have been using the Neck Cloud for my cervical vertigo.

Really helpful, thanks for this. Good honest comparison & testing.

Thanks a lot was looking into buying the neck hammock Will now get the inflatable one 👍

I just bought one of the blow up devices but I find that when I pump it up I cant keep my head up and neck straight- it pushes my head forward instead of up away from my shoulders- am I using it wrong

This was a very helpful video, thank you.

thank you so much - you helped me a lot. I not only have a sports injury in my neck but also massive migraines. Hope this would help!

Thank you for this. It was very helpful. We use the words Velcro and Hook and Loop in the States. Both descriptions are commonly used. (You had the Foam Pad Turned the wrong way on top of the Door.) Again, thanks.

check out the Pettibon Traction unit that you hang over a door, its the best!!

would anyone recommended the blue neck cushion expander? i have a trapped nerve, causing arm numbness. am thinking to get one called neck correct.

Thank you for this useful review!

That last one was like “Please don’t hang yourself” 😀 In all seriousness, good reviews. Wife has a bulging disc and looking for a good decompression unit.

I subscribed because of your honesty

3:59 Hehe. Velcro is in the US too. But since that's a brand name, many say "hook-and-loop" because it's like calling all tissue "Kleenex" or something.

Why didn't I come across this video until after I've just ordered a Neck Hammock? Ah well, I'll let you know how it goes.

In the states we call it Velcro as well

Thank you! My inflatable one got a leak after only two days. I noticed it helped me as I was using it. Too bad I lost trust in the product after the leak. I returned it and never got a replacement.

4:00 I think we call it velcro in the US as well. I don't recall it being called hook and loop

Really need to compare the over the door to lay down models. A lot of us want to hear wether it does or can crack and pop our necks and how much pounds of force they can exert. I want one that can hurt a bit. That way I know its real. Then back off to the proper amount. Great job regardless. Thank you for your service. By the way. Ever noticed that bones in our heads, chest and pelvis areas are letters inscribed in ancient stone, that form words and phrases in ancient lexicons? If not then the rest would amaze you.

I used a noose in the backward way at a chiropractor. Worked very well. I don't know if it was an authentic one.

Comprehensive Coverage of Neck Pain Relief !

Firstly thanks again for your order of 10 necksaviour Minis via the Kickstarter campaign two years ago. Sorry to see this less than favourable recent review of necksaviour Mini. necksaviour was born out of the desire to replicate manual occipital traction that patients love and find so therapeutic in clinic. Your review was negative for what appeared to be 2 main reasons: 1. necksaviour Mini wasn’t comfortable The version you reviewed was from 2 years ago and necksaviour Minis now have softer outer layers. Also as you know as a clinician, sometimes short term discomfort can be necessary to be therapeutic in the longer term e.g. trigger point release. Many neck pain and headache sufferers can be tender in the upper cervical spine and occipital region. This is why sub occipital blocks sell and some people gain significant relief from them. A period of desensitisation and a graduated increase in use is often all that is needed. We genuinely feel any trigger point release effect is actually an added benefit of necksaviour. 2. You also felt necksaviour didn’t deliver much traction force. We had the forces tested with a specially constructed jig in the engineering department at The University of Hertfordshire so the forces they deliver are unequivocal. I have a theory about why you feel more traction with the inflatable and over the door devices J I think it’s because you feel the head being lifted when you are upright which it doesn’t have to be when supine (and already relaxed). On that same point non-supine devices have to overcome the weight of the head before they get to the starting point of the decompression that supine devices do. As the developer of necksaviour I’m sure you’ll think I’m one dimensional in my opinion about which product is best but genuinely I’m a big believer that different things suit different people. Not all patients respond in exactly the same way to treatment or medication so why would one product suit all? Having said that I do have some criticisms of the 2 devices you preferred in the review. The inflatable device gives me the same feeling of light headedness that it gave you. I’m not as young as you but I’m pretty healthy and it bothers me a little that it has that affect and worries me more for the elderly or those with underlying atherosclerosis. During the development of necksaviour you can imagine how many studies I read regarding cervical traction! As a result one thing I feel strongly about with the ‘over the door traction devices’ is that for a very significant number of neck pain and headache patients, delivering the kind of forces required to overcome the weight of the head and decompress the cervical spine via the TMJ is undesirable. Very often this patient group are teeth clenchers and TMJ sufferers too. We have had a notable number of people say they lost their TMJ pain with necksaviour use. Can’t say for sure why that would be but adds weight to the theory that they can be closely linked. Again without sounding biased!...there are a number of other advantages I believe necksaviours have. The arrangement of the contact points creates a desirable degree of chin retraction which is lost for so many people with poor posture these days. When we demonstrate at exhibitions some people don’t feel a great deal at the time they are trying necksaviours but much more when sitting up after a few minutes of using them. Completely understand the review is your own objective opinion on the products but as a fellow clinician I thought I’d share these thoughts and points with you. As I say no single product will suit everybody but we have had an enormous number of fantastic testimonials and have won 3 design excellence awards including a medical one. Happy to discuss any clinical points or aspects of using necksaviours.

We call it velcro in the states. I've never heard it referred to as the hook and loop. Thank you for the video, btw!

Excellent review! Very helpful. Thank you so much!!

Review Saunders Cervical Traction or Comfort Trac. They are $350-400 on amazon. I have the Comfort Trac. Interested in your opinion of either. Thanks!

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I found that the over-the-door traction device cuts a lot into the throat. That can't be adjusted. Very uncomfortable. I like the traction though. I have two bulging discs and facet degeneration.

Saunders Cervical traction unit is the best

Great helpful vid, my neck thanks you so much.

Really great video.many thanks.! I have the neck cushion but it always irritates the muscles in the middle of my upper back after a few minutes use so I end up taking it off - maybe I'm just cranking it up too much? It certainly makes you stand up more 'soldier like' afterwards so it's got to be useful for people with poor posture.

That was very useful. Thank you!

A device similar to the inflatable neck pillow generated immense amount of pain in my right jaw and in my right ear .

I was looking for this device. thank you

Can this help with a heirnated disc

Because 'Velcro' is a brand name, if I used some in my products and advertised it by name, then the Velcro company might want money. So yes, here in the litigious USA it's called hook n loop. But the commoners all call it Velcro.

Lmao with the thumbnail I thought this was a video on vinyl.

Hello I have quite a few spinal issues I have fusion on my lower lumbar and I grind my teeth at night which causes my jaw neck and upper shoulders to be extremely tense and stressed all the time I do not have TMJ I do not have locking or clicking .. none of that. I grind my teeth as my body‘s way to release stress however it affects my chest and Peck muscles as well as my head, neck, and upper to middle back/shoulder muscles. the traction pillow you’re trying out I have one of those and honestly it works pretty amazing for the cost but you definitely need it tighter than what you have it. because I am so small it actually almost doesn’t get tight enough for me so I’ve tried to add Velcro to it so I can get it tighter because the traction pillow is the best devise I have found so far for the price point. I have been wanting to try a door traction device but just have not yet. honestly I’ll take a round pillow and put it under my neck and lay flat on the bed and just breathe and if I concentrate on the vertebrae and the spots in my neck that I want to pop and breathe correctly they will adjust themselves with my bodyweight. I will also put the pillow in certain locations on my back and do the same thing to get decompression or adjustments to occur I just started doing this in the last six months once I realized that hey just breathing is making my neck pop ... if I do this with a little more intent I think I can get the pops to happen that I need to happen.. I still think that’s really weird tho. My neck shouldn’t just adjust from breathing I’m concerned that my neck will never stay in place now

you good make a perfect teacher.

Thank you. This was helpful! Do you know how these would compare to the posture pump?

From the states. It’s not hook and loop thts so far off. It’s Velcro

If you do the velcro straps up too tight in the middle it makes it real hard to breath. I wouldn't want to pass out with it on.

I bought that exact neck pillow you had the one I had before it deflated and it was no longer usable but it was a much better device,I tried to find another one just like it and the one you have was the update version and it's crap the velcro straps will not hold and it's cheaply made and it takes forever to inflate it because of the cheap pump

I wonder what would happen on the door device if one of the cord attached to the metal "y" brace were to break while it is under tension? I hope the metal bar wouldn't come down and hit you on the head as that might be bad.

Thank for this comparison video. It's a great video.

Thank doc. For the tips

*_great comparison review! I found a good deal on the hanging neck traction device. Let me know if you want the link._*

Thank you for your insight!

Anyone know anything about Disc Centers of America and their de-compression machines ?

I use the last neck traction but I hang them on a push up bar and just fasten it on my neck and completely hang on it with my whole body dangling for 10seconds and it feel so good. Sometimes I feel a crack sound that's makes it even better hence bought another just in case, very strong and sturdy material btw I weigh 44kg.

The inflatable neck traction device helped alot with my neck pain but its starting to cause jaw pain its pressing on it Any advice ?

Thanks for doing this review

I started using my infamable neck traction today and hoping for a positive feedback

I'd probably skip that last one. I live by myself and don't know anyone that would come over just to watch me do that and there's no way I would risk doing that by myself.

It will give you the sensation of being strangled. Lol. That made me laugh.

I’ve got forward head posture for about 25 years. I’m 41 now. Can I correct this and what device is best?

using the overhead traction harness with the bungy cord of the neck hammock is really good. Pop a small pillow under your head and lower the attached to the door. Pros - no vertebral artery compression, no getting stuck in a seat!! So far no cons!

@Precision Wellbeing how long and how often should we use the traction devices?

Thanks for the informative overview! Do these devices provide any long term help with cervical stenosis or more of an immediate relief from lesser conditions?

so if you wanna C.T.B wear a few scarves and then put on the neck pillow and pump away.

Shall I use this for cervical vertigo