Rehabilitation Services
Specific Spinal Rehabilitation
The Back Pain Institute is the only facility in the Coachella Valley and greater desert area that offers MedX medical equipment evaluation and treatment. Prior to Dr. Peters having and using Med-X, patients from the desert had to drive over two hours to San Diego for treatment. The state-of-the-art computerized MedX lumbar and cervical testing and strengthening equipment is used to test and treat patients with neck or low back pain and limited range of motion resulting from long-term pain and dysfunction.
What makes these machines so special?
ISOLATION = LOWER BACK STRENGTH
The MedX Lumbar Extension machine has been developed to isolate the muscles of the lower back like no other, due to its patented pelvic restraint system. If the pelvis cannot move, then the only muscles that can move your torso are your lower back muscles. Without this isolating component too many other muscles, such as your hamstring and gluteal muscles, are utilized to move your torso. Similarly, with the Cervical Extension machine, we are isolating your neck muscles in a safe and controlled environment. It is particularly important, when dealing with backs and necks, that the muscles are isolated and stabilized to prevent further injury.
How MedX Works 
Patients are seated comfortably in the MedX cervical or lumbar machine. In the cervical machine, the muscles in the torso are restrained so that only the muscles in the neck are targeted. Because the cervical muscles in the neck must continually support the weight of the head, weak muscles can lead to headache, neck pain and poor posture mechanics. In the lumbar machine, the muscles in the abdomen, hips and legs are restrained so that only the muscles in the low back are targeted. Weak lumbar muscles
can be responsible for back pain, leg pain, stiffness and many other debilitating complaints. The exercises performed in the Med-X cervical and lumbar machines are slow, gentle, take just a few minutes to complete and are computer monitored.
MedX as a Treatment Tool
The ingenuity behind MedX's success in helping patients become pain free and regain functionality is its ability to isolate the torso and deep muscles of the spine during strengthening exercises. Unlike other spine strengthening exercises that involve muscles in the arms, abdomen or legs, MedX targets only the muscles responsible for maintaining the alignment and anti-gravity properties of the spine. Poor spinal alignment and compression leads to pain. Patients hoping to avoid surgery as well as those who have undergone surgeries for back and neck pain to no avail have been receiving positive results after only a few sessions with MedX.
MedX as a Testing Tool
MedX's data recording and processing software allows operators to safely and accurately determine a patient's physical limitations and show improvements in neck and back strength. The software calculates accurate range of motion and muscle strength at numerous joint positions by factoring out torso mass, stored energy, tissue compression and/or joint elasticity, and a lack of reasonable effort by the patient. Reports can be generated showing comparisons between age and or gender matched norms. MedX's computerized reports offer physicians, therapists, patients, and their insurance company's accurate, quantifiable data to use in determining a patient's level of disability at the beginning of treatment and their degree of improvement at the end of treatment. Improvements in isolated neck and lower back strength have been shown by extensive research to correlate to increased improvements in quality of life and increased function.
At the Back Pain Institute, we take great pride in providing the finest chiropractic care for our patients. Dr. Peters offers gentle and effective chiropractic treatments that will help you get out of pain and will restore and rehabilitate your spine to further your overall health and wellness.
Techniques We Use
Dr. Peters specializes in pain relief, both in managing pain and eliminating it, through Corrective Chiropractic Care using specialized techniques and equipment including:
- Chiropractic Neurology
- DRX-9000
- DRX-9000C
- DRX Decompression
- Hydrotherapy Table
- Hydromassage Tables
- Med-X Spinal rehabilitation
- Neural Integration Technique
- Sanexas Electrotherapy
- Spinal Biomechanics
Conditions We Treat
The Back Pain Institute has experience in treating a wide variety of health and pain conditions including:
- Degenerative Disc Disease
- Disc Problems
- Exercise Advice
- Pain Management
- Pinched Nerve
- Sciatica
- Scoliosis
- Scoliosis Correction
- Spinal Problems
- Upper Back Pain
- Whiplash
If you have any questions, please call us at 760-601-5059 and one of our trained staff will be glad to set up an appointment. Don't forget to take advantage of our New Patient Specials
The Back Pain uses state of the art treatment and rehabilitation devices the help treat the back and neck. Since we are a leader in the treatment of back and neck pain we choose to use MedX rehabilitaion machines. Because we use scientifically based protocols for spinal testing and training, this helps attain the incredible outcomes for our patients.
The MedX Lumbar and Cervical Extension Machines have been clinically proven to be extremely effective in the treatment of chronic back and neck pain. Before MedX was introduced to the medical community at large there was never and effective way to isolate and strengthen he muscles of the spine.
Clinical research has proven that companies that have "low-back" excercise machines actually only strengthen the hamstrings and gluteus muscles. A controlled study done by the University of Florida showed that people who worked out on two different "Low Back Machines" for 12 weeks actually gained no strength at all in their lumbar extensor muscles, although their hamstring and gluteus muscles did improve significantly.
Medical evidence shows that the majority of patients with chronic spinal pain are significantly "deconditioned" becoming weaker as damage to the spine worsens. Rehabilitation providers around the world have experienced outstanding outcomes using the MedX Lumbar and cervical extension machines.
Weakness of the spine can lead to many conditions such as erniated discs, facet syndrome, and degenerative joint disease. A strong spine provides a strong foundation that allows for healthy spaces between the vertebrae, which helps prevent spinal compression.
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