Flexion-distraction technique has become the most widely used approach to treating symptomatic disc injuries involving back pain and the often-accompanying leg pain. Flexion-distraction involves the use of a specialized table that gently distracts or stretches the spine and allows the chiropractor to isolate the area of disc involvement while slightly flexing the spine in a pumping rhythm.
"The Doctor of the future wil give no medicine, but will interest his patients in the care of the human body, in diet, and in the cause and prevention of disease."
- Thomas Edison 1902