DECOMPRESSION / AXIAL TRACTION USED TO BE A TORTURE DEVICE THE RACK

DECOMPRESSION / AXIAL TRACTION USED TO BE A TORTURE DEVICE THE RACK A REVIEW OF PEER REVIEWED LITERATURE OF THE HISTOLOGICAL CHANGES IN INTERVERTEBRAL DISCS OF THE LUMBAR SPINE SHOWS SERIOUS DEGENERATION OF THE TISSUES. Back in the Spanish Inquisition, the Church used "axial traction" applied to alleged heretics. It's nickname was "the Rack".