At face value, it sounds like something straight out of a science fiction movie. Recently, though, none other than the North American Space Agency, has announced that it might soon be using some of its spacecraft diagnostic technology, to more effectively treat chronic back pain.
Might Nasa Tech Be Coming to a Chiropractor in Peterborough Near You?
While the idea of space exploration technology being used to treat musculoskeletal disorders might sound far-fetched, it really shouldn’t. This is because medical professionals already use foil thermal blankest and other devices adapted from Nasa technology, in order to treat a wide variety of ailments.
Nasa’s Sigma Ultralign System
First developed to help Nasa scientists identify loose rivets in spacecraft, the new Sigma Ultralign system is a scanning and computer software-based system. More specifically, it is one which applies slight taps to back and neck areas, before measuring and analyzing the returned percussion of problem areas.
Of course, a chiropractor in Peterborough will already tap, put pressure on, and examine patient back, neck, and shoulder areas manually. What Sigma Ultralign does though, is identify slight spinal misalignment problems, before applying rapid processions of taps designed to gently re-position out of place vertebra.
Will Your Chiropractor in Peterborough Soon Start using Sigma Ultralign?
While Nasa’s new Ultralign technology is safe and already in use in some parts of the United States, it will likely be a few more years until the technology reaches British shores. That said, in truth, there isn’t as much need of the technology in the UK and Europe, as there is in the US.
Put as delicately as possible, the Sigma Ultralign system is really only helpful in diagnosing and treating bigger patients. – Namely, patients whom can’t be easily examined or have disk displacement issues corrected conventionally.
Of course, the Ultralign system is also ideal for treating patients with very serious pain and back injuries where utmost delicacy is of paramount importance. This being the case, there is little doubt that Sigma Ultralign will make its way to the UK and Europe eventually.
