Iranian Researchers Produce New Pain Relief Device

The knee and back recovery device is one of the new achievements made by Iranian researchers in the medical, sports and rehabilitation industry, which has a direct effect on improving the condition of the injured organ by reducing muscle tension and facilitating blood flow to vital organs. This improvement takes place through hypoxia and ischemia of lower body and middle body tissues.

In the device, the person's body is placed in a 'floating' state, and this reduces the pressure on the spine, while helping to nourish the cells of the damaged tissues.

This device is designed and manufactured electromechanically and its effectiveness has been materialized through the implementation of clinical trials of people aged 15 to 85 years and has shown significant effects on treating the pains.

Roya Tavakoli, one of the researchers who carried out the project to produce the device told Iranian media, "Using an innovative method, the team developed a device called 'back and knee recovery' which has been registered as a patent in both Iran and the United States."

She considered the joints' pains to be disc herniations, vertebral dislocations, spinal canal stenosis, and injuries of the cruciate ligament and pain in the shoulder girdle. She stressed that with the device, there will not be improvement and treatment in a session, but instead like the process of physiotherapy the relief is achieved during several sessions and gradually.

Saying that the device has been tested on 1935 patients, the researcher added, “These people were among the people who for some reasons did not want to perform surgery on their joint or did not have successful surgery. "Fortunately, successful results were obtained," she said.

He pointed out that in addition to occupational therapy with this device for patients, the patients are prescribed to do exercises that need to be performed regularly at home.

According to him, the device treats the pains through stretching, which is programmed in two different directions, vertical and horizontal.

Tavakoli also said that the device was awarded a silver medal at the 2022 Geneva Inventions Competition and has received the ethical certificate from the Iranian health ministry.

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