ATM2
Information
for Patients
Overview
An ATM based treatment is a combined clinician/patient effort
to manage and control acute and chronic musculoskeletal pain.
Significant
results of lowered pain level, improved range of movement, general
feeling, and functional goals have been achieved with patients
immediately during and after treatment. These achievements are
then maintained and controlled by the patient her/himself using
an ATM2 system.
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photos of the ATM!
Our
Mission
Our mission is to enable suitable pain sufferers participating
in this project to lead a normal life, controlling their problem
independently. This will benefit the patient's quality of life,
reducing the time, trouble, and costs of repetitive individual
back treatments.
ATM
Clinicians will provide immediate significant symptom relief for
the suitable patients.
Referring
doctors or health-care providers will benefit from the significant
help their patients will receive, and from the reduced costs involved.
The
challenge: Chronic low back pain
The ability to cure chronic back and neck pain appears to be one
of the biggest challenges clinicians worldwide have to face. The
novelty of the ATM Concept is that, in all most all cases, not
only can it effectively and immediately reduce current symptoms
in the clinic phase, but if indicated it will give the patient
a tool to take home and control the disorder in the future. If
the pain levels are eliminated or maintained at a minimum, and
the correct muscles are trained daily or as needed in an efficient
and comfortable manner, patient control over their own disorder
might be within reach.
The
ATM concept has three phases
The Examination Phase
The patient is evaluated to determine whether the ATM Concept
is suitable. A full examination is undertaken, and contraindications
to the ATM2 are searched for. These include pregnancy, internal
diseases or conditions, communication problems, psychological
factors and others. The patient's readiness to undertake such
a project is required. The most important indicator to use the
ATM Concept is the ability to significantly decrease the symptoms
using the ATM2.
The
Clinic Phase
After the evaluation, and deciding that the patient is suitable
for the ATM treatment, the clinician will set the patient on the
ATM2 so that the specific painful movement will become totally
pain-free. The patient performs 1-2 minutes of comfortable exercises
while supported by the patented ATM2 device.
Immediately
after the treatment the clinician will release the patient from
the ATM2 and expect the previously painful movement to have an
immediate and significant reduction in pain and increase in range
of motion. The clinic phase will last several sessions depending
on the patient's condition.
The
Home Phase
After a successful clinic phase the patient will know how to operate
an ATM2 system independently. Daily home exercise sessions using
a portable rented or aquired ATM2, at the patient's convenience
will provide long-term control over the disorder, and might prevent
future episodes.
BackProject's
ATM2 (Active Therapeutic Movement) family of products enable personalized
body repositioning for finding a unique, pain-free position for
each user.
Once this position is found, the systems stabilize the patient
allowing specific neuromuscular training based on body movement
isolation that aims to achieve and sustain immediate pain reduction,
increase range of motion, and improve function.
Advantages:
