as you pump up the collar, how does it not go up over your ears, etc.? how does it stretch your neck up away from your spine?
365940
It doesn't come as far up as your ears, it sits down further, as the unit pumps up it stretches the neck, however, I will mention again, you have to push a little ball like object into the hose to prevent the air from escaping, almost impossible to do, perhaps over time it would get easier, I wasn't willing to wait, I found I didn't use it because of the difficult "Ball", I sent mine back
365941
It pushes under your chin and against your shoulders as it inflates. It stretches the neck quite well.
365942
it does not go over the ears ,when you inflate it lifts the head up & that reliefs pressure from the neck.
365943
Because it is wrapped below your jaw and the base of your skull it is kind of like a turtleneck stuck below your ears. Fully pumped it remains below your ears. As you pump it up, the chambers fill with air and push down on your shoulders and at the same time push up on your jaw and base of the skull so it applies force pushing the head away from the shoulders and taking some pressure off the neck.
365944
If you place the collar, deflated, under your chin and pull it tight with the velcro straps, then pump it up, it will lift your neck and relieve the disc in your spine. The secret I found was was to get the velcro straps tight enough before pumping.
991143
I can squish it down to smaller than an inch, basically flat. But it still has great pressure to hold up your neck well and very comfortable. I bought 2 seperate brands and this one is my favorite of the three.
530085
I forgot, bake sure the collar is high on neck right behind the ears, and the prongs should be right on the throat
745781
This is a problem I had to work out as well. I found that a couple things help keep the collar well-placed. First, if it is too tight the collar will slip to the side and get stuck there. If the collar is slightly loose, gravity will keep the device hanging low. In order to make sure the collar still stays in a position to feel the vibrations, I leave my dogs other (normal) collar on. I place the shock collar above their regular collar (close to the ears) so that it stays higher on the throat. It took some time to adjust the collar properly. I had to play around with how tight the collar was. Even a little change can make a big difference.
1911009
One side of the pillow is higher than the other, so you can move the pillow to the right spot for yourself but really the only way to elevate it would be to put it on top of a towel or another pillow. There is the part that supports your neck that comes up, but your head is nested in the lower part in the middle.
1966958
When you pull it up, it helps to make sure that the fat rises to the top. I think there is a video that demonstrates this on qvc.
482740
I have found that if you have any muscle definition at all it will ride up. Also the strap across the should ends up on your neck. Fits super tight. I wish I had never purchased it. The only reason I kept it was it works great with a sweatshirt.
840728
There is a vertical strap pulling down. The strap does not rest directly on your neck.
669942
You lie down on your back with your neck in the device. There is a head strap to keep you from sliding out of it. There is an adjustment for the angle of your neck. There is a bladder in the device that holds air. As you inflate it with the pump the hidden air bladder pushes the headrest away from your shoulders applying traction to your neck. There is a pressure gauge on the pump so you can produce the desired traction. It works extremely well.
961098
Honestly, I don't know. The main thing this does is pull your shoulders back with the elastic straps. Then the weight in the center of your back pulls you upright. This might not straighten the neck and head.
562571
When you hold down the one and try extending the headphones, it acts as a barrier from it extending. Its kind of hard to explain. Like, it makes it so that if your head fits the 1 setting, you dont have to pulling and tugging on the sides. All you'd have to do is press the 1 and pull and it will go to its specified extent and wont go any further. I hope that explained it...
1270179
The end piece controls the amount of click noise you get and has some effect on the air flow. But the center adjustable collar adjusts from totally off to wide open (all the way out). Start with the center adjusting collar back off and the end so you can feel the click. Then each week adjust the center collar in a half turn until you have it near shut off. By that time your diaphragm will be supper strong.
2213932
Well, it forces you into better posture by pulling your shoulder blades together, so in that sense it does not allow you full movement, I use it at the computer and it's fine in allowing all the movements, the harness just simply resists your slouching. And you can put it on (and take it off) without assistance - like you would put on a t-shirt from "above" you head.
2217157
It's adjustable. I know I had my stretch to a couple of feet and it could have stretched further. They work great.
1308386
no definitely not. I found that it floats up and literally presses hard under your neck. There's no device to keep it from floating up. Straps are needed in the crotch area to prevent it from riding up.
752849
You kind of have to make sure the beads are pushed up to the neck piece because they move around up in the top part of neck piece, but pretty much stay up there (kind of a hard question to answer). Works better than any other I have tried.
1271907
Part goes over the ear and the bulk of the unit rests back on your neck. Fully adjustable so that your kids could wear it.