Always obtain medical clearance if you have any chronic illness, have had surgery, or are unsure whether your condition is safe for traction-style training.

🔴 Red Flags

These are conditions in which full lifting is usually prohibited; only very gentle, ground-based work (if any) should be considered, and only with the agreement of a medical professional.

• A spinal disc herniation (a slipped disk or a ruptured disk)
• Strong backache
• Severe pain or acute damage to the spine
• Pregnancy before 12 weeks
• Cardiostimulator
• Severe cardiovascular disease (severe hypertension, angina, serious arrhythmias, advanced coronary artery disease)
• Epilepsy
• Acute inflammatory processes
• Advanced osteoporosis
• After injuries and operations of the spine or joints (especially joint replacement)
• Osteosclerosis in an advanced stage 
• Genetic pathologies of vascular walls
• Varicose veins (expansion of the vessel walls)
• Brain swelling
• Serious infectious diseases

🟡 Yellow Flags

These conditions do not necessarily forbid practice, but they require modified loads, careful monitoring, and often prior medical consultation.

• Bad tolerance for stretching or poor stretchability
• After using alcohol or other drugs 
• Bodyweight about 150 kg
• Headache
• Long-term high blood pressure
• Arthrosis or arthritis (small joints – rheumatism)
• Diabetes mellitus (due to increased tissue fragility and slower healing)

In some cases, it is possible to lift a person facing up or not lift at all, as long as the body is reasonably expanded to keep it on the ground. All cases must be considered individually.

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