Abstract: A traction adjustable cervical collar transferring weight of the head from the cervical spine to the shoulders. A collar portion releasably encircles the neck and is inflated by inflating apparatus. A bladder of the inflating apparatus is a part of the collar portion and a squeezable hand bulb of the inflating apparatus selectively inflates the bladder. The bladder has a lowermost surface that is flat for preventing slippage along the shoulders of the wearer. The bladder has a pair of side walls and contains a plurality of ribs extending upwardly from the lowermost surface thereof and which have a portion of the pair of side walls of the bladder adjacent thereto being attached thereto so as to provide rigidity to the bladder and prevent it from rolling over onto itself during use.

Abstract: A cervical collar for lifting the skull of a wearer. The collar includes a core, a pair of bladders, and inflating apparatus. The core replaceably encircles the neck of the wearer. The pair of bladders are inflatable and disposed on the core. The inflating apparatus is in fluid communication with the pair of bladders, and when the pair of bladders are inflated to a predetermined pressure by the inflating apparatus, the skull of the wearer is gently pushed off the shoulders of the wearer, which relieves downward pressure on the cervical spine of the wearer by forming intrinsic neck traction, whose early and continued use relieves pain and weakness and prevents major and sometimes non-reversible deterioration of the cervical spine of the wearer.