Innovative Physical Therapy Equipment Suppliers

The Saunders Group provides a wide variety of physical therapy equipment. We specialize in equipment that helps clinicians provide care in a cost-effective manner, encouraging patient independence and compliance. Physical therapists are our main customers, but we also sell directly to patients, medical product dealers, chiropractors and other health care professionals. Our founder, Duane Saunders, is a well-known therapist who believes the foundation of good treatment is good evaluation and individualized, hands-on care.

Physical therapy equipment found on our website includes: Cervical and lumbar traction equipment (both home and clinical), exercise products, hot/cold therapy, balance devices, pillows, cushions, posture rolls, back supports, and measurement devices. We provide innovative, one-of-a-kind, patented devices that cannot be duplicated.

Examples of traction products include our well-known Saunders Cervical HomeTrac Deluxe, Saunders Lumbar HomeTrac Deluxe, and Saunders 3D ActiveTrac. The 3D ActiveTrac is a unique clinical traction device that allows patients with severe or irritable conditions to be treated earlier and more comfortably. The table can be positioned in various degrees of side bending, flexion, extension or rotation to achieve the most comfortable position during traction treatment. Examples of innovative exercise products include the BodyBow (we are the exclusive U.S. distributors for this unique Scandinavian product), the Total Back, and a wide variety of strengthening, stabilization, and balance products. Our back supports are also patented. Top sellers include the Saunders S'port All, which features an athletic short attached to a back support. The attachment keeps the support from riding up, allowing early activity after injury with less pain. Famous golfer, Payne Stewart, was a big fan of the S'port All, and was wearing it when he won the 1991 US Open!

In addition to rehabilitation supplies, we offer educational products, including a wide variety of self-help manuals and physical therapy textbooks. Our latest manual for patients, "Back Pain and Activity-Striking the Right Balance", focuses on overcoming fear of movement to improve activity and decrease pain. It was written with the latest research on back pain and fear in mind.

Our PT supplies usually ship on the same day ordered. Products are top-quality, and our customer service is outstanding. Both health care professionals and patients will find that ordering rehabilitation products from The Saunders Group is an easy, comfortable experience.

Founded in 1982, The Saunders Group was originally called Educational Opportunities. The early business began as a hobby of founder H. Duane Saunders, physical therapist. Duane had always stressed self-responsibility in his approach to treating back and neck pain patients. Because he believed in the importance of patient education, he began to develop educational materials and self-help products for physical therapists and patients.

In 1985, Duane was awarded his first patent-a cervical traction device that eliminated the need for a chin harness. By 1987, Educational Opportunities had added a line of self-help products to its offering, and printed its first catalog. Our primary market was physical therapists, who issued our products and educational materials to their patients. Soon, the name Educational Opportunities no longer adequately described the variety of products offered, and in 1990, the name was changed to The Saunders Group. In the 1990's, Duane's ingenuity led to eleven more patents, enabling the creation of several unique back supports and a home cervical traction device, the Saunders Cervical HomeTrac Deluxe.