Medical Underground: Inclined Bed Therapy
CategoriesThere seem to be numerous benefits to just changing your position of sleep from the usual horizontal to where your head and upper part of body is elevated over the lower part. Apparently gravity "makes the juices flow" much better during the night, and the body is able to regenerate and cleanse while you rest.
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I have reported about sleeping in a slightly inclined position before. The change in sleeping habit has been pioneered by British scientist Andrew Fletcher, who also found out that osmosis is not what makes the sap of trees rise to heights that are unachievable by any vacuum pump. His experiment to prove this is described in my earlier article.Now there seems to be renewed buzz about this cheap and rather revolutionary method of improving our health, and there are even companies that make bed-raising blocks of wood for those who don't have the do-it-yourself inspiration. Here is a recent post I found on the Alternative Medicine Forum (Yahoo group) with much additional information and several links to the sleep-underground:
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Inclined Bed Therapy (IBT) - Good News For You!
I have started using this 'treatment/therapy'. I am only at 2 & 1/2 inches however; decided that I don't need any initial pain and am being cautious, though plan on going to a 5 degree incline [which on my bed will be about 6 & 1/2 inches or so] as advised by Andrew Fletcher who 'invented' this therapy. Anyways; good so far. Several people in Electroherbalism have been using this for awhile and I know of 3 people in MCS-Canada who have started it & are
pleased so far.blessings
SPS I have added some urls after this article.
Inclined Bed Therapy (IBT) - Good News For You!
This could save your life, remove pain and add many many years of quality and creativity to your life. If you have been looking for the fountain of youth, you may have found it, and guess what, it is free!Benefits To You ...
--- Teenager reports all pimples went in two weeks (verified).--- MS, Parkinson's, Hashimoto's and Arthritis improvements.
--- Huge detox to the body, this has been verified via client response to lymphatic massage (clients on IBT no-longer display symptoms of toxin flush) when they are sleeping on an incline.
--- Sleep right through the night. Breathing problems eliminated, sleep apnea, snoring, cot deaths resolved. This is absolutely amazing and will save the lives of thousands of people.
--- Provides Fascia Trauma Unwinding - Check the Myofascial Release menu. Absolutely incredible how this function of Inclined Bed Therapy operates. If you want to feel young, pain free, energized and in top health, give this a go.
--- Bones actually grow longer, you will grow taller.
--- Balances the pelvic girdle and addresses Scoliosis/Kyphosis/Lordosis and Dowager's hump problems.
--- Never be cold again in Winter, IBT keeps the body metabolism ticking along. You will get hotter in Summer, so take off the extra covers.
--- Clients with high blood pressure have seen their blood pressure normalize after a few months. Give it a go !
--- Nightly dreams become lucid (may be a product of lower toxins in the body and elevated oxygen levels).
--- Your heart wont work as hard, now this is going to extend life 10, may be 20 years, may be more ? (Just do it)
--- Oedema problems resolved. Yep, medical science got it wrong telling you to raise your feet, raise from your head and be startled by the results.
--- The most common report is that sleeping on an incline feels more natural than sleeping flat. People after sleeping inclined for a few months are never happy going back to sleeping horizontal. This is very addictive, you'll actually enjoy going to bed.
--- I have monitored several clients who used to spend up to $40 per month on general headache and pain killing drugs. They now have extra savings as they no-longer suffer head-aches or pain. Ooops! Mr Pharmaceutical won't like this. This may very well affect Pharmaceutical profits. Spread the word, because no one else will.
--- A message to smokers! For the first few weeks, may be a month, you will start coughing when you get out of bed in the morning, and this may pass after half an hour or so. This is IBT repairing your lungs. The increased humidity in your lungs and respiration improvements will provide an opportunity for your body to help repair damage done from smoking. IBT will also make it easier to kick the habit and for you to enter the wellness zone.
--- The best part is, it is free. Just a few blocks of wood under your bed. Always start out at 3 or 4 inches, then work up to 6 to 8 inches incline.
As a therapist, I am staggered at the benefits provided.
Ken
Must Read Information ...
"The Importance of Gravity to our Health and Wellbeing, and its Relation to Rest & Sleep. by Andrew K. Fletcher"
included in the eRegimens "Inclined Bed Therapy" article explains why the heart does not have to work as hard as when in a horizontal position.Brian
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ADL Resources - Scott
Bed Raisers for ensemble beds are available from ADL ResourcesI suggest you purchase 18 x 40mm raisers. These are stackable and will allow you to have your ensemble bed at two different heights. 80mm to get started then 160mm for full benefits. These are for ensemble beds and casters where 9 legs are attached to the bed.
They are extremely well made and are very heavy duty and will provide a safe method for Incline Bed Therapy for ensemble beds.
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Side Effects Reported
--- Initial aches in muscles as they elongate and reset (last 1 to 8 days)--- Initial headaches - this is a result of Fascial Release and fast detox for such an extended period. The fascia is unwinding 8 hours, as you sleep, all systems in the body will respond and normalize. (lasts 5 to 10 days).
--- Emotional trauma releases from 3 weeks to 4 weeks and is ongoing depending on incline. This provides good health improvements. A product of fascia trauma exiting the body, permanently, this one aspect is worth the effort of this therapy and staying with it for a least 6 weeks to see how you go.
--- Body slip. Yep, you will slip down your bed 5 to 12 inches over the nights sleep and wake up with your feet hanging over the edge. (I've gotten used to it ;-)
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ADDITIONAL URLSconstructing an inclined bed...
Plus Diagrams and Additional comments after years of use...
http://www.eccafe.org/sto/mwolfgram/bed.htmlMy Inclined Bed Study Diary - CareCure Forums
Testimonials plus questions and more tips on how to build this bed.
http://sci.rutgers.edu/forum/archive/index.php/t-58535.htmlOnline Theory with Gif animation & graphs
Andrew developed a new theory how trees manage to defy a law of physics by lifting fluid up to 375 ft high. The best of our pumps cannot lift a column of water higher than 33 ft. Andrew's theory led him on to postulate that there may be spin-offs for human health and better sleep. Scroll down & on the left side is an animated illustration of how the Brixham Cliff experiment and how it works. There are graphs etc on the next page too.
http://www.the-tree.org.uk/TreeTalk/3Spring2003/Gravity/gravity1.htmRevisited - "The Importance of Gravity to our Health and Wellbeing, and its
Relation to Rest & Sleep"
Scroll down. The inclined bed was first used in the ancient Egypt's third dynasty. When the tombs were opened, they discovered that the beds where in fact inclined. It turns out, that they are raised by exactly 15 cm's at the head end! How did they know, and why did so many people fail to realize the significance of their find? Case histories suggest that many medical conditions, irrespective of their severity, will positively respond when horizontal bedrest is avoided. I implore you to read again the original publication, in Newsletter No.10, if only to begin to understand why a baby should never be placed on a flat bed.
http://groups.iop.org/ME/archive_newsletter2003014.htmDispelling the Night-Time Frequent Urination
An additional effect of gravity on the body in the head up tilt position is the production of more heat during the night and this increases evaporation from the respiratory tract and skin, therefore reducing the amount of urine we produce and increasing the density of the urine produced
http://www.newmediaexplorer.org/chris/2003/09/19/http://www.newmediaexplorer.org/chris/2003/09/26/
Life And Gravity: Sleeping In A Horizontal Position May Be Bad For You
Just for starters - Fletcher says circulation while sleeping is better if the bed is in a slightly inclined position. If indeed gravity does have something to do with optimal function of "vertical" organisms, from blades of grass to trees and indeed to humans, then ... There does see
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