Inclined Bed Therapy

[Connecting with Sauce]

I have recently found a FREE therapy which is pretty interesting. A number of people I share with on Facebook have been doing this therapy.

And there is a group of over 1000+ on there doing it globally!
https://www.facebook.com/InclinedBedTherapy

More details are here:
http://www.inclinedbedtherapy.com/

Andrew K Fletcher was recently on Oneradionetwork.com One of my regular listens which is where I heard about it.

Listen to the Programme Here:

http://oneradionetwork.com/health/andrew-k-fletcher-phenomenal-health-benefits-inclined-bed-therapy-june-23-2014/

I can feel the circulation working as I lay on the bed and sit still, which I do not get on a flat bed!!

[Ki's]

This doesn't make sense to me. It would make far more sense to have the incline reversed so that internal organs and the brain continue to receive nutrient and oxygen rich blood during sleep rather than it pooling, stagnant in the lower extremities.

As bi-pedal creatures, gravity is already drawing body fluids to the extremities. We don't 'wick' fluids up through our bodies. It is the movement of our muscles that aids the circulatory system in returning blood to the heart through the veins.

This physiology is a primary reason why a sedentary life-style is so damaging. Muscles atrophy and become less efficient at returning blood to the heart.

I'm a nurse and a homeopathic practitioner and have tried and used more than a few 'unusual' alternative methods (including inversion therapy) but the logic of this one escapes me.

[Connecting with Sauce]

Did you listen to the links .. Or allow your training to get in the way. He explains it. There is data and studies behind this.

[Ki's]

Yes I did and I didn't find the data or studies to be very compelling.
I responded to this post for more supporting evidence and didn't expect or appreciate being stereotyped as a drone because I wear the title of 'nurse'.

For the record I've been practicing alternative medicine since before you were born, became a nurse in an attempt to affect change in my own little corner of the world and have put my job on the line more times than I can count for going nose to nose with doctors over traditional, drug driven medicine.

I am always interested in and open to new additions to holistic medicine.

Please feel free to present any further information you have on the how and why of this therapy's beneficial affect on the human body. For now I have to leave for work...where I will try 'very' hard (tongue firmly in cheek) to "not let my training get in the way."

[Connecting with Sauce]

Loads at his website. http://www.inclinedbedtherapy.com/

Alternatively you could just chock your bed and see how you feel took me approximately 30 minutes to do it. My friends and family are doing it too and for me doing it and sensing is sometimes better than studies. He also has a nurse in his studies. Compelling or not I find it works. I know nurses and midwifes who practice urine therapy so know they aren't all robots :-) hope you had a good day with your tongue and cheek.

1. It is free to do
2. The Egyptian's did it + history has indication of it too
3. If it worked why would a system trying to reduce population or maintain sickness actively promote something free?

Addition:

A REAL doctor talking about his experiences of Inclined Bed Therapy

From 45 minutes in the 1st hour with Dr Massey a regular on One Radio Network:

http://oneradionetwork.com/health/dr-richard-massey-fear-inside-job-dr-massey-answers-health-questions-july-31-2014/

[Constance]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u3D7tBQfCxQ

[Selkie]

Yes I did and I didn't find the data or studies to be very compelling.
I responded to this post for more supporting evidence and didn't expect or appreciate being stereotyped as a drone because I wear the title of 'nurse'.

For the record I've been practicing alternative medicine since before you were born, became a nurse in an attempt to affect change in my own little corner of the world and have put my job on the line more times than I can count for going nose to nose with doctors over traditional, drug driven medicine.

I am always interested in and open to new additions to holistic medicine.

Please feel free to present any further information you have on the how and why of this therapy's beneficial affect on the human body. For now I have to leave for work...where I will try 'very' hard (tongue firmly in cheek) to "not let my training get in the way."

I have to agree with you, Ki's. I chalk this one up to faith healing. That is not to knock the power of faith healing: faith healing really does work sometimes.

[Rhydwyn]

Inclined bed therapy improves sleep, removes toxins from the body and improves health in general. It is especially effective against nightime urination, acid reflux, and skin conditions. It is also effective against inflammation and pain, and recovery from injuries. Because it helps with so many problems, if you or someone you know has a health problem, it is worth a try.

The only problem with using it is that the mattress slides down a few inches in the night, in the morning you just have to push it back up again. There are no adverse effects, it is a perfectly safe medical treatment.

I tried it out, and found that my skin partly cleared up, my pimples were reduced by about half. I then gave bed risers to several people. It helped them as described in the first paragraph. This really works.

Andrew Fletcher's inclined bed therapy website is at:
http://inclinedbedtherapy.com

It's worth trying for the majority of health problems, testimonials for various conditions are at:
http://inclinedbedtherapy.com/testimonials

Many beds can be inclined with plastic bed risers:
http://inclinedbedtherapy.com/faq/methods-of-raising-a-bed-for-inclined-bed-therapy/102-plastic-furniture-bed-raisers-risers-for-inclined-bed-therapy

A single or double bed usually needs two bed risers, a King size bed usually needs three. Bed risers are inexpensive, you can get a four pack for about 20$:
https://www.amazon.com/Slipstick-CB652-Storage-Furniture-Supports/dp/B004X1R0I2/

If for some reason your mattress can't be inclined with bed risers, many methods of inclining a sleeping surface are listed at:
http://inclinedbedtherapy.com/faq/methods-of-raising-a-bed-for-inclined-bed-therapy

[TargeT]

For heartburn / acid reflux this would make a lot of sense.. the blood density is interesting, but I think at my resting heart rate the density of my blood would have very little influence over the pumping of my heart.

a 5* incline doesn't seem all that dramatic, I'll give it a shot.

Seems to be some historical precedence.

https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/736x/52/d7/9f/52d79f6155a5d13b59cc6b7098de0248.jpg

http://hoocher.com/Edward_Burne_Jones/Sleeping_Beauty_1870_73.jpg

https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/736x/19/92/ba/1992ba603efefcb5285b3cbaf73a54de.jpg

must be somthen to it.

[Lifebringer]

Me too. I've got Gerd Acid reflux, chrones holding thing that were stressfull in.:shielddeflect:

[conk]

Inclining the bed helps me with sleep apnea. The angle partially prevents collapse of soft tissue in the throat, allowing better breathing.

[TargeT]

Inclining the bed helps me with sleep apnea. The angle partially prevents collapse of soft tissue in the throat, allowing better breathing.

it would alleviate snoring too... I wonder if these were the original purposes.