--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Alex Stanley" wrote: > > Petra has had a bad back for decades, and my lower back has started to give me trouble in recent years. The one source of real relief we've found is our recent purchase of a Teeter Hang Up inversion table. A mere few minutes a day keeps the pain away.
However if you don't get at least 4 hours of deep R.E.M. sleep while in traction, results will be modest and short lived. In R.E.M. sleep the brain paralyses the body, So in order to have gravity really work long term you need to add 2 more ingredients, time, and sleep [:x] > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "feste37" feste37@ wrote: > > > > Well, the revered chiropractor Dr. Kirchner, in Kahoka, MO, to whom many TM people in FF used to go (he's retired now), was of the opinion that yogic flying could cause rather than eliminate back pain. He told me so himself. > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "sparaig" wrote: > > > > > > I recall reading a snippet somewhere where much of the movement associated with Yogic Flying was thought to be associated with realigning the back... > > > > > > don't know where I read that, however. > > > > > > > > > L > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "card" wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > Just saw a Norwegian TV program about back pain. According > > > > to it, in most cases the reason for that pain remains a mystery. > > > > > > > > One new hypothesis is that the 60 - 70 muscles in the lower > > > > back must work in synchrony, otherwise back pain might be a result. > > > > > > > > A while back got the worst BP in several years. Nothing of my > > > > usual "remedies" seemed to help. So decided to try YF, although > > > > don't do it regularly, it being a way too strong technique for > > > > a gynophobic Ass (Asperger) like myself. > > > > > > > > Was extremely amazed when after about 5 mins of YF, even without > > > > almost any physical movement, the pain was all but gone! > > > > > > > > Please, use yer imagination: the above hypothesis might explain, why YF could be that effective!? > > > > > > > > > >
