Inclined Bed Therapy: Sleeping Inclined To Restore and Support Your Health For Free. Fascinating Science, Discovery, History and Medical Research In Circulation And Posture, by Andrew K Fletcher. Read the Success Stories. Check the Forum.
Sinus Improvements Continue and GI Tract Functioning Better
Sinus improvements are continuing while at the same time GI areas seem to be getting better aligned and are definitely functioning better. Effective digestion has been a lifelong issue, and now becoming more 'regularized' so to speak (sorry if Too Much Information here) is a tremendous relief. There is an increased sense of possessing an integrated system body-wide not just parts that don't communicate timely or are out of phase / in combat with each other, as has been the situation as long as I can remember. I think IBT is working on me from various angles simultaneously and benefits are beginning to stack up, thereby influencing cells --> circulation --> organs --> systems, to result in overall well-being. Reduction of #SIBO in conjunction with dietary modifications and IBT realignments is making for less gut distress and anxiety (neurotransmitters situation improvements apparently).
Atlanta,
Georgia
USA
2018-12-28
geordiejulie
15/04/2009 00:03:56 »
#Backpain, #celulite, #diarrhea and #sickness, #varicoseveins,
Hi Andrew
It's been awhile since I added a post but to be honest the last few months have been full of ups and downs. Mainly due to the life changing effect the IBT has had on Alun. I am truly amazed at the difference that has occurred in his leg health. His varicose veins as you had predicted have receded so that they are barely visible. I cannot understand why more money is not being allocated to this study which would save the NHS literally millions of pounds, where is the logic in that!
The leg pains my husband has had over the years have at times reduced him to tears and after endless examinations and procedures nothing has ever been diagnosed, we literally could not go shopping together as it was guaranteed that his legs would ache not with the varicose veins but around the knee. We could not enjoy any alcoholic beverages as the same thing would occur. I am very happy to report that both of these have almost been eradicated. I am a happy woman!
I have to stress that these changes have not occurred overnight but over a matter of months but the results can only speak for themselves we have nothing to gain by glorifying this.
As for myself I recently reported changes to my menstrual cycle which to be honest is still a little irregular.
An observation i did make though was that whilst having the dreaded 'diarrhea and sickness' bug last year alun slept on the incline whilst myself and the children who were unable to bear the atrocious noise from upstairs slept downstairs. Whilst aluns bug lasted a matter of around 3 - 4 hours, my bug dragged on for almost 36 hours. I had not noticed particularly before this some subtle changes that had happened either. Whilst stopping down at my mothers for a night or two i had to sleep on a flat bed and i have to tell you i could not have predicted missing that incline so much. I was literally chilled to the bone! It didn't matter what i did i could not warm myself up and I woke up in agony. When i got back home and back into that bed it was like being wrapped up in a blanket and cuddled! It did take a few days for the effect on my back to wear off. This is a change i would not have acknowledged before this.
In general my back has improved one heck of a lot. I occasionally wake up with it aching but honestly this is far far less than before and doesn't last for days as before, more like hours. My hip honestly rarely hurts now. I have been able to walk longer distances and this is absolutely brilliant for me and this was something that worried me.
Another thing I did experience was for about a month after Christmas, so having been on the incline for about 4 months, i experienced quite a lot of knee pain. The knee pain occurred in my left knee and strangely enough this is the side that my hip always gave me the pain. I am happy to say that this is something that has subsided.
I do wake up some mornings with pain on the outside edge of my left foot although this does subside after a while as well.
Oh and good news for the ladies, i can definitely see a huge difference in the cellulite to my legs and bottom and there aren't many cures for that! Whether this is helped by the amount of fluid i now drink or the fact that the muscle tone is improved i am not too sure but it has happened. No complaints here.
Newcastle
UK
#digestion #diarrohea #ibs #irritablebowelsyndrome
I am amazed Digestion Diarrhea Improved Using IBT
I decided to try the incline for my constant muscle pain. I didn't have anything to lose; just some books to put under my bed. My bed is only raised 3" at this point. I need someone to lift the bed so I can add the additional inches and finding that someone has proved to be difficult.
My pain is still constant, however, my bowels are now 100% better. For four years straight I had diarrhea almost every day. If I went anywhere, I wore an adult diaper garment. On Dec. 18, 2016 my bed was raised 3 inches. One Dec. 19th I did not have diarrhea. Today is Feb. 26, 2017 and I have not had any bowel issues since I raised my bed. This is amazing to me and totally unexpected.
I just wanted to share what a little bit of incline can do for you. I am looking forward to finding out what the 6" incline will do for me. I might have to go to the store and buy a couple of car jacks and get my bed at the correct height.
benton City
WA
USA
2017-02-26
#IrritableBowelSyndrome (IBS) #Constipation
Jo has had years of trouble with Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) we've tried everything natural, but she doesn't have a bowel movement for 3 days at a time, and her record is 9 days.
The very morning after I inclined the bed she had a bowel movement as soon as she got up and again later on in the afternoon and she has been regular every day since, apart from the night we slept on the flat hotel bed in Glasgow.
But the morning after we slept back in our own inclined bed and she started being regular again. So from sharing your knowledge you have cured her of bloat, constipation and pain. Obviously she feels better for this as she was always fatigued and uncomfortable. So we both thank you for this and maybe you could pass that info on to Andrew K fletcher.
Liverpool
2016-04-28
Children with #reflux Gastroesophageal reflux disease #GERD
In Chile during the 70s renowned pediatrician Dr. Isidoro Horwitz started to use IBT to treat his reflux patients. My sister and I were 4 and 5 years old and we slept like this for over 5 years without using any medication. Before meeting Dr. Horwitz our parents struggled just to keep us Alive. Today, we are both in our 50’s and enjoy great health.
Santiago
Chile
2020-01-11
#snoring #varicoseveins #acidreflux #gerd #nocturia #nightimeurinefrequency
IBT Refreshes Parts Other Beds Cannot Reach! Acid Reflux GERD
I was researching general health issues after experiencing too many side effects from the acid reflux medication I was prescribed, when I stumbled upon one of Andrew's articles in 2009. It took a few months for my husband to get the materials together but he did a great job and late 2009 I was sleeping on a 6 inch incline. It took a few days for it to become a natural feeling and to get used to slipping down the bed but within 2 days I noticed my acid reflux had lessened to the extent I felt it safe to stop taking the prescription drugs. I remain acid reflux free to this day. The other thing IBT helped with is my snoring. My husband will tell you it hasn't completely disappeared but it lessened to a degree that I wake in the morning feeling like I've had a decent nights sleep, refreshed and full of energy. My mood improved too because of the quality of sleep. My husband plans to follow suit this year when we have the money for the materials, he's hoping for a reduction in his high blood pressure.
I also had two friends that tried it with amazing results. One man, in his late 60's had a very painful neck, he'd been to many professionals but none of them had helped him in this matter. He tried IBT and on the first night it had cured his neck pain! I remember seeing in the local corner shop, really animated, telling everyone else in the shop what IBT had done for him! He now lives in Ireland, and I know he's spreading the message there, in fact, he decided to go to an 8 inch incline but I've not heard if that is any better for him.
My other friend is a man in his mid 60's, he had a prominent varicose vein. He tried IBT and within a week his varicose vein had completely disappeared! He remains sleeping inclined. Both men also mentioned that they made less trips to the toilet during the night
Shetland Islands
2015-04-06
#gerd
G'day;
I noticed that a mistake is often made in this and other websites about IBT. Advice is often given about using the length of the bed to calculate the correct magical 5 degree angle. That advice is quite misleading. The distance that must be used is the distance between the legs near the head of the bed and the legs near the foot of the bed -- not the length of the bed. For example, my bed is 200 cm long, but the distance between legs is only 141 cm.
I used a CAD program to precisely calculated the required length of the legs at the foot of my bed, while retaining the original legs near the head of the bed, in order to achieve a 5 degree angle. I have uploaded that drawing as an image titled 'Bed Angle Calculation', in case it is of any interest to anyone else.
The bed is a Wenatex bed, in case anyone is wanting to modify that brand of bed.
I constructed the legs from 90 mm downpipe PVC, and the materials cost about $ 20 AUS or about $ 15 US.
I have also (hopefully, successfully) uploaded photos entitled 'Installed Bed Leg', 'Bed Leg Assembly', and 'Bolt Through Slide-on Cap' to give more details.
If anyone wants any more details about fabricating the legs, feel free to send an email to hughpittman@yahoo.com.au.
While I am here, I might also mention a clear-cut benefit of IBT. I haven't seen it mentioned elsewhere, although I have not read all posts, so I might have missed it. IBT helps reduce or eliminate gastric reflux. This is not hard to understand. Gravity moves the contents of the stomach down away from the inlet valve at the top of the stomach when a person lays down with their head higher that than their stomach.
Cheers,
Hugh
Australia
2016-05-16
Link to Avalina sharing her experience with Inclined Bed Therapy (IBT) Avalina also discusses the changes in people she has advised to sleep with the head of the bed raised 6 inches. Varicose veins, spine problems, snoring and more.
Below is the transcript including the timeframe on the video of Avalina's testimony.
I had terrible stomach problems for a number
1:27:52.100,1:27:59.340
of years and I went to the Doctor but unfortunately
the tablets I was given had many side effects.
1:27:59.340,1:28:04.699
Course they do
Yes of course so one of them unfortunately
1:28:04.699,1:28:12.190
was breast enlargement and being a small lady
That can't be a bad thing he he he he
1:28:12.190,1:28:15.730
I didn't want to have a sort of over toppling
problem you know
1:28:15.730,1:28:24.449
Anyway so I came off those and well didn't
know what to do really and found Andrew's
1:28:24.449,1:28:26.390
inclined bed therapy and thought I would give
it a try.
1:28:26.390,1:28:35.850
My husband made the bed and I can safely say
within 2 or 3 days I had no more stomach problems.
1:28:35.850,1:28:44.020
Yeah so I am a great advocate of inclinedbedtherapy.com
not only that I find I am more refreshed in
1:28:44.020,1:28:51.239
the morning I sleep better and I get over
things quicker, you know illnesses and I am
1:28:51.239,1:28:55.949
less thirsty in the mornings and it's a great
mood lifter.
1:28:55.949,1:29:08.840
Brilliant yes.
Did you say your husband is trying it?
1:29:08.840,1:29:16.040
Is that David?
Yes it is
1:29:16.040,1:29:22.699
Hello David
Well yes we are getting around to it we sleep
1:29:22.699,1:29:30.570
in separate beds, Yeah I like to sleep separately,
I like to get a good nights sleep.
1:29:30.570,1:29:36.650
But yeah we are working on that David at some
point we are going to order the wood when
1:29:36.650,1:29:41.500
we have got some money order some wood at
the end of the year and my husband will make
1:29:41.500,1:29:45.400
an inclined bed for himself
Excellent
1:29:45.400,1:29:59.230
Thank you for chipping in, very interesting.
What were your stomach problems, acid reflux?
1:29:59.230,1:30:05.860
Yes that's right, I mean it is so debilitating
all day finding whatever you eat you just
1:30:05.860,1:30:13.940
feel you have got this terrible heart burn
and acid reflux and all related problems etc,
1:30:13.940,1:30:20.960
it didn't matter what I did, let's just say
that other things have helped too since then,
1:30:20.960,1:30:23.610
but the first thing that helped was the inclined
bed therapy
1:30:23.610,1:30:27.230
Right
Yeah from there I was able to take things
1:30:27.230,1:30:35.170
further, you know change diet eventually etc
but to start off not to have to take the tablet
1:30:35.170,1:30:42.080
and have a natural replacement for that you
know was really important to me. I don't like
1:30:42.080,1:30:48.010
taking tablets.
Was that zantac, I just hate having to take
1:30:48.010,1:30:52.699
those?
Oh yes exactly, I am not a person for taking
1:30:52.699,1:30:57.730
tablets so I really did resent taking anything
that could give me side effects so it was
1:30:57.730,1:31:03.060
lovely, really great to have that feeling
of ahh I have got some relief with the inclined
1:31:03.060,1:31:09.710
bed therapy and then from then on I could
make changes. So I have stayed inclined and
1:31:09.710,1:31:15.300
what I suppose I aught to say to people is
to try it and stay on it, don't come off it
1:31:15.300,1:31:20.449
when your symptoms have ceased. When you feel
that things have changed, I know a lot of
1:31:20.449,1:31:23.980
people have said oh I tried it and it was
really great, but then went back of course
1:31:23.980,1:31:28.100
to sleeping flat. Well I think that is a disaster.
Why would they do that
1:31:28.100,1:31:34.380
Well people I suppose sleeping in bed with
partners, perhaps there have been problems
1:31:34.380,1:31:37.199
there and.
I said there was a couch
1:31:37.199,1:31:44.850
Yeah well that's right but I can understand
but you know I suppose that's what I want
1:31:44.850,1:31:49.199
to say really is stay with it if you are going
to do inclined bed therapy don't give up after
1:31:49.199,1:31:51.190
a couple of months stay with it.
Yeah
1:31:51.190,1:31:57.210
Interesting that you were talking about people
who were on it that got away because I can't
1:31:57.210,1:32:02.730
get away, when I went away to my sisters place
in Vermont and I had to sleep flat I thought
1:32:02.730,1:32:08.010
that I was going to die in my sleep
Yeah, absolutely, you feel suffocated don't
1:32:08.010,1:32:12.989
you.
Yes yes
1:32:12.989,1:32:16.989
I also want to tell you something great that
happened because I live on a small island
1:32:16.989,1:32:25.969
and there is only 57 of us and 3 people here
also sleep inclined. One particular man they
1:32:25.969,1:32:31.040
are all elderly but one of them had a very
bad varicose vein in his leg and for years
1:32:31.040,1:32:37.590
he has had this varicose vein.
I would say it was in 3 or four days his varicose
1:32:37.590,1:32:41.410
vein disappeared after sleeping inclined.
Which is fantastic isn't it
1:32:41.410,1:32:42.910
It is fantastic
That's beautiful
1:32:42.910,1:32:49.219
Yeah and he stayed inclined. I say to him
are you still inclined? He says Oh yes. he
1:32:49.219,1:32:53.320
he he he
And another guy also had a very bad neck problem
1:32:53.320,1:32:56.989
and there has been no therapist that managed
to sort it out.
1:32:56.989,1:33:01.219
He was suffering with his neck problem so
I thought I would mention it to him and he
1:33:01.219,1:33:07.280
said Oh I will give it a try and again that
was within literally within a week. He said
1:33:07.280,1:33:14.050
I don't believe it, what Doctors couldn't
fix, sleeping so simply it's fixed. He said
1:33:14.050,1:33:18.449
I am telling everyone I'm telling everyone,
i'm driving people mad, I'm telling them ha
1:33:18.449,1:33:22.780
ha ha ha
He has become an inclined bed bore like the
1:33:22.780,1:33:26.280
rest of us.
Yeah absolutely that's right
1:33:26.280,1:33:31.600
It is amazing some of the immediate benefits
a lot of them take a lot longer but my girlfriend
1:33:31.600,1:33:36.360
remarked immediately that my snoring had almost
been eliminated.
1:33:36.360,1:33:42.120
Oh Yeah Yeah The snoring is great
I told my cousin about that and suddenly her
1:33:42.120,1:33:48.989
and her husband were sleeping in the same
bed again now. Because it eliminated his snoring.
1:33:48.989,1:33:53.580
And then I called Andrew and told him about
this and he said oh yeah inclined bed therapy
1:33:53.580,1:33:55.540
has saved many marriages.
Yes
1:33:55.540,1:33:58.820
ha ha ha ha
Fantastic isn't it
United States
2016-03-27