IBT success stories / testimonials

 

Just writing in to say thank you, you are a genius, and have really helped my health as well as many of my friends' health, here in California.

I have been sleeping inclined for a few weeks now, and its been amazing. Most of my "fatty" thigh lumps have disappeared (many after just one week on the inclined bed), my sleep became deeply restorative, my silent GERD vanished. I do not cough and clear my throat any more, I do not snore any more. I do not get up to go to the bathroom twice a night any more. I am not foggy headed in the am from poor sleep, breathing, digestion etc. I could swear my skin tone has improved.

The nature of my urine has definitely changed as well. I collect my am urine to compost (we have a drought, and I read in a book written pre WWII that urine makes great nitrogenous composting material). Well it used to be much more dilute before. In the last two weeks, minerals have precipitated out and stuck to the sides and bottom. So you are correct. In this position, you do secrete more concentrated urine, with a lot more mineral density. I wish we could do more detailed research on this.

My 75 year old friends' varicose veins have greatly improved. She is sleeping better. I am measuring her leg edema as well, and will keep you posted on the changes. I am attaching a picture of my mightily smoothened thigh as well. As a reference, it used to look like a moon crater previously. Wish I had taken a before picture as well, so you could've seen the big bumps. But I did not know this was going to occur, else I would have. 

Bless you, for what you are doing.

Cheers,

-Sush

Prolapse and Bladder leaks

Dear Andrew,, We read about Inclined Bed Therapy in an article, we tried it right away with 15 centimeters (6 inches) under our head. That was 7 days ago.

After 3 nights sleep my wife had urine leaks the 4th day while walking downhill and again on the 7th day walking on the flat. She has slight pain in the lower abdomen region.

She’s 58 years old, 32 years ago, at the birth of her last daughter she had a prolapse, she had recovery therapy and has been fine since.

Could this be a natural re-adaptation phenomena and should we persist and continue or

Should we put the head at 8 centimeters (4 inches) and work up progressively.

Yesterday we put the bed on a 8 cm incline to try, today again my wife had urine leaks while walking.

We are a concerned and would like to have an idea, Have you ever heard about this kind of thing? What do you suggest?

Thank you

B & B

ANDREW'S RESPONSE

My son's partners mum had a prolapse which she was told required corrective surgery. The good news is, it went back all by itself and has never presented a problem since. It takes quite a while for muscles to tone back up, which in turn hold the bladder in it's correct position.

It may be beneficial as you say, to raise the bed by 8cm and increase once the problem has subsided. What may be happening, and I suspect this is the case, is that oedema is being drawn back into the circulation and this is causing increased urination. If this is the case than it should resolve once oedema has been eliminated. Oedema can be stored all around the body and can be moved to the ankles initially while the pressure changes in the veins catch up with it. Hope this makes sense. kind regards Andrew

                                                                                                         31 August 2016

Translation: 

bed inclined for 1 week
Hello,

I adopted the inclined bed for 1 week, especially for nocturnal shoulder aches, installed for 3 months, for varicose veins and bladder prolapse without urinary leaks;

the shoulder pain is gone

I am waiting to see the results for prolapse and varicose veins;

Mr Fletcher, how long will it take for a positive result for bladder prolapse to appear?

Thank you Best regards,

M.Drand

France

lit incliné depuis 1 semaine

bonjour,

j'ai adopté le lit incliné depuis 1 semaine,pour des maux d'épaules nocturnes surtout,installées depuis 3 mois,pour varices et prolapsus de vessie sans fuites urinaires;

lesdouleurs d'épaules ont disparu

j'attends de voir les résultats pour prolapsus et varices;

Mr Fletcher,dans combien de temps ,le résultat positif pour le prolapsus vessie peut apparaitre ?

merci ,cordialement,

M.Drand 

France

The very first night I tried IBT, I got up the next day and urinated the weirdest urine I've ever seen! It was like someone had crushed some chalk into a glass of Irn Bru! It had never been like that before. It was like a whole buncha stuff just got up and left that night! Probably something to do with 10 tablets a day for ten years.

No more puffy eyes in the morning either.

It almost feels as if IBT has opened up my skeleton more and broadened my chest and shoulders!?!

I tried 7 inches and I felt like I was sliding down the bed so I had to lower it to 6 inches. I had some convex Ikea slats underneath. I turned the IKEA slats upside down so that the mattress was more concave. This allowed me to raise the head by 8 inches without the "sliding" feeling. Unfortuantely, the upside down slats kept falling throughh the bed! So I got some wood from the lumberyard and used that instead. Now I use some 1/2 inch thick by 6 inch foam along the 2 sides to help make the mattress more concave. Well, I suppose this only works if you have a single bed!

The very first night I tried IBT, I got up the next day and urinated the weirdest urine I've ever seen! It was like someone had crushed some chalk into a glass of Irn Bru! It had never been like that before. It was like a whole buncha stuff just got up and left that night! Probably something to do with 10 tablets a day for ten years.

No more puffy eyes in the morning either.

It almost feels as if IBT has opened up my skeleton more and broadened my chest and shoulders!?!

I tried 7 inches and I felt like I was sliding down the bed so I had to lower it to 6 inches. I had some convex Ikea slats underneath. I turned the IKEA slats upside down so that the mattress was more concave. This allowed me to raise the head by 8 inches without the "sliding" feeling. Unfortuantely, the upside down slats kept falling throughh the bed! So I got some wood from the lumberyard and used that instead. Now I use some 1/2 inch thick by 6 inch foam along the 2 sides to help make the mattress more concave. Well, I suppose this only works if you have a single bed!

Rheumatoid Arthritis

I learned of IBT through the combination of words in a sales presentation of a bed salesperson.  I had never heard of inclined bed therapy, so when I heard the presentation I searched online for the meaning.  I was shocked to find that there was little to no information available through the medical community in the US.  As I continued my search I found you on YouTube and finally your website.

My wife had been treated for allergies at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, MN, USA.  I immediately went to their website in hopes to find testing at their hospitals.  As you know, I found nothing.  They offer a tilted table test to try and diagnosis someone having fainting spells https://www.mayoclinic.org/tests-procedures/tilt-table-test/about/pac-20395124 but that is where it stops.  

My wife is not easily convinced to try new things, but after a little discussion and her arriving home from work to find our bed tilted, she agreed to try.  

On 6/22/2019, we started sleeping inclined.  After a few weeks she found that symptoms of her rheumatoid arthritis had improved dramatically.  She woke with little or no pain and was able to start her day without the aches and pains.  

We are close to 2 months into our test of sleeping inclined and we will never sleep flat again.  I wake clear-minded and free of the need to rush to the bathroom when waking.  I have audio recorded my entire night’s sleep to find that my snoring is now almost nonexistent.  My wife rarely uses the bathroom at night, where before she would need to go in the middle of most nights.  

Sadly, I feel I’m in the smallest group of believers.  I have 2 guest bedrooms in my home, one elevated and one flat.  When we have guests, I gently present how we sleep, discuss some of the first night improvements, share your website and offer the choice.  Do you want to try inclined sleep?  I’m 2 for 2 on visitors and have made believers of both.  

Hello Andrew,

I'm a wholesale sales rep of iAdjust Sleep Products adjustable bases.  I'm not looking for an endorsement or trying to sell you anything.  I'm just excited about IBT and I've been sharing it with anyone who will listen.  I will tell you things about our brand and manufacturing that sounds like I'm looking for a sale but it's all just to connect the dots.  

About 4 months ago I was introduced to the phrase "Inclined Bed Therapy" by a sales rep that was using that phrase to sell his head-up position as a treatment for acid reflux.  As you already know, the head-up only position of a few inches is effective at lessening the severity of GERDS.  That sales rep didn't continue to discuss the 6" head lift to a flat bed, so I got curious.  I researched what turned out to be his random choice of words that led me to the video on YouTube where you are involved in a 2 hr long discussion about IBT.  

iAdjust Sleep Products has designed a full-feature adjustable base with a 10" vertical lift/tilt which will allow for up to 10 degrees of incline.  I set our display model at 5 degrees and used an iPhone app to measure the degree of incline.  I programed the 5 degree position in one of the available memory positions on the base's remote.   The best feature of this adjustable base is that it can be attached to a headboard/footboard and look like a regular flat bed by day and, with a push of a button, move to the 5 degree position.  My customers love this.  

As a side note, I had my best friend try the free version.  I gave him furniture risers and he ran home to get started.  After 2 weeks of use his low cost metal frame broke at the weld and damaged his wood floor.  He had to deal with it at 2 am. 

My wife and I "went inclined" on 6/22/19 and will never go back to a flat bed.  My wife suffers from rheumatoid arthritis which is a chronic inflammatory disorder that can affect more than just your joints. In some people, the condition can damage a wide variety of body systems, including the skin, eyes, lungs, heart and blood vessels.  She currently sees a therapist and has been prescribed medication to treat her condition.  Both Methotrexate and Humira have been medications she has used for years on and off.  Both medications have been eliminated from her treatment due to a liver condition.  Our current bed is a firm, memory foam mattress with a 3" organic shredded latex topper.  The latex alone has made miraculous improvements to her condition over 2 months sleeping flat due to the naturally cool temperature of latex plus no struggle to turn over in memory foam.  Once we "went inclined" a new world appeared.  She is now able to get out of bed in the morning without pain and without medication.  She is the happiest woman alive.  Oh, by the way, she hates change and went kicking and screaming into our first night of IBT.

Chronologically, starting after the first 2 nights we both experienced no trips to the bathroom in the middle of the night.  After 3 or 4 nights we both became very "regular" with our bowel movements.  Also, very comfortable movements that have remained that way since our beginning of IBT

A few more days passed and we noticed we were both sleeping more soundly.  In the past I would frequently wake at 2 am or 3 am and stare at the ceiling.  After converting to IBT, I still wake on occasion but will go back to sleep almost immediately.  Over the past 5 weeks I've had more that a dozen, undisturbed 8 hour nights sleep.  I've never slept so deeply in my life.  I'm 54 years old.  With IBT I feel like I'm 10 years younger.  I keep reminding myself that I'm less than 2 months into IBT.  My wife has experienced next to no night sweats and it has eliminated her hot flashes.

Fast forward into this past week.  Being in traveling sales, I get to enjoy hotel rooms with some frequency.  I spent a week in Las Vegas at the furniture market that ended on 8/1/19.  It all but completely reversed all the improvements I had enjoyed.  I was unable to sleep more than a few hours at a time, the return of aches and pains plus the return of visiting the bathroom in the middle of the night.  I need to figure out how to take this IBT on the road.  My wife came along for 2 nights and she experienced the same decline in "sleep healing".

My sister-in-law has been staying with us for the past month.  One week into her stay she asked if she could go inclined.  How could I say no.  I adjusted her bed using furniture risers.  Some of her conditions prior to IBT were GERDS and frequent night bathroom visits.  The severity of both have been decreased dramatically.  Bathroom visits reduced by 80% to 90% and almost unnoticeable acid reflux.  She is 67 years old and also enjoys the new, longer, deeper sleep.  She feels like her dreams are more vivid and colorful from the deeper REM sleep.  As a superbonus, she keeps her hair very short and it has become noticeable darker.

My sister-in-law is going home tomorrow to a flat bed.  She is one that has a bed that won't easily adapt to IBT with the use of risers or blocks.  She is replacing her mattress with an organic latex mattress and a motion base with tilt option.  

Until the rest of the world changes, thank you for changing mine for the better.