http://www.earthclinic.com/Remedies/incline-bed-therapy.rss http://www.earthclinic.com/template_img/logo.jpg http://www.earthclinic.com/Remedies/incline-bed-therapy.rss Incline Bed Therapy cures dehydration, frequent bathroom trips, aging and much more! Sat, 21 Nov 2009 11:40:47 EST en-us http://www.earthclinic.com/Redirect.php?pageLink=/Remedies/incline-bed-therapy.html&name=MC_33317 /Remedies/incline-bed-therapy.rss1 Fri, 09 Oct 2009 18:29:02 EDT [YEA] Beverly from Old Hickory, Tennessee/usa writes: "My husband and I started sleeping on the incline - head about 6-8 inches higher than feet approximately 10 days ago. What we have noticed so far: 1. husband no longer snores (did not sleep with him for several years on consistent basis because of this, even though he had $500.00 dental snoring device after trying every over-the-counter remedy available) 2. We are both sleeping through the night without having to get up and use the bathroom except on rare occasions - we are able to go right back to sleep if we do get up - best few nights of sleep I have had in years. 3. We are both starting to remember our dreams, which I have not had access to in years 4. Stools are more compact without being constipated 5. I am able to sleep in my own bed now instead of the sofa, which I had difficulty doing even when hubby was not in the bed 6. Have started to notice a decrease in husband's blood pressure - will continue to monitor since he is on medication for this 7. Have noticed that I do not seem to be as thirsty during the day We are pretty much hooked. Will continue to observe how we do with this different mode of sleeping and report any further benefits." http://www.earthclinic.com/Redirect.php?pageLink=/Remedies/incline-bed-therapy.html&name=RF_29165 /Remedies/incline-bed-therapy.rss2 Fri, 03 Jul 2009 01:42:16 EDT [YEA] Veesue from Sheridan, WY writes: "Inclined Bed Therapy: Hello All- I want to share my experience in the hopes that it helps others. My leg veins started "acting up," that is hurting and swelling after my first child was born in 1986. For 23 years I have suffered with burning, swelling, and discomfort in my legs. My feet also burn even more if the temperature gets warmer. I have tried the gamut: stockings, ice, elevating my legs, cooling creams...etc. I even went through the whole process to see if I could get them removed by laser treatment. Well, it was determined that I do not have varicose veins! While I do not have bulging blue/purple veins at the surface, I do have bulging amorphous bumps on my calves and thighs that look like deep veins are swollen and pushing out towards the surface. Just as unsightly as far as I'm concerned. And painful too. I was always aware of the discomfort, burning, swollen feeling...it just felt like my leg veins were being stretched. I was never, never, never without the urge to put my feet up just to relieve some of the pain and vein pressure. You could find me at my desk any day with my feet propped up on my computer tower under my desk. Then I found some info about Inclined Bed Therapy and I feel like crying! At first I read something about propping the bed up at the feet.....that hurt my back and made sleeping difficult. Then I found this page on my favorite Web Site!! Earth Clinic! I am now sleeping with my head at the bottom of the bed (bed inclined approx. 4 inches--head higher than feet), and have done so for about a week. Already I am a new woman! I first notice a weird feeling last night, at the end of a long day...my legs just didn't feel normal. I walked around and was a bit freaked out...they didn't hurt nor feel extremely fatigued as usual. They felt like there was a cool layer of support on them...no feeling of veins bursting through, no pain, no feeling of my calves "jiggling," which I used to think was just fat, but now I know it was probably extra water retention. That is a crazy feeling. Now my ankles are normal size and although I have no pictures, the way my legs used to look is burned into my memory. They have a huge, definite improved appearance in just a week of Inclined Bed Therapy. I may even wear a pair of shorts above my knees in public this summer!!! For the first time in 23 years. Blessing to all!" http://www.earthclinic.com/Redirect.php?pageLink=/Remedies/incline-bed-therapy.html&name=RF_22004 /Remedies/incline-bed-therapy.rss3 Mon, 02 Feb 2009 00:00:00 EST [YEA] John from Escondido, California - USA writes: "Up until last June, I had been getting up two to four times a night for years due to an enlarged prostate. Then one day I was painting the base of my bed and didn't want to set it back on the floor, so I put a couple barbells under the head to keep the painted base off the carpet. Hit the sack that night and woke up at 5:00 -- couldn't believe that I had slept all night. So, I went to the Internet to do some research and ran across the "inclined bed therapy" concept. Now I'm at 6 inches high and sleep well every night and only get up once. Also had a cough that would wake me during most nights... that went away. Varicose veins have subsided. My wife no longer snores. This one simple move has changed our lives - and it can change yours. Regardless of the problem you have, try it and see what happens. I don't take any drugs and sleep like a log every night. " http://www.earthclinic.com/Redirect.php?pageLink=/Remedies/incline-bed-therapy.html&name=RF_20978 /Remedies/incline-bed-therapy.rss4 Sun, 11 Jan 2009 00:00:00 EST Andrew from Paignton, Devon writes: "Andrew K. Fletcher Paignton, Devon U.K. +44 1803524117 Inclined Bed Therapy (IBT) Varicose Veins Study. Inclined To Sleep Inclined Yet? Dear Reader We are seeking more people with varicose veins who are willing to put IBT to the test and feel that this is something that your readers and colleagues will definitely find fascinating and some who have varicose veins and oedema and wish to avoid surgery may want to Help in this important trial and join our Free study which has already produced positive results in only 4 weeks as predicted! News Release: An Important Scientific Study into the cause of Varicose Veins and Oedema and Inclined Bed Therapy (I.B.T.) is now underway, which makes use of the way the body uses gravity to move solutes through the vessels to improve circulation and alter the pressure inside the veins to significantly reduce swelling and oedema. Our study is free for anyone to participate in. There are no products to be sold or marketed. What is Inclined Bed Therapy? Gravity was identified as the driving force behind circulation in trees in 1994 and was applied immediately to how circulation in the body benefits from the same interaction with salts and sugars in the circulation. A video showing the use of IBT with spinal cord injury can be viewed here. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u3D7tBQfCxQ IBT is simply tilting the bed so that the head end is 15 cm's or 6 inches higher than the foot end providing a level but tilted bed, hence the name Inclined Bed Therapy.0 People with varicose veins, oedema (fluid retention) are needed to participate in an online Diary Study, in order to prove that simply altering our sleeping position can have a positive affect on these problems. If you or someone you know has Varicose Veins, the standard advise is to raise your legs and tilt your bed the other way to IBT, Or to undergo risky and expensive surgery that is prone to fail because it does not address why the pressure inside the vein causes it to bulge. Which according to current physiology books makes sense. But what if that logic is incorrect? All the evidence from our study is showing that gravity is not a force we are struggling to overcome but a force that drives the fluids within the body. Are you prepared to take the 4 week challenge and provide us with your observations? Or do you know someone who has varicose veins and would like to watch them slowly but surely shrink and improve every night they go to bed instead of becoming more unsightly and uncomfortable? Our study is located on the Naked Scientists forum, who have a regular slot on BBC Radio. http://www.thenakedscientists.com/forum/index.php?topic=9843.msg121037#msg121037 My wife's calf showing clearly her varicose vein shadow, which went flat after 4 weeks of Inclined Bed Therapy back in 1994 and has not returned to its former state since. http://www.thenakedscientists.com/forum/index.php?topic=9843.msg121037#msg121037 Alun has already confirmed my statement on the study thread that Varicose veins will shrink after 4 weeks of IBT and has supplied us with photographic before and after 4 weeks of IBT along with a diary account of his observations. And he is not alone. http://www.thenakedscientists.com/forum/index.php?topic=9843.75 We are hoping to find at least 50 more pioneering volunteers who wish to avoid surgery and it's inherent risks and failures, who are willing to provide us with photographic and a written account of their own experiences sleeping inclined. So far our study is running towards a predicted outcome that flies in the face of current physiology literature. Look forward to hearing from you. Yours sincerely Andrew K Fletcher" http://www.earthclinic.com/Redirect.php?pageLink=/Remedies/incline-bed-therapy.html&name=RF_19639 /Remedies/incline-bed-therapy.rss5 Mon, 08 Dec 2008 00:00:00 EST Jerry from New Oxford, Pa writes: "Please review the Beds Up Insert at www.sleephealthy.com this is a safe and effective way to elevate your bed and still give your bed and mattress proper support. Thank you." http://www.earthclinic.com/Redirect.php?pageLink=/Remedies/incline-bed-therapy.html&name=RF_19348 /Remedies/incline-bed-therapy.rss6 Sun, 30 Nov 2008 00:00:00 EST [YEA] Shetawk from PHILADELPHIA, PA, USA writes: "Incline bed... I raised the foot of my bed by putting shoe boxes between the mattress and boxspring. Foot swelling went away. Didn't want to lower the head by putting risers under bottom legs because it may have caused reflux." http://www.earthclinic.com/Redirect.php?pageLink=/Remedies/incline-bed-therapy.html&name=RF_17409 /Remedies/incline-bed-therapy.rss7 Sat, 04 Oct 2008 00:00:00 EDT [YEA] Cindy from Kansas, USA writes: "Just wanted to share my experiences with "incline bed therapy" that I read about here on earth clinic. I've found IBT to be one of those things that one should just do, do now and do for the rest of their lives. I am 100% convinced that people should not sleep flat. Ever. After sleeping inclined (6 degrees)for 3 1/2 weeks I slept flat for one night. 4 glaring differences were 1) I had to get up in the middle of the night to go to the bathroom, 2) I looked about 20 years older when I got up the next morning, 3) I was extremely dehydrated when I got up (I'm a big fan of the watercure and hydration, in general), and 4) what I thought was fat ankles - which I've had my entire life - was actually edema, which completely disappeared. I was so amazed by the improved skin tone and younger appearance in the face and the fact that my ankles were no longer fat that I failed to noticed that I wasn't getting up in the middle of the night with a great urge to go to the bathroom. Nor had I noticed that the struggle to keep hydrated had disappeared when I started sleeping on the incline. After sleeping flat for one night, I felt as if I couldn't get hydrated all the following day. I don't have any health problems, so I can't speak to that, but if one's circulation is disrupted when lying flat, as Mr. Fletcher discovered, then it stands to reason that even a "healthy" person would benefit from a 50% increase in the time the body spends in a state of proper circulation. I can only imagine what it would do for people with serious health issues! Aside from the occasional experiment, I will definitely be sleeping on an incline for the rest of my life. And to clarify, that is a straight incline. It isn't the "hospital bed" position where only the head is raised." http://www.earthclinic.com/Redirect.php?pageLink=/Remedies/incline-bed-therapy.html&name=RF_17410 /Remedies/incline-bed-therapy.rss8 Tue, 12 Feb 2008 00:00:00 EST [YEA] Todd from San Jose, CA writes: "I have acid reflux only at night. I wake up with a sore throat in the morning. I put bricks under my bed making the head of the bed higher than the foot. (Actually I used one brick and one piece of plywood cut the shape of the brick. However the floor sloped from the foot of the bed down to the head. Thus the net effect was one brick. It was the sloped floor that gave me this idea.) My acid reflux went away. I no longer woke up with a sore throat. This worked for over five years. Then I slept without the bricks for a week. My acid reflux came back. I replaced the bricks. However, my acid reflux had grown worse. I now need two bricks, instead of one. This might work only for mild cases. I tried it right away as soon as I got acid reflux. Sleeping position might matter as to whether this cure works. I sleep on my back. I did not adopt sleeping on my back because of the acid reflux. I had slept that way most of my life. Does anyone know whether some sleeping positions are better than others for acid reflux, i.e. back, left side, or right side? Which way does the connection between the stomach and the esophagus point? Is it the same for all people, or does it vary? " http://www.earthclinic.com/Redirect.php?pageLink=/Remedies/incline-bed-therapy.html&name=RF_17412 /Remedies/incline-bed-therapy.rss9 Sun, 07 May 2006 00:00:00 EDT [YEA] William from Klamath Falls, OR writes: "Lifted head end of bed about three inches. Helps, doesn't cure, night time acid reflux." http://www.earthclinic.com/Redirect.php?pageLink=/Remedies/incline-bed-therapy.html&name=RF_17413 /Remedies/incline-bed-therapy.rss10 [YEA] from Concord, NH writes: "Elevating the head of the bed 2" (use 2 pieces scrap 2"x6' board to elevate head of bed) cures acid reflux when you awaken in the morning. Doesn't work all day but its good for a nice part of the morning when you first wake up."