Inclinedtherapy I.T. New Group on Facebook

A new group has been set up to discuss the merits of sleeping Inclined by raising the head of the bed six inches or 15 cm’s. Now called Inclined Therapy or I.T.

16 years of research have provided us with concrete evidence that the human body benefits from avoiding flat bed rest! Come and check us out.
Andrew K Fletcher
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?v=wall&gid=245324668896

Inclined Therapy or Sleeping in Sitting position

Are we Inclined To Sit Or Not To Sit?

Sleeping with the upper half raised is pretty much useless and may cause pressure sores.

Your weight when sleeping like this is compressing your spinal column.
It is also compressing the flesh and skin on your buttocks for many hours and this may eventually lead to the development of a pressure sore.

Your circulation is only assisted partially, but compromised because the same compression of the flesh in your buttocks together with the inevitable build up of venous and arterial pressure due to the veins and arteries affected by this compression will be counter productive.

Then there is the problem with stretched tendons and ligaments, bent forward, there is inevitably some tension applied to the muscles, tendons and ligaments. Over time this can have a detrimental affect

Last but not least are the joints in the hips and in the spine, If you are sleeping on your back, this means you are bent forward for 8 hours a day. Elderly people walking bent over, unable to straighten up, was that the position they slept in?
Sleeping on your side with the upper half raised will adversely affect the hip and spine joints, sleeping on your back will also adversely affect the spine. Sleeping on your tummy will result in someone calling an ambulance..

Inclined Therapy I.T.

Sleeping on an inclined bed however, does quite the opposite.

Immediately the spine is placed under gentle traction, (the opposite to the folded posture). The weight is distributed evenly so you don't feel like a sack of potatoes when you lay down, or the bed somehow feels softer than before.

Your heart rate decreases by 10-12 beats per minute on an inclined bed while you sleep, yet manages to pump more blood around the body, which in turn causes more friction as the blood flows around faster, which in turn generates more heat and you feel warmer in bed, while the cooling system also benefits so we are able to maintain our body temperature better as more water evaporates due to the increased / maintained temperature. Sleeping flat for instance causes a 2 degree drop in body temperature around the time that most people die in bed, yet sleeping inclined does not.

Your respiration rate decreases by 4-5 breaths per minute, which is a lot, yet oxygenation improves because the lungs are inflating more and deflating more which takes a little longer so although there are less breaths per minute a greater volume of air is moved in and out, which again increases the evaporation and this in turn alters the density of the surfactant in the respiratory tract which in turn alters the density of the surfactant that is returned back into the blood and gently assists the circulation as it flows through the arteries providing we are correctly aligned / Inclined.

But we don't just have blood circulating, we have lymph and cerebrospinal fluid, we have a flow of fluids through the tissue and skin, through the bones, and even a flow through the myelin wrapped around the nervous system. The heart is not responsible for these other circulations so cannot be attributed to them. Yet we know posture and respiration plays an important roll from the literature. So could all of these independent circulations require density changes from evaporation and correct alignment with gravity to gently assist them to make the repairs required to overcome a whole range of illnesses?

I believe this to be true and indeed have already proven it many times before.

What we are already seeing unfolding here on this forum is impressive and If Foreversprings and others posts are anything to go by we are in for a very exciting 2010.

I do not believe in the majority of cases surgery is required!

Varicose veins were believed once to require surgery, yet the surgery frequently fails requiring more expensive surgery, which raises the question why?

So many people have noticed their veins no longer ache or bulge using I.T. So rather than approaching this problem by patching up the damage, why not engage the possibility that given sufficient time using I.T. we may not require surgery and those that do not respond will probably require surgery?

Interesting times are afoot.

Happy New Year

Andrew K Fletcher

Inclined Bed Therapy MS reverting back to flat.

Erika reverts back to sleeping flat for one week after sleeping inclined and following stent surgery as part of the above Liberation Treatment.



http://www.thisisms.com/modules.php?name=Forums&file=viewtopic&p=76144#76144

Read what she has to say.


Erika was also featured on a video during her stent procedure.

More and more people are warming to Inclined bed Therapy, literally as the circulation improves feet and hands warm up more rapidly and body temperature remains stable throughout the night.

Multiple Sclerosis Fits with Inclined Therapy.



Women have babies, having babies often causes abnormalities in the veins. Pressure changes in the veins due to the overloading of nutrients and minerals in the circulation might be a possible trigger for venous bulges.



Posture also plays a very important roll, having a baby also means the mother is going to take the weight off her feet. Advise is to raise the legs, or “put your feet up”.



According to many reports now, varicose veins can be rectified by avoiding poor posture by adopting a gentle inclined posture and definitely not sitting for hours with your feet up. Years ago plenty of flat bedrest was the order of the day following parturition. This error at least has been rectified. Mothers are now encouraged to become active sooner rather than later and with good reason. Not only varicose veins and oedema result from prolonged flat bedrest. Thrombosis is a serious threat from inactivity. Varicose veins are known also as chronic venous insufficiency.



Then there is the humidity factor. Several people with chronic venous insufficiency have reported that their varicose veins appear to worsen when the humidity is raised and this fits with my theory and research like a glove fits the hand! High humidity reduces our ability to evaporate water from the skin and respiratory tract. This will affect our circulation and induce lethargy. The Olympics in Atlantis provided an insight into how high humidity induces not only lethargy but reduces our ability to maintain our body temperature by evaporative cooling. Warm tropical air can hold more water than cold Northern air. Two studies were conducted in river valley areas in France to determine the level of ms found in the high humidity environment. The studies were conclusive! Then the elite team of soldiers who lowered themselves into a ravine in Borneo following a river. The humidity in the ravine was oppressive and this crack team of soldiers were reduced to severe lethargy and unable to get back out of the ravine or even walk more than a few paces. In fact malaria has been considered as a causal pathogen because it also follows the high humidity found in river valley areas. But Malaria would have to be present in other areas where ms is prevalent for this to be correct and it is not. But high humidity is!



Pauline, a lady with ms for many years took part in the first pilot study for Inclined Therapy and made a remarkable recovery as did others involved in the study. She regained normal vision and no longer requires spectacles to drive a car. She completed an open university degree and before we tilted her bed she could not make out the outline of the screen let alone conduct studies to gain her diploma.



But most of all, Pauline provided some insight into ms, by conducted experiments with a dehumidifier. Pauline lives in Paignton so experiences very high humidity at times living by the coast. In fact the area she lives in was once a bogged area and was drained, many of the houses on the estate still have a damp problem and water logged gardens.



During one of our conversations Pauline mentioned that some days her dropped foot problem would not be a problem throughout the day, yet other days it would be.



The answer came when several people began using a humidity meter and writing down symptoms during higher than normal humidity.



Multiple sclerosis appeared to rely on higher than normal humidity, so Pauline was advised to purchase a dehumidifier and use it ion the bedroom together with the inclined bed. The results were startling and proved beyond a shadow of doubt that the humidity factor was very important for maintaining the circulation and again fitted like a glove with my research.



Pauline recorded time and time again that when she used the dehumidifier during high humidity her dropped foot problem did not present itself throughout the following day! Yet when she deliberately did not use the dehumidifier the dropped foot problem was troublesome!



Andrew K Fletcher



Confavreux C, Darchy P, Alperovitch A, Aimard G, Devic M.
A questionnaire-based prevalence study was conducted in the Chalon-sur-Saône and Avignon areas, in the Rhône-Saône valley, France, to determine the frequency of multiple sclerosis. These areas are 300 km apart and lie on the 47 degrees and 44 degrees North parallels respectively. Age-adjusted prevalence rates on March 20, 1984 were 58.5 and 48.6 per 100,000 inhabitants respectively. There was no significant difference between the two areas. These preliminary data suggest that south-eastern France, as represented by Avignon, may fall within the high risk area for multiple sclerosis.