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The testimony above is not an isolated case!
I write this as a product of the benefits of Gravity Traction myself. Moreover, I have used this therapy on hundreds of my patients and recommended they purchase their own to use daily for not only pain relief but also to assist in achieving a positive lasting outcome. It never ceases to amaze me the positive results that are reported back to me.
I recently showed the recent X-Rays of my spine to one of the Coast’s top Chiropractors and Osteopath. His comment was, “You have the most well preserved disc space I have ever seen in a person your age and 20 years younger”. I shared with him, I use Gravity traction regularly. This is also a reason I have kept my full hight of 6 feet 3 1/2 inches or almost 192cm in my 60’s.
And please, do not save in the wrong place. Two of my patients who I recommended to buy one of these units purchased one unit online. Both were unhappy with them. One getting stuck up-side-down and came and purchased the one I recommend!
Gravity Traction for the Whole Family
If children were taught to use their body weight intelligently as a standard throughout their lives — hanging, stretching, inverting, strengthening against gravity — there would be far fewer physically incapacitated and severely degenerated elderly people in our society. The habits of spinal health, like all habits of health, are best established early.
A gravity traction unit in the home is not just for the person with the bad back. It is for the whole family. Children naturally love to hang and swing — they are instinctively drawn to the very movements that keep the spine healthy. Encourage this instinct. Support it with proper equipment. And model it yourself.
As we continue to intelligently strengthen our physical bodies against the force of gravity over the passing years, we can stand tall and strong against the changing fortunes of time. It is true to say: the stronger live longer. This is a law in this physical universe and the rule of the jungle of life.
Gravity traction is one of the greatest discoveries in the history of humankind in the field of natural physical healthcare. It is a key to physical rejuvenation — and it is available to you right now.
The Inversion units I sell are registered therapeutic devices in the USA and are available through my website. Vitality.com.au
Two patient stories to inspire you
In Nov 2002, aged 46, I suffered a multi level disc bulge, of a minor nature, affecting L3, L4, L5 and S1. I say “of a minor nature” as I never needed pain killers and was not in terrible pain but I had low level sciatica and backache and tingling down my legs. The symptoms started as a backache in the morning, out of the blue, that went away during the day. My movement was never restricted and I continued with my regular exercise regime.I thought the morning back ache was just muscular tension due to stress caused by the fact that my boyfriend had been diagnosed with cancer. However, as the weeks passed I started to also develop sciatica especially when driving my car, twinging and pinching in the lower back and tingling down the legs. At this stage I went for an x-ray and discovered the cause of my symptoms was in fact a multi-level disc bulge. It was a great surprise that this happened to me as I was a very fit, slim and health conscious person at the time of the incident and for decades prior to it. In the 14 years up until the disc bulge, I practiced yoga 3 times per week for 2 hours each time. I was extremely flexible and strong. In the years prior to practising Yoga I attended gyms and did light weights and various gym/aerobic classes.
I considered myself the person least likely to experience this back problem. Some experts (physiotherapists) say I am hyper mobile and the extreme forward bends I did in yoga aggravated my discs over time and caused the bulges. Also I have a very flat lower back -I don’t have much of natural curve in my lower spine – and the forward bends apparently did not necessarily suit this structure. Others say it was the stress in my life that I was experiencing at the time that caused the bulges. (my boyfriend having cancer). Others say that my poor digestion that I suffered all my life, affected my chemistry and caused this back reaction. In any event what followed in the next 4 years was a personal nightmare. My life became one of restricted movement and I had to give up the joy of exercise and even the rehabilitation exercises I was prescribed often aggravated my back.
I went from physiotherapist to physiotherapist (staying with some up to 1 year), numerous Pilate’s instructors, Osteopaths, private swimming rehabilitation classes, psychotherapist for hypnosis, naturopaths and homeopaths for supplements, healers and psychics. The problem was that my back remained very delicate, unstable and reactive resulting in low level sciatica and tingling in the legs if I “stressed or loaded the spine” too much. Alas, this so called “stress” included the prescribed rehabilitation exercises that were meant to help strengthen and stabilise my back. For example I could swim freestyle but not kicking as it was set off tingling in my legs.
I had periods of time where I seemed to improve but something minor would cause me a 10 month set back. For example, after a period of back stability, in March 2004, I drove three hours to a music concert using a proper back support in the car and getting out every half hour to move around and do prescribed exercises. After that excursion I had tingling in my legs for a year with associated back instability and restriction of movement/exercise and none of the aforementioned experts could help me. Another time after a period of improvement my daughter got a puppy but when she went back to school in February 2006 I was left to pick it up, wipe up after it-always bending correctly from the knees to the point where my knees were irritated -but still this activity caused my back to deteriorate to the point where I had to wear a back belt temporarily due to back instability, back strain, tingling in the legs and sciatica. Overall, I couldn’t exercise except in the bare minimum as my back was reactive and delicate – even the professionally personalised exercises particular for me were at times impossible to do as they just “set my back off” (legs tingling, sciatica). As one Pilate’s instructor said-“I can’t give any less exercise to do than what you are doing.”
In about June 2006 I went for live blood analysis for my stomach problems and it was suggested I take a powder made by Peter Edwards, (whom I had never heard of before I contacted Peter in Queensland and he sent me the powder and a small advertisement for his books and I saw one was called “Back Magic’ I put it to the side thinking “what can a naturopath show me” Well months went past and I was still deteriorating from bending for the puppy earlier in the year and no-one could stop my decline. I had to take natural anti-inflammatory for sciatica and leg tingles and I was not exercising at all. Cooking caused back strain. I was depressed. I wrote an email to Peter and asked him what he had to offer that was different from all the other experts I saw and he told me about his gravity table.
I had in fact in the early days of my disc bulge, hung on a gravity table someone lent to me but it did not help me as i was not under the guidance of an expert and I did not know that in such a delicate stage that it was best to just lie on it at a minimal slant. I ordered a table from Peter and he guided me, over the phone, to oscillate on the table. I was very excited and when I oscillated 2 minutes once per day I did have a huge amount of symptom relief (80% reduction in the symptoms of sciatica, leg tingling and back strain). However, typically, any more oscillation caused more leg tingling, sciatica and hip jamming and an increase in symptoms.
Please note, just before getting the gravity table from Peter Edwards, I had been to see a neurosurgeon and an orthopaedic surgeon, not for an operation but for any ideas – I was desperate. They could not help me. At that stage when they asked me to bend forward (to assess my back stiffness) I could barely get my hands past my knees but after oscillating for a few days, I could reach just above my ankles- from oscillating and nothing else! My back was less stiff and all the flexibility I had from yoga was finally returning. This shows that my back had loosened up from the table alone. I decided to see Peter personally and stayed with him for 3 days and did a detox in Queensland. That was a fantastic experience and I recommend it. When Peter saw me personally at his retreat, he told me not to oscillate on the gravity table but to just lie on it on a gentle incline for 2 minutes daily and increase slowly.. He also told me to do a forward bend (please note: bending from a standing position, not sitting i.e.-bending from the hips, -something my physiotherapists warned me against.) I took his advice when I returned to Melbourne and did a proper yoga style forward bend while standing, very slowly and cautiously and guess what – my whole back unlocked!!! Also, when I went home from the retreat I continued using the table 2 minutes per day on a gentle incline and am now up to 10 mins to-day, 8 months after doing the retreat. I also started stretching out at home as Peter advised and to my surprise I still have a lot of the flexibility I used to have. My back is loosening up all the time and my hip locking problem is resolving and I have now started a low level exercise programme with a spinal specialist-fingers crossed that I can progress back to the gym soon. The gravity table is like having a physiotherapist at home all the time – I do it myself in the morning when I out of bed but I still see a physiotherapist once every 3 weeks for mobilisation. I know that I am well on my way to full recovery after 4 years of difficulty and set-backs. I am grateful to Peter for his advise and I recommend any one who has back problems to contact Peter and read his book and get a gravity table and if able too, do a detox with him and follow his general advice. Thank you very much Peter for helping me to get my life back. I am truly grateful.
Roslyn Eldar -April 2007
P.S A friend of mine who saw my gravity table got one for her husband who has been suffering periods of unbearable back pain for years due to scoliosis. Just before obtaining the gravity table the man in question was told by his chiropractor that he needed 4 visits per week for months! Currently this man uses the table 5 minutes morning and evening on the full beginners incline and he received immediate alleviation of his back problem. He never saw that chiropractor again!
P.S.S I can now kick when I swim!
Roslyn Eldar -April
Thank you Roslyn. And may I add, the decision to attend my health Retreat was a most significant decision for her recovery. During the days with us, Roslyn followed our detoxification program and this caused further dramatic improvement.
As you will read in all my books, Self Healing is possible when the body is given all the conditions it needs to self regulate, self adjust and self heal. This patient was only with us a few days but in that time she was able to learn all she needed to do to help herself to a lasting positive recovery and outcome. As you have read in her story, the rest is history! A successful lasting positive outcome.
I do fully recommend you get copies of my other books in my Self Care Series, particularly ‘The Five Pillars of Self-Healing’ and get the full picture of how you can help yourself to fully self regulate, self adjust and self heal where it is possible.
I called Roslyn some years after receiving this letter. I am delighted to share she is still doing fine. The results have lasted. This is the sweetest reward for any practitioner — and the strongest proof that when the body is given the right conditions, the recovery is not temporary. It is lasting.
Regarding Roslyn’s comments on having to return regularly for treatments with no lasting results reminded me of my own experiences. And her friend’s husband who was told he needed four treatments per week for months, did not need any further treatments once he purchased the inversion unit. Think of the money this man saved not having to have all those treatments. But much more than this, he was actually doing the greatest thing he could ever do for his own health, taking responsibility and helping himself. This is the greatest and most powerful form of healthcare – Self Care!
I have one short unsolicited letter from another patient to share with you to reveal the power of the full program I teach.
Only five weeks later I can’t remember ever feeling this good
Dear Peter & Patricia
I just want to let you know a very exciting update (progress report). It has now been approximately five weeks since I began your health program. When I first began the detoxification process I noticed my fingers loosening up and my joints seemed to be more flexible after only a week. Now an amazing thing has happened. I have incredible movement in my skeletal frame in my mid to upper back and neck area. Suddenly everything seems to be moving and clicking. I want to and need to stretch a lot and find myself doing this at any given opportunity as I move about. It feels as if all the muscles have relaxed, the tenseness and stiffness has gone and the deposits of whatever (?) around the joints and problem areas have disappeared. It sounds a bit corny, but over the past few days I have felt so good and so alive, almost as if I could ‘jump out of my skin’ if that were possible. I feel very peaceful and relaxed – not stressed out like I was.
My eyes when looking at them in the mirror, seem to be getting clearer, my skin is beginning to glow and my thinking processes are sharper. I can’t remember ever feeling this good. Thank you so much for giving me back my life. I’m so happy and grateful.
Kind regards – Lyn Ashford
This is a wonderful story of revitalisation and healing. Lyn related to me that she had had over one hundred treatments over a one year period with her practitioner and was about to sign up for another year of treatments before she was referred to see me. Everything changed when this patient followed my detoxification and revitalisation program and adjusted her diet and lifestyle as I had recommended. This program is fully outlined in detail in my book, ‘The Five Pillars of Self-Healing.’
Let me bring this out and allow it to enter your mind and awareness:
This was no fluke, accident or just good luck. This is the planned and expected outcome of giving the body all the conditions it needs to self regulate, self adjust and heal where it is possible.
This is the law of cause and effect operating in a positive way within the living body. The program gives the living body the chance to allow the great healing powers of nature, the ‘Vis Medicatrix Naturae’ to move more and fully operate freely stimulating the healing response within the living organism.
This is Naturopathy at its best:
Naturopathy
Stimulating the healing response
With minimum intervention
Maximising Vitality and health,
Treating the cause, not the symptom.
‘Every Home and Family needs a good quality Gravity Traction Unit’. – Peter W. Edwards ND, PhD
