Video Fluroscopy Proves The Back Revolution Works, And Works Well

Dr. James Kellogg M.D. P.T., D.C. worked at the Bontai Institute, where Dr. Bonati performs his patented laser back surgeries

Dr. Kellogg had purchased a Back Revolution for personal use. After receiving beneficial results from that use, Dr. Kellogg called the inventor and offered to do a video fluoroscopy study at the Bonati Institute on the effect of the Back Revolution on the spine in an inverted position. His subject, Myron, was a former surgeon from the USSR (Ukraine).

The following are Dr. Kellogg's findings. He has done this at his expense and on his time:

Bill,

Finally, here are the lost c-arm x-rays that I did last june ’98.

M1, M2, and M3 are neutral shots of Myron - note the natural wedge-shaped disc spaces. My, M5 + M6 are inverted shots of Myron on The Back Revolution hanging Myron down - note the parallel end plates.

This indicated the effect of traction on the disc space, as you can see the narrowed wedge end is at the IVF causing stenosis.

During traction that narrowed wedging is removed and the IVF is greater in size thus reducing the stenosis about the nerve root as it exits the spine.

Bill, you now have radiographic evidence showing that the two different methods of inverting on The Back Revolution, can produce two different effects on the spine, both beneficial to anyone with a spine.

The hang over the upper edge method with my radiographs indicate facet relief and the thigh pad hang indicates disc and IVF relief as seen on the radiographs.

Another technique utilizing nerve mobilization may be accomplished on the Back Revolution through stretching techniques, check with Mr. Anderson about that.

- Dr. Kellogg

Core Training in a Nutshell, By: Dr. Brian Fayhey P.h.D

Bill - I'm not sure what the "experts" mean by "core training" My understanding comes from Yoga, Pilates, and Ida Rolf.

Basically the intrinsic (core) musculature closest to the spine and the long bones of the arms and legs are emphasized in certain exercises. The extrinsic (sleeve or more surface muscles) are usually over worked in typical weight training and cardio-vascular machines..

The goal of my Renaissance Fitness training programs is integration of the core (intrinsic) and the sleeve (extrinsic) muscular systems.

The Back Revolution is the perfect integrator of intrinsic and extrinsic musculature because inversion naturally activates the intrinsic while giving the extrinsic an opportunity to relinquish their over contracted, over-controlled, over-activated state.

Their "core-training" is an imperfect approximation of the ideal. All the more reason for them to include The Back Revolution in a comprehensive training program.

-Brian Fahey Ph.D.

Developing Peak Golf Performance Through Inversion

Everywhere you turn in the world of golf, incredible emphasis is being placed upon technological improvements in golf clubs, improvements in golf shoes; new types of grip systems, hitters vs. swingers, and keys to enhancing general body strength and flexibility.

The one piece of equipment that most influences a successful golf swing is the structural order and balance of the human body. A less than optimally aligned body short-circuits the effectiveness of all other things you try to do to improve your golf swing.

Regardless of your level of skill, the compressive effects of gravity on your body structure do more to limit your performance potential than any other single factor. Gravity is the cause of many of the effects of the aging process: for example, sagging internal organs, compressed spinal discs and skeletal joints, varicose veins, hemorrhoids, chronic back pain, baggy eyes, and an average of one half-inch height loss every twenty years.

General body compression causes tissues and joints to become dry and brittle because of reduced circulation and accumulation of waste products. This causes stiffness and a diminished range of joint motion which leads to a decrease in performance. We are finding out that regular inversion exercise significantly contributes to reduced pain and joint stiffness while improving stroke ease and consistency through aligning and elongating the hip, lower back, neck and shoulder regions of the body.

Diagonal Detailes Key Biomechanical System

Without getting to bogged down in anatomical detail, the musculature of the neck, shoulders, and ribcage form a continuous spiral arrangement with the muscles of the lower back, waist, and pelvis. these sheets of muscles are actually connected together thereby suspending the pelvis and hips from the neck and shoulders.

This diagonal suspension system is the single most important structural influence on the mechanics of an effective and consistent golf swing. The ability to make the turn ( in hips and shoulders) without compromising accuracy, power , and alignment is significantly influenced by the elongation of the muscles comprising this diagonal suspension system.

The imbalance from the right neck shoulder/chest region will have an impact upon the left hip, waist, low back area and vice versa. The more balanced these diagonal pairs, the less random misalignment (structural torque and rotation) will negatively influence the efficiency of our golf swing. Inversion exercise directly influences the alignment and elongation of this paired system of diagonal muscles so important to the flexibility and power of the shoulder and hip hinges used in golf.

Inversion allows us to take advantage of this naturally occurring configuration of spiral musculature connecting the hips and pelvis with the shoulder girdle.

Key structural areas of golfers are the illiofemoral (hip socket joint, sacroiliac (sacrum to pelvis connection) joint, lumbosacral (low back / spine to pelvis connection) joint, and the attachments of the shoulder girdle to the rib-cage as well as the arm to the shoulder