Physical Therapy
Physical Therapy is the treatment of disease or injury through physical or mechanical means including, but not limited to: ice, heat, massage, ultrasound and exercise.BodyBridge
Arching the Back is the safest and most effective method for improving and maintaining muscular / skeletal well-being. This unique approach to inversion is a better means of promoting traction in the most compressed body zones surrounding the lumbar / sacral and sacral / iliac joints. Arching the back reduces stress. Some studies have even suggested that this effect can reduce stress on the lower back by 50%. In the process it provides mild, passive exercise of the ligaments, tendons and musculature that surround the abdominal cavity. As a result it permits a better supply of blood to flow to all parts of the body, by utilizing the pull of gravity in different directions from those we experience in a normal upright position.The arched position places beneficial pressure on the lower back that tends to separate the vertebrae, freeing up the nerve channels that flow from the spine to help restore the blood supply to connective tissue and the organs. Arching also induces a spreading or "fanning" of the rib cage to produce more vital functioning of these organs. Finally, the backwards arch places gentle tension on the front part of the body, which can be highly beneficial in cases of constipation and other intestinal complaints.