The BackMitra® is a surprisingly versatile tool. You may use it mainly to relax your back, but did you know it can do much more? Here are five of its main uses: 1. Improve your posture One of the main uses of the BackMitra® is to help improve your posture. [...]
I'd like to tell you about the meeting I had last week... About two years ago I read the book Lower Back Pain, Hernia and Acute Lumbago by Jan Willem Elkhuizen and Menno Iprenburg and found it particularly enlightening on how damage to the intervertebral disc occurs and how this can eventually lead to [...]
- The BackMitra helps dentists to cope with pain - Dealing with the demands of the dental profession often takes a toll on practitioners and their staff, in the form of pain, acute or chronic, associated with an awkward physical posture and mental/emotional stress. Both accumulate over time, starting during university training and increasing [...]
Sleep is the golden chain that binds health and our bodies together – Thomas Dekker Sleep is the best meditation – Dalai Lama How yoga can help you unwind? A very common cause of sleeping disorders is stress. Stress prevents the body and the mind from relaxing and keeps thousands of people awake at night. And this [...]
Back pain is a slow killer; at one moment in your life it creeps into your system, you then learn to live with it. Slowly it is getting worse and one day you may reach a point of no return when surgery is imminent. Do not let this happen! It is time to set a [...]
The pillow is designed to be mounted on top of the BackMitra® and suits the needs of those with tight and rounded upper backs. With the help of the pillow the neck can be stretched to a fuller extent, facilitating a more effective BackMitra® experience. fig. 1 Place [...]
To start with Your head, neck and upper back are supposed to lie on the BackMitra, in such a way that the upper part of the spinal column is being supported. One end of the BackMitra is located below the shoulder blades (see photo on the right for correct positioning on the back). Lying [...]
