The Inversion Revolution: Beyond Back Pain to Wellness - Softcover

McKay, Michael James

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0982661525 ISBN 13: 9780982661529

Publisher: Quality Direct Products, 2017

Synopsis

The Inversion Revolution, Beyond Back Pain to Wellness, presents an introduction to Self-Care and gives a deep understanding how inversion can be used as a central tool that can take a person beyond back pain - to Wellness.

Millions of people have seen TV commercials selling high angle inversion tables to alleviate back pain. These are so common that many - even the Mayo Clinic - mistakenly equate inversion therapy with going upside down at high angles which is scary and inappropriate for many people.

Presenting the history of inversion the author points out that high angle inversion is NOT necessary. Conservative low angle inversion (aka slanting) can be very effective and can be constructed so the person feels safe and secure to do it alone without a spotter being needed.

What is health? What is Wellness? The book explores these two pivotal questions and presents a large number of practical Self-Care strategies the author has used for regaining balance and overcoming obstacles which has allowed him to live a life in greater freedom from pain and enjoying expanded possibilities.

This book is for those who are in pain or love someone who is in pain; it is for those who want to learn how to become the General Contractor of their own health and how to work more effectively with their chosen healthcare providers.

The book includes bonus material on how to create a Self-Care toolkit and an important exercise program called The 4 Minute Miracle which is suitable for most people whether their health condition is marginal, modestly healthy or athletically fit.

Michael McKay L.M.T. is the author and inventor of Gravity Pal(R) low angle inversion tables which includes the only portable table on the market today. The author chronicles how he overcame crippling back pain and avoided surgery by developing a new, breakthrough method using low angle inversion, for only 1 to 3 minutes at a time, that not only achieves gentle compression relief but also provides many cumulative side-benefits, including improved clarity of thinking, more energy, reduced stress, improved circulation, healthier skin, improved digestion and more.

About this title

About the Author

Licensed Massage Therapist. Certified Zero Balancing Practitioner Owner of McKay Center of Health & Healing Inventor of Gravity Pal low angle inversion tables President of Gravity Pal, Inc

Review

KIRKUS REVIEW

"A primer on inversion therapy for back pain.

In his debut, McKay explains how the low-angle inversion table he invented not only provides back-pain relief--by subtly raising a sufferer's feet higher than his or her head--but also results in "Wellness 'side-benefits, ' " such as clearer thinking or increased energy. It would be reasonable for readers to dismiss this work as a thinly veiled sales pitch for the author's "Gravity Pal" table; indeed, the product is often referenced in the text. Still, for anyone seeking a clear, readable discussion of inversion--an accepted therapy for treating back troubles--and its potential benefits, this book certainly suffices. McKay starts with the expected personal story of his own back pain and subsequent surgery. After he decided to study back-pain relief therapies, he discovered that inversion was not a new idea, but typically, its approach was "higher angle" inversion, which McKay believed was "too scary and impractical." This led to his invention of a lightweight, portable, low-angle inversion table. However, the primary focus of the book isn't the use of that product but rather the notion that one needs to take responsibility for one's own health care. This broadens the author's objective considerably; he proposes the idea of becoming a "General Contractor of your own health," explains ayurveda medicine's "six developmental stages of disease," and outlines the "four steps to wellness" coping, progress, overcoming, and celebration. Eventually, the argument returns to inversion, which, McKay claims, can be used both for compression relief and "as a central Wellness tool." Perhaps the most practical portion of the book is the author's "toolkit"--a potpourri of techniques and therapeutic approaches that he says he's used to improve his own well-being, including weight training, acupuncture, salt baths, transcendental meditation, and, of course, low-angle inversion. An appendix offers specific instructions for some of these modalities as well as additional resources. Some of the book's claims are unsubstantiated, but McKay offers an open invitation to researchers "to determine through objective testing if these results can be independently verified."

An intriguing, if sales-oriented, guide that back-pain sufferers may find worth considering."

Kirkus Reviews

***

"Michael McKay's book, The Inversion Revolution, is loaded with practical Self-Care principles. Perhaps the most helpful book that I have read in my twenty-five year history of working in healthcare. All of us can learn from Michael's insightful wisdom both as a writer and a teacher.

Self-Care is the solution to our struggling healthcare system."

Dr. Charles Coram, Author, Medical Intimacy: Deeper Understanding Allows for Deeper Healing

Edition details

• Publisher: Quality Direct Products
• Publication date: 2017
• ISBN 10: 0982661525
• ISBN 13: 9780982661529
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 244