♪ Bob and Brad, the two most famous ♪
♪ physical therapists on the internet. ♪
- Hi folks, I'm Bob Schrupp, physical therapist,
- Brett Heineck, physical therapist.
- And we are the most famous physical therapists
on the internet.
- Well, in our opinion, of course.
- Who's your friend Brad?
- Well, we'll introduce later
- We'll talk about that.
Okay, today we're talking about pain relieving tricks
for sitting in bed.
A lot of people like to sit in bed and read,
as you are doing right now.
- Probably more people sit in bed, instead of a paper book,
have their cell phone or their iPod/pad or whatever, maybe.
- Right, exactly
So, we're going to show you why this is bad and then we're
going to show you how to correct it.
- That's right.
- But, before we do that,
we're going to mention our giveaway, Brad.
- Oh yes.
- We're giving away a sleep evasion mattress.
- Right.
- Best mattress you could
gather out there for pain control
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- You can purchase it, yes.
- Or you can get the
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Even better yet.
- So we'll talk more about the details of the mattress
at the end video.
Right now, I want to show you, look at this,
this, this spine here kind of simulates
what Brad's spine is doing right now.
- I'm all hunched over in that fetal position, pretty much.
- This, especially in a weight bearing position
is a harmful position on your neck, mid back and low back.
It can make a disc bulge, herniate.
It can stretch out ligaments.
It can put stress on the muscles, just a bad position.
If you want to hurt yourself.
- Right. It's kind of weird, because I'm reading this book
I'm living pain free, it's kind of ironic, by Amanda Oslo.
- Yeah, there's a bit irony.
- Yeah, she wouldn't promote this either.
- Right? So, let's show you how we're
going to correct this Brad.
let's start off with,
well, first we probably won't have your legs up like that
would you?
- Right? Because that helps you
- Put a pillow underneath your knees, if you want to take a
little stress off, that's up to you.
- But I am still rounded out pretty good
in the lumbar spine.
- Well let's, let's try to correct that Brad.
Let's take a pillow.
- Oh good.
- And we're going to roll up and we're going to create a
lumbar support.
- Oh.
Yeah.
- Let's get that where it belongs.
- Bob, you're in the way. - Oh yeah.
Now he's getting straighter, but he still needs some support
for the neck.
- And my head is still going forward.
- So we're going to go like this.
- I'm going to tuck that right down.
That, that's definitely a step in the right direction.
- He's pretty much straight in the upper body.
But now if we take the book, if you start to read it,
what happens Brad?
- Well, I gather information from the book.
- No, you start to bend forward.
- Oh yeah, the head goes forward, this is,
and you know, this happens a lot without even being
aware of it.
- Right? Let me grab another pillow Brad
as if we don't have enough, we don't
- The head forward, the gooseneck posture, no good.
- Now show what you,
what you do with this Brad?
- I sleep with a pillow.
Yeah. I'm going to, this is what I like to do this.
You rest your arms, you relax your shoulders.
- Sure
- And then I get the book up and you know, I might even,
and it depends on your pillow size, you know, go like that.
- Do a double.
- Do we have any more pillows Bob?
- Well, we got a sleep evasion pillow.
- Yeah, it looks like the dog got after it.
- Yeah.
- But there, there.
Now, I'm resting my, my shoulders are relaxed.
- He's got the spine straight. He's not got a forehead.
His back is relaxed. His knees are comfortable.
We got the whole shebang.
- In other words, life is good, Bob.
- All right, I'm going to show you another option,
might be a little bit easier. You can actually take
a bed wedge.
- A bed wedge?
- Yep.
- All right, yeah, actually these are nice.
- Yeah, they work a little bit better, I think.
- If you do like to read or watch TV in bed in a
similar posture, this would be worth getting,
they're not real expensive,
but obviously you have to have a bed, head rest or something
where it goes up against, now.
- Actually, if you have reflux too,
you can put it the other way. - Right?
- That, we'll show later, maybe.
- Okay, now you still, maybe want a little bit,
a little lumbar support, Brad?
- Yeah, well I was going to use this.
- Oh yeah, perfect.
- I like these throw pillows for lumbar support
because it's smaller.
Oh, nice.
- And then, probably one for your head, yeah?
- Yes, yes.
You know, I do a very similar
protocol
in the recliner.
When I, when I read.
- So do I.
Absolutely, so do I.
- I'm starting to feel pretty supported, Bob
- All right, you want to show the support for the arms?
- Yeah, give me another one, Bob.
Yeah, you know.
- This looks even better Brad.
- Oh yeah, absolutely.
- Now, you can put a pillow under these if you want,
but this will solve all your problems and you'll become
smarter because you're,
you're reading.
- Well, yeah, you're more relaxed,
the information goes in and it stays in your head.
- All right. I want to show the sleep evasion mattress Brad.
- I'm going to read.
- This is a cutout ,actually,
where we show you the
inside of it
and we got 700 tiny mattresses that make up the mattress.
- [Brad] 700 hundred tiny mattresses.
- [Bob] And it's got airflow channels.
- [Brad] Yeah, and so it's
it's got the foam here and backed up by coil springs,
it's really a unique combination.
I don't know if it's unique, but I know it works well,
I appreciate it.
- Yeah, everybody
in my life that has tried that, has loved it.
I mean really, it really relieves pressure on spots.
- Everybody in your life, so that's like a bazillion people.
We won't talk about it.
- I have four friends.
- They all like it.
All right.
- So you can check it out, sign up for it.
And remember Brad and I can fix just about anything
- except for
- a broken heart.
- That's right. - But we're working on it
- Yes and this isn't probably going to help this,
but know
- you said it would help.
- That was a different one.
That was for lying down sleeping.
This is for reading.
- Okay. All right. Peace.
- Be careful.