It’s time to dig into another DIY project! I haven’t created something in a while. Especially never something like this. Ya, I have some projects that need some finishing touches but this new project is for the health and well being of the family. It’s time to stretch those spinal nerves OUCH!! So I am going to attempt to replicate this spinal nerve stretching table that my son used while at the Scoliosis Care Center in Campbell, CA. It most likely won’t be as fancy but I know it will get the job done.
Nerve tension is a huge cause of back pain, discomfort and scoliosis. Granted scoliosis may run in the family but stretching all the spinal nerves that run down the back of your leg is so important. Lay on your back, hips flat to the floor, knees straight, toes pointing straight up, ankle at 90 degrees, then have someone hold the foot position and bend at the hip and see how far you can go. It’s painful!!Now take it to your pain thresh hold and hold it there for 3 minutes. That is what my son was doing on that stretching table. Alternating legs, 3 minutes at a time for a half hour, 3 times a day. He went from around 40 degrees to 80 by the time we left. When the 3 minutes was up you could tell all those kids were counting down those last painful seconds. I know I could really use this table and so could the whole family. Bending over and touching your toes is one thing, but keeping the back and hips flat and no bend in the knees is another. You can use the corner of a wall but I feel this isn’t near as effective. My son tried it and we had to put a block behind his foot that is up on the wall. Just to feel a stretch. I feel it just allows too much movement in the hips, knees, and ankles.
Now let’s hit the drawing board and see what I have came up with. These NASA, Tesla, Boeing certified prototype blue prints (black & white prints) show how I plan to build this Spinal Nerve Stretching table.
Top View
Side View
Adjustable Foot Hold
I imagine as I get going things are gonna change a bit, a little on-the-fly engineering will be required. I got he go ahead from the big guys to make changes as needed. I have some bigger square tubing laying around that I will use as the main beam on the leg lifting portion but I needed a few other things to get this project going. So off to Home Depot to see what I could find.
Rope
Pulleys
Rope Lock
Eye Bolts
Square Tubing
3/4in Plywood
Hinges
Yoga Mat
Plus I have some random angled and flat bar steel laying around that I can use. I didn’t manage to find any sort of threaded bolt with a knob on the end to tighten the adjustable foot hold but I have an idea where I can find one here locally. As far as the seat belt goes, they used ratchet straps on each side with a flip-Latch style buckle between the 2 halves. That may be something I need to find online. Oh ya, I bought 4-8foot 2x4’s also. $8 each. So far I have about $200 invested in this. Which is not anywhere close to the amount of $$ the Scoliosis Care Center had into theirs. There is a cradle/sling that the foot rests on that I need to figure out but I think this should get me started and the head engineers and NASA, Boeing, and Tesla should be happy when I am done… So will the family. Not necessarily when they are in it but afterwords be feeling great!
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