The Chi Machine

Oxygen starvation of cell in the body can result in: immune disfunction, cardiac symptoms, sleep and respiratory disorders, blood chemistry disturbance, intestinal problems, anxiety, depression, headaches, fatigue, stiff neck, shortness of breath, dizzeness, to name but a few health problems.

75 trillion cells provide the body with energy to carry out every brain function, body movement and needs of all body systems and organ function. Each cell has only two needs to produce this energy, nutriment from food intake and OXYGEN.

Oxygen turns out to be the key element in maintaining good health. Today, people do not have enough oxygen intake, they only have too much junk food and drink. Unfortunately, the most effective way to acquire sufficient amount of oxygen is to exercise and many find exercising tiring, exhaustive, and time consuming.

Because the 'exercise' massage is done lying down in the prone, relaxed position, with all loads and stress reduced on the spine and other body areas, during maximum oxygenation and subsequent energy production, the sense of well-being arising from the massage, is immediate and noticable.

Most people experience a deep sense of relaxation during the massage and a pleasurable to exhilarating feeling following the massage.

Some may feel tired or sore in some area. This may suggest a healthy circulation is being restored. Soreness might also relate to an old injury or "Ki" energy flow blockage. If soreness occurs, reduce session time to 2-3 minutes and gradually return to 15 minutes massage if soreness ceases.

Dizziness might accompany initial massage sessions, reducint the session by half and raising the head with a small and thin pillow should resolve the problem but remove the pillow later for better results. Dizziness could point to an inner ear or anaemic problem (Women especially). Some may suffer dizziness and headache suggesting high blood pressure. Nausea may indicate low blood pressure or Meniere disease. SEEK medical advice if dizziness persists before continuing the massage sessions.

Lymph fluid in the body exceeds the quanity of blood and one of its functions is to cleanse the body's waste. Lymph fluid has no ''pump' action to move it around the body but its cleansing of waste-toxic matter will be aided by the Chi Machine. Such cleansing may cause bad breath and also thirst, water cleanes and aides in 'lymph' cleansing, so drink plenty of water to hasten the cleansing and remove any breath problem.

Spinal Influence On Health

Within the brain and extending through the core of the spinal column, is the central nervous system and branching out from it is the nerve network that reaches every part of the body and provides all body functioning not under conscious control, (breathing, digestion, heart rate, etc.) This extended 'nerve' network is termed the Autonomic Nervous System and it further divides into the Sympathetic and Parasympathetic Nervous Systems which provide vital balance to the body's 'nerve' functioning. Any impairment to the spinal alignment or abnormal spinal pressure on vertebrae joints can impair the autonomic nurvous system resulting in minor and major body dysfunction, disorder and disease. The spinal column bone marrow is also a source of blood production and immune system globulin upon which middle aged adults are more dependent, following depletion of globulin production from the 'aged' and shrinking thymus gland.

Utilization of Full Spinal Movement

The spines design permits sideways 'snake-like' movement that serves to relieve vertebrae joint pressure and thereby promote greater 'well being'. Modern man fails to exercise this design feature, part of the reason being that stress of the mind creates body tension and rigidity. Spinal movement has been reduced to a forward and upright bending action and even in walking, the natural twisting -- sideways movement of the spine from arm, leg and upper torso momentum, is restrained by body tensions.

When we awaken or feel tired, we raise our arms, stretch and yawn, and in the process, flex the spinal column in a twisting snake-like movement. Instantly we feel a pleasurable sensation of energy movement and alertness of mind. The reason being that in yawning, the lungs fill with air and greater oxygenation of cells occurs, pressure on the intevertebral discs momentorily releases and the autonomic nervous system is stimulated. (Do a 'yawning' stretch now to verity the value of such oxygenation and spinal twist.)