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Solution to the Humanity’s Age-old Problem “Sore Waist and Aching Back”: Using NON-Conventional Sleeping Positions and Bedding to Alleviate Back Pain and Regain Energy

Jinhui Chiang and Ryan Chiang

For eons, human beings walked using their four limbs. It was not until relatively recently that human beings started to walk on their two feet. By standing on two feet, the waist takes the weight from the upper part of the body, which accounts for three-fifths of their total weight. If people stand, sit or walk too long, they will have a sore waist and an aching back. The frequency of the symptoms is similar to that of a cold. The back pain problem particularly occurs to laborers, athletes, those who physically challenge themselves, or those who have to stand and sit for a long time due to the requirements of their work, such as teachers, barbers or hairdressers, store sales clerks, dentists, nurses, long-distance drivers, or some assembly line operators. Those people easily get a sore waist and aching back. Thus, calling this problem “humanity’s age-old problem” is not an exaggeration. Numerous methods were developed to solve the problem. Much research has also been conducted to find out the factors of the problem. However, one crucial problem has been overlooked. It derives from existing kinds of beds that are made by misusing the ergonomic spines movement curve. So, when people lie on a bed, they still feel tension from moving or working. Therefore, NON-conventional sleeping positions and bedding are needed based on human’s natural smiling curve. In other words, to get a real relaxation, the spine needs to be in the shape of a smiling curve, like the shape of a bow, crescent moon, so that people can lie down and sleep with relaxation from head to toe, from inside to outside, from internal to external organs, and the ten body systems (integument system, skeletal system, muscular System, circulatory system, lymphatic system, nervous system, digestive system, respiratory system, urinary system, endocrine system, reproductive system). The compression in lumbar spine can also be alleviated. Then the body can be physically and mentally relaxed and get enough rest.