KONI gets inversion tables<\/p>\n
JAKARTA (JP): Jakarta fitness center Fitness Station has
\ndonated 35 inversion tables to the National Sports Council (KONI)
\nto help Indonesia's Southeast Asian (SEA) Games athletes recover
\nafter heavy training.<\/p>\n
There are 35 tables because Indonesia will compete in 35
\nsports.<\/p>\n
\"Each sport controlling administration will get one inversion
\ntable to help its athletes recover their stamina after a series
\nof training sessions,\" KONI's chief sports doctor, Suhantoro,
\nsaid yesterday.<\/p>\n
Suhantoro said the principle behind inversion racks was not
\nnew but based on the ancient Greek's concept of reversing
\ngravity.<\/p>\n
To relive back pain ancient Greek doctors hung patients upside
\ndown by tying their feet to the top of a ladder.<\/p>\n
In the 1960s inversion became more accessible with the
\ninvention of gravity boots and inversion racks.<\/p>\n
Suhantoro cited boxer Pino Bahari as an athlete who had
\novercome long-term chronic back pain by using an inversion table.<\/p>\n
Pino was a gold medal winner at the Seoul Asian Games and an
\nOlympic hopeful. But back pain forced him to stop training for
\nthe Atlanta Olympics.<\/p>\n
After a four months therapy, including using an inversion
\ntable, his back pain went away and he was able to win a gold
\nmedal for Bali at the National Games in the lightweight division.<\/p>\n
KONI's chief, Wismoyo Arismunandar, who accepted the donation
\nfrom the Fitness Station's chief, Billy Santosa, said he was
\n\"happy to get such a helping hand which could later help KONI to
\nkeep its athletes in good shape for the SEA Games.\"<\/p>\n
Inversion tables combated the three primary causes of back
\npain: gravity, weak muscles or poor flexibility and stress,\"
\nBilly said.<\/p>\n
\"Besides relieving back pain, which many athletes may suffer
\nafter heavy training, there are many other advantages including
\nincreased blood circulation, lymph and spinal fluid,\" he said.
\n(rsl)<\/p>",
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