The Back Revolution® System provides a safe, simple and effective method of back conditioning that can be used without medical supervision, at home, at work, or in the gym.

1. The Back Revolution®, a forward flexed inversion unit that decompresses the spine, encouraging normal movement while helping to reduce and prevent pain.

2. The Back Revolution Stick, a self-massager that relieves soreness, increases flexibility and promotes tissue repair.

Effective in enhancing strength, mobility, trunk and core stability, nerve mobility and spinal function.

• Overall Health and Wellness
• Back Pain Management
• Self-Adjustments At Home
• Oxygenate Brain and Eyes For Overall Health
• Core Muscle Building and Recovery
• Overall Flexibility Enhancement
• Work-Related Injury Prevention
• Professional Sport Training
• Sport Specific Training
• Improve the operation of spinal joints.
• Minimize wear and tear of the inter vertebral discs.
• Improve muscle strength.
• Improve muscle control.
• Ensure correct patterning of movement, which allows muscles to work together.
• Reduce nerve impingement or nerve tension.
• Improve normal joint mechanics by working the muscles of the trunk in a natural, functional way.
• Prevent postural abnormalities and improve symmetry of the spine.
• Offer relief from the aging forces of gravity to muscles and joints.
• Reduce muscle spasms.
• Optimize flexibility.
• Reduce muscle tension and pain.
• Reduce blood pressure and heart rate.
• Increase local blood flow.
• Increase thoracic gas volume peak flow and forced vital capacity.
• Influence lymph flow.
• Improve gait and range of motion.
• Reduce stiffness and fatigue.
• Reduce post traumatic headache.
• Lactic Acid Flushing
• Lymphatic Draining Stimulation
• Sciatica
• Upper / Lower Back Pain
• Herniated Discs
• Neck Pain
• Locked Facet
• Sprained Ligaments
• Strained Muscles
• Scoliosis

The Back Revolution® has been available since 1990, when fitness expert Bill Kaiser introduced the Back Revolution® and Dr. Belcher developed the Back Revolution Stick.

Both pieces of the equipment have proved highly effective in increasing levels of back fitness, and are now part of the training program for international athletes and professional sports people.

As well as being a key part of an individuals Workout , the Back Revolution® is a great piece of equipment for group training classes such as spinning or circuit training.

The original concept for the creation of The Back Revolution System 90/90 inversion machine came from Bill Kaisers father who thought that hanging over a saw horse would be a great way to stretch the back muscles, he then created The Orthopod. The story of The Orthopod can be found below.

Heard any bats complaining about stress lately? Of course not, they discovered long ago the perfect way to relieve tension, to soothe the over burdened back, to correct the gross impositions of excessive gravity- they just hang around upside-down to ease their burdens.

Some enterprising individuals, recognizing the bats wisdom, started swinging back ache ridden Americans upside-down by their ankles. Another entrepreneurial fellow recalled his childhood days playing on a sawhorse and immediately visualized a new method for reversing gravitational stress. Instead of manacling our ankles and swinging ever so slowly backwards into the unknown, Robert Kaiser decided that leaning forward into the unknown would cause less fear-induced stress. He brought his idea to friend Al Siedentop in 1981. By January 1982, Kaiser and Siedentop presented a working model of Orthopod to a manufacturer.

From 1982 to 1989, 35,000 Orthopod units were sold to medical professionals and physical fitness experts. In 1988, however, Kaiser’s son, Bill Kaiser, began looking for ways to expand Orthopod’s potential market. He was convinced that the general public would respond to his product- but how to interest them?

Bill approached a sports marketing firm and made an unusual offer. In exchange for their marketing expertise he would paint their warehouse. The deal was accepted.

Both parties upheld their end of the bargain and the marketing firm presented a campaign to the manufacturer of the Orthopod in 1988. Brochures were produced and advertising was placed in the magazines. The marketing plans were just about to take off full swing when the marketing firm dropped its bomb-bankruptcy. They informed Bill that they would have to scrap the entire project.

But Bill had other plans. He converted his existing Physical Fitness Equipment showroom into an office and warehouse, set up a toll free number, and opened shop on February 27, 1989. He brought his own son into the business and relied on his wife’s staunch support, his father’s business wisdom, the ideas of a high school and college friend, and the faith of the president of Orthopod’s manufacturing company.

Resounding approbation follows Orthopod wherever it is found. Dr. Bob Goldman, Director of Research at the High Technology Fitness Research Institute, lauds Orthopod by stating, “we find it is proving to be a fine modality for stretching of the back muscles as well as decompressing the spine without risks associated with standard gravity inversion devices.” He also commends the ease with which the Orthopod can be used.

Gravity Traction

Users of Orthopod agree with Dr. Goldman. Chiropractors and physical fitness experts across the country utilize it in the treatment of degenerative arthritis, herniated disks, sciatica, and scoliosis. Even the U.S. Department of Justice recognizes its value as a reducer of lower back pain. In 1989 it purchased and placed Orthopod in 65 of its Federal Corrections Institutions. It is being integrated into a physical fitness program designed to curb the employee drop out rate due to on-the-job stress.

Orthopod’s success is not limited to the United States, hospitals in Tokyo and Osaka Japan use the equipment, as do some of Japan’s professional baseball players. As a matter of fact, Bill is doing his part to correct the trade imbalance by presenting the Orthopod to Japan’s physical fitness industry at the Sports and Leisure ’90 import fair in Tokyo.

The appeal of Orthopod is easy to understand. Not only does it qualify for medical insurance coverage, but it also comes with a ten-year warranty. Lightweight at 35 pounds, it can support a 300 pound user and is adjustable for extremely tall users. It only occupies six square feet and can be folded for storage and transport. Persons using the Orthopod can do more than just hang passively; they can perform, without the usual risk to the back, a series of gentle exercises designed to strengthen the back and abdominal muscles. The benefits are felt quickly, the Orthopod requires only 30 seconds to 2 minutes of user operation.

Chiropractors, physical therapist, professional sports figures, government employees, and consumers, they all enjoy the comfort and simplicity of