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The International Award Winning
Klass Vaki has arrived
in New Zealand!

A NEW Scientific Concept
The KBS 2000 KLASS VAKI
®

· A Pressure Equalizing Orthopaedic Body Support System for Pain Sufferers

· A unique Lumbar Body Support for acute and chronic lower back pain

 

The Scientific Body Support System for Pain.

KBS2000 (Klass Vaki®) a new non-invasive drug free concept

 

Back pain is reaching epidemic proportions internationally. Eighty percent of people are affected at some stage in their lives. Klass Vaki® are pleased to be of service to help sufferers

Lower back pain is a problem that affects approx. four out of five people at some time in their lives. Apart from physical discomfort, back problems have economic significance as well, resulting in lost workdays, increased medical expenses and even early retirement. Because lower back pain is a non-specific problem that doesn’t show up on x-rays, it is difficult to diagnose. Successful treatment remains a challenge for the doctor and therapists.

Recently introduced into New Zealand and Australia, the Klass Vaki® may provide more permanent relief. The KBS2000 (Klass Vaki®) is based on many years of research and testing and is designed so that during sleep, the back and related muscles are properly supported. Because the back muscles are not properly supported on a conventional mattress, they go into spasm, causing damage to the spine and other parts of the body’s skeletal system.

The scientifically-proven KBS2000 Klass Vaki® Body support system, is a new non-invasive drug free concept, which addresses the pain experience where it occurs, and offers a great deal of pain relief, comfort and relaxation. When exhausted, the body expects to find relief when lying down to rest and unfortunately, this is not the case for most pain sufferers. Muscles in painful spasm experience no relaxation, in fact to the contrary, pain intensifies in proportion to the time spent in bed. The reason is obvious. Our bodies being contoured, find it difficult to adapt to the flat sleeping surface of the conventional mattress. The conventional bed does not offer proper support for the body, thus the back and related muscles contract in protest, eventually going into painful spasm.

RESEARCH AND SCIENTIFIC PAPERS

  • An independent news release from the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons, based on a survey of members of the Atlanta Orthopaedic Association showed most orthopaedic surgeons agree that mattresses play an important role in the management of lower back pain. The study was co-authored by William C. Hutton, Director of the Research Dept and Howard I. Levy M.D. of the Dept of Orthopaedics at Emory University, Decateur, Ga.
  • The Department of Health Mattress Evaluation Centre in London has conducted trials and it is possible that Klass Vaki® could be incorporated into the National Health Service’s facilities in England.
  • Scientific research at the University of Cape Town and Pretoria, South Africa and published in the South African Medical Journal (SAMJ), April 1995, 'A Lumbar body support (KBS 2000) alters muscle recruitment patterns in patients with acute-upon-lower back pain,' shows a significant decrease in muscle spasm activity when sleeping on the KBS2000 Klass Vaki® Body Support System. Two abstracts were also presented to the International body
  • In addition, tests conducted at the Technical University of Berlin, Germany, May 1999, Test Report no B-99-062-MG, indicate a significantly lower degree of pressure build-up compared to the conventional flat mattress.
  • A paper was presented in the Official Journal of the American College of Sports Medicine on 'Beneficial Physiological Effects of a lumbar body support (KBS 2000) compared to a conventional mattress in patients with lower back pain.'
  • Research was published at the German Research & Consulting Center for Nursing Products in Göttingen, and clinical trials were conducted in the Surgical Intensive Care Unit at the University Hospital of Pretoria by Principal Specialist, Dr J P Pretorius who states, "We would like to confirm that patients seem to experience less pain and feel more comfortable on Klass Vaki."
  • Stanford University in California has undertaken a research project into the body support system and
  • B.L.Hulse was awarded a Masters degree (M.Med.Sci.) at the University of Cape Town for reporting results in a thesis showing 'Physiological evaluation of sleeping surfaces in healthy volunteers and patients with acute-upon-chronic lower back pain,' in which she describes KBS 2000® as "The Most Advanced Sleeping Surface."

THE DESIGNER AND INVENTOR

Petro Groenewald, the designer and inventor of the KBS2000 Klass Vaki® Body Support System, was awarded Gold and Silver Medals for "World Authoritative Work on Back Pain" at the International Exhibition for Inventors and Innovators held in London in 1997. She was also awarded the Gold Medal and the Mariette Loots Cancer Award 1993" in the category for "Alternative Methods to Promote Pain."

She says, "Pain cannot be diagnosed on the x-ray film. Pain that doctors cannot see may be easily dismissed. Why are muscle relaxants the biggest category of prescribed drugs in the world?" Here is a woman who has found the solution to her own intense pain after the medical profession could not give her an answer for 30 years.

The KBS2000 Klass Vaki® Body Support System now offers new hope. Researched, designed and developed in South Africa, the concept is unique in design and construction. It immediately offers the contoured body a balanced support when lying down, taking away the pressure that builds up between the body and sleeping surface. The muscles can now relax and experience the luxury of refreshing rest.

KBS2000 Klass Vaki® is unique in that it recognizes the flat surface of the conventional sleeping surface causes pressure to build up between the body and the surface on which it is resting, thus causing and aggravating back pain. The Klass Vaki® is shaped to gently hug and support the major muscles of the back and lower lumbar area and has proven to be successful in the relief of pain in the following cases for pain sufferers worldwide using the KBS2000 Klass Vaki®.

·   Pain of the lower back                       ·   Displaced vertebrae

·   Calcification of the spine                     ·   Muscle Spasm

·   Fibromyalgia                                     ·   Sciatica

·   Ankylosing Spondylitis                      ·   Scoliosis (great success)

·   Bedsores                                         ·   Prostrate Problems

·   Osteoporosis (discomfort when lying down)

·   Spinal Chord Injuries with chronic intractable pain

·   More comfort for terminally ill patients and those who are bedridden

·   Excellent for sportsman

For terminally ill patients, Klass Vaki® has also proven that lying on the KBS2000 (Klass Vaki®) minimizes bedsores, lowers the heart rate while sleeping and relaxes the body. The KBS2000 (Klass Vaki®) is used worldwide.

Matron of St Luke’s Hospice in the Western Cape, Mrs H. M. Strickland, says, "We have found the Klass Vaki® to be of great benefit. Those suffering from bone pain and those who have generalized weakness and body pain have derived the most benefit from the Body Support Klass Vaki®, and have commented very positively on the relief and comfort it gave them physically." Mrs. Denise Heatlie, the Director of Care-giving at the East Rand Hospice, says that her patients and their families are assured of a higher level of comfort and care through the use of Klass Vaki®.

There are hundreds of appreciative letters from people all over the world. These anecdotal reports say:

  • "It has made me sleep more easily"
  • "Cannot live without it"
  • "It has become my life saver"
  • "It has no side effects"
  • "I slept for the first time in 10 years through the night"
  • "I woke up for the first time in 15 years without any pain"
  • Medical Societies that pay out refunds report a drastic saving in painkillers and have cancelled operations for their members with back problems.

ATHLETES

Questionnaires filled in by dozens of athletes verified that athletes are showing better sleeping patterns, less fatigue, and recover more rapidly from stressful training sessions when using Klass Vaki® KBS 2000. They are able to train more intensely and more frequently due to lower stress levels. These include international tennis player Jimmy Connors, Springbok show Jumper Gonda Betrix, Springbok athlete Tanya Peckham, gold medal winners, runner Shaun Meiiklejohn and athlete Karin Wilkinson.

Bobby McGee, running coach of Jantjie Marthinus and Johan Landsman (Both world record holders) says, "Klass Vaki® is the answer to every athlete’s prayers. Three of my athletes have been using it for more than 8 years and I am amazed at the results."

A WORD FROM THE SUPPLIER

A bed cannot cure back pain but a correct sleeping surface can provide relief. This is proven by use of the KSB 2000 Klass Vaki®. It alleviates muscle spasm, which is where pain manifests itself.

While the product is gaining popularity by the day, many in the medical world try to shrug it off as "unscientific" with only anecdotal evidence of success. But twenty Medical Aid Societies in South Africa alone are now paying for Klass Vaki®. Clearly this product cannot be ignored any longer. In other countries worldwide, the Government Subsidized programs are all subsidizing this product. They say the "Proof of the Pudding is in the Eating." Tests prove that this product does work. Not only scientific tests, but consistent anecdotal reports worldwide have proven that sleeping on a Klass Vaki® when you have been riddled with pain, often for years, relieves that pain and you get a restful night’s sleep.

I myself have used this product for over 8 years. I originally loaned my first Klass Vaki® out to a friend and from that friend it went to another, and to another……that was the end of my Klass Vaki® which was lost somewhere in the loaning of it. I had to buy myself another one.

Last year I had major back surgery and could not walk for months. The left side of my body, just would not function. My left leg lost weight, became thin, did not work. After I sat at my desk working, I could not get up and walk straight away. I would drag my left side of my body. However, when I eventually bought myself another Klass Vaki®, it was only two days later when I was able to move more freely, and by the end of that month I was able to walk properly without dragging the left side of my body.

That was the first time I could walk without a limp and dragging my left leg for over a year! Now 4 months later, my left leg is the almost the same size as the right leg once again. Nerves still pinch but the relief when I sit and sleep on my Klass Vak is absolute "freedom" from pain. This is where I can honestly say, that "Putting Back Pain to Bed " is oh, so true with my Klass Vaki®

Kind Regards to all and Happy Days using your Klass Vaki®.

Nighty night snnnnnoooorrrrre.

Jill Rushton
Director
Therapeutic Back Support Systems

P.S.   Klass Vaki® can have various meanings -
'Sleep Fairy,' 'Sandman' or 'Wee Willie Winkie in the Land of Nod.'

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