Patent ID: 7887472

Claim:
A method of obtaining maximum spinal flexibility and strengthening the core muscles of a user having a lower body, a waist, an upper body, knees, feet and hands while maintaining intervertebral space, the method comprising: providing a frame supporting a horizontally oriented adjustable bench; providing an adjustable leg rest having a set of pads separated by a cushion and rigidly connected to a rod, where the rod is rigidly connected to a rack and where the rod is rotationally supported by a set of collars rigidly attached to the frame; providing a set of foot pegs extending transversely from opposite sides of the leg rest providing an adjustable headrest rigidly affixed to the bench; adjusting the leg rest to an appropriate height; adjusting the bench to an appropriate position; adjusting the headrest to an appropriate position; lying supine adjacent the bench; placing the knees over the set of pads and separating the knees with the cushion; placing the feet underneath the set of foot pegs; and, rotating the lower body at the waist side to side for a number of repetitions.