Many people do complain of backaches, especially the elderly people. As such, there is the need to have a remedy for the situation so as to ensure that people do not suffer a lot from the situation. There are many suggestions for the problem, but I once heard a clinical officer who claimed that hanging with the legs hooked on a bar and the head facing downwards can be a good remedy for the condition.
The officer argued on the grounds that many of the elderly people do have problems with backaches, and they are not flexible enough to go through the other exercises that are recommended, or some of them simply get tired too quickly for the exercises. He therefore warranted his argument on the basis that the elderly can easily find a raised bar, hook their legs on it at the knees then hand with the head facing down. This, as he argued, helped in relaxing the back and therefore easing the pain that comes from the compression of the disks in the skeleton. He backed the argument by claiming that it had worked for a few people that he had recommended to.
In his conclusion, he had the academic qualifying argument which claimed that the back pain could be eliminated by having the back relaxed, and as he claimed, this can be done by having no weight exerted on the back; hanging with the head facing down. Well, this might be a remedy as he claimed, but I find it very risky. Since he argues that the elderly are not strong and flexible enough, how can they be supported enough to hang with the head facing down? There is a risk that they could fall off, of course, with grave consequences.
Work Cited
Toulmin S. The Uses of Argument, Cambridge, England: Cambridge University Press, 1969. Web, 24 May 2012, http://changingminds.org/disciplines/argument/making_argument/toulmin.htm
