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manufactured by CSC Instructions Issue 1.1 |
1- Device description
The Biotonix® orthopostural® podal device consists in a central plate specifically designed to act on the body balance. It is inserted in an insole. Biotonix® is not an orthopedic sole, it does not act in a mechanical way on the foot.
2- Indications
Biotonix® acts on the Posture Tonic System. It is dedicated to people that suffer from locomotive functional pains relative to a bad position. It improves the well-being and muscular performances, thanks to a body equilibrium with a better posture.
The Biotonix® orthopostural® device may alone solve these problems or may be used as a complement to practices such as kine, osteopathy or manual therapy.
It is also used in alternative medicine and natural medicine for the human well being and fitness, for an improvement of muscular performances, for increased strength and tonus during day time and at the end of the day.
3- Consequences of a poor posture
The following pathologies or pains may be related to a poor posture :
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asthenia, chronic tiredness, lack of tonus and energy, chronic exhaustion, dystonia, loss of balance. |
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vertebrae pains (cervical, dorsal, lumbar), back pains, lumbago, sciatica. |
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muscular pains, backaches, neck ache, stiff neck. |
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cramps, sprains, muscle tears, strained muscles. This type of pathology can be found in particular with people showing posture disequilibrium, during efforts when they practice a sport asking to run or to jump. |
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tendon inflammation, tendinitis, tennis elbow, tendon pains, joint pains. |
4- Contraindications : None known.
5- Warnings
| When wearing Biotonix® for the first time, some joint or muscular pains, some feet warming may occur for posture adaptation over a limited period. |
| In case of pains or symptoms persistence, consult your doctor. Always check with your doctor if you have any concerns about your condition or treatment. |
6- Precautions
| The Biotonix® must be worn every day from getting-up to bedtime, the material face turned upwards, the Biotonix® logo downwards. If worn upside down, the Biotonix® will have neither negative nor positive effects. |
| The soles must not be exposed to the sun or at temperatures over 50°C that could melt or deform them. |
7- Conformance to standards
CE certification N° fr/CA01/ 0004507V.
8- How supplied
Biotonix® is only supplied within a fully assembled insole, with the Biotonix logo visible on the bottom face of the sole.
9- User's Manual
The Biotonix® orthopostural® podal device is :
| CLEVER. The Posture Tonic System recovers a balanced position with a permanently controlled correction. |
Due to their composition (synthetic and micro fibres), and their manufacturing with thermal compression welding, the soles are :
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FLEXIBLE. They can be adapted to any shoe type. |
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THIN. Their thinness (<1.5 mm) makes them comfortable in any shoes, do not require to change of shoe size. |
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WATERPROOF. They are protected against water and perspiration and do not smell. They can be washed. |
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RESISTANT. The used materials give them a long life span. |
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The Biotonix® must be worn every day from getting-up to bedtime : in your town-shoes, sport-shoes, slippers. |
| The Biotonix® perform without any pressure, even when sitting. |
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When wearing Biotonix® for the first time, some joint or muscular pains, some feet warming may occur for posture adaptation over a limited period. In case of pains or symptoms persistence, consult your doctor. |
| The Biotonix® can be washed regularly with soap and water. |
| The Biotonix® must not be exposed to the sun or at temperatures over 50°C that could melt or deform them. |
c) Use duration
With a normal use, professional life and leisure sport, the sole lasts over one year in average. They are wearing out like a shoe pair, faster for someone that wears them with heavy constraints (e.g. a bricklayer, a sportsman) than for someone more sedentary (e.g. a secretary). The Biotonix® effectiveness is maintained as long as the insole stays assembled and its faces are not altered.
The Posture Tonic System (PTS) is the neurological system that enables us to remain in any position without thinking about it, whether we are standing, sitting or lying. It continuously controls the posture in an automatic way, without letting us aware.
The Posture Tonic System is therefore :
| PERMANENT. The PTS works 24 hours a day. It works when we are sleeping, and we can sleep on a chair without falling down : the head of the sleeping drops slowly, and then a sub-conscious motion moves it back when the head inclination becomes critical. |
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AUTOMATIC. The engine programs of the Posture Tonic System are genetically encoded. One of this code makes us walk on 2 legs. All children can finally walk without teaching them. |
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INVOLUNTARY. Our will cannot act on this system which cannot be corrected by itself. If the static system is disturbed, it is not possible to correct it with only our will power. It is essential to the voluntary motion and works in background. |
A misbehavior of the Posture Tonic System leads to :
| misbehaviors of the tonic muscles, it is to say of our shrouds. The tonic muscles are no longer stretched symmetrically in front and back, left and right. That will then lead to joint misbehaviors, unusual joint constraints that can cause joint inflammation, backbone and joint pains, cartilage wear, pulled muscles, tendinitis, or arthritis. |
| a misbehavior of the voluntary engine programs. Motions are badly prompted, badly enforced, their counter support is deficient, and their stop is uncertain. This is the cause of lower performances, lower efficiency, of muscular or joint injuries. |
a) The study of posture deviations has shown, with double blind comparison, an immediate effect of the Biotonix® on the posture with improvement of the body balance and reduction of deviations.
31 subjects (21 female, 10 male), age between 9 and 65, main exclusion criterion for people with chirurgical operation of the motion apparatus.
Measurements performed by digital camera using the Biostat measurement device calibrated at 1 mm precision. 3 measurements performed : one with bear feet, one with Biotonix, one with placebo soles.
| Principal effectiveness |
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Significant difference |
| Eye deviation | 2.3 mm | 1.2 mm | p< 0.02 |
| Shoulder deviation | 10.5 mm | 8.5 mm | p< 0.05 |
| Hip deviation | 6.6 mm | 4.5 mm | p < 0.01 |
| Wrist deviation | 15 mm | 11 mm | p < 0.01 |
| Knee deviation | 4.1 mm | 2.9 mm | p< 0.02 |
b) The strength study has evaluated the instantaneous improvement of the strength brought by the Biotonix®, using a calf strength measurement device, with double blind comparison.
45 subjects, age between 15 and 70, main exclusion criterion for people with contraindication to practice sport.
Counts of repetitions up to exhaustion of the calf flexion/extension while carrying a load on the shoulders between 35 Kg to 110 Kg. The load is adjusted to each subject so that the average number of repetitions is about 15. Three counts are performed, each separated by 10 minutes : one with bear feet, one with Biotonix, one with placebo soles.
The study has demonstrated an average 20% strength improvement.
| Principal effectiveness |
Placebo |
Biotonix® |
Significant difference |
| Number of repetition | 14.4 | 16.4 | p< 5 10-16 |
c) The study for health rotation has shown, with double-blind comparison, that for a person wearing the Biotonix® orthopostural® podal device, the head rotation amplitude is increased in a significant way.
41 subjects, age between 12 and 55, main exclusion criterion for people with a neck chirurgical intervention.
Measurements performed by digital camera, with measurement on each picture of the distance between the nose extremity and the external ear edge. Two sequences of right and left rotation measurements are performed : one with Biotonix®, one with placebo soles.
The measurements below are expressed in pixels. Since all rotations are below 90°, an increase of the nose to ear distance shows a better rotation : the right rotation is improved of 5° average, the left rotation is improved of 4° average.
| Principal effectiveness |
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Significant difference |
| Right rotation | 146 pixels | 165 pixels | p< 10-7 |
| Left rotation | 158 pixels | 169 pixels | p< 10-5 |
11- References
To know more, have a look at some natural medicine webs, such as those for the Posture
(www.bio-tonix.com/BioE/posture.htm) or consult the Bibliography (www.bio-tonix.com/BioE/ebiblio.htm).
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