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Battalion Reporter
The use of inversion gravity
boots may help decompress the
spine, but it could be dangerous.
Inversion gravity boots are
wide metal bands lined with soft
rubber that attach around the
ankle allowing one to hang up
side down from a stationary bar.
The boots are sold in sporting
mods stores and cost between
565 and $85.
Paul Bonarrigo, director of
physical therapy at St. Joseph
Hospital and director of the
Sports Injury and Back Clinic in
Bryan, warns of two dangers
associated with inversion boots:
First, hanging by the ankles
gives traction to the knees and
hips, which he said could harm
the knees by causing unneces
sary stretching of the joint.
Second, there is no way to
measure the amount of traction
placed on a person using the
boots.
A recent article published by
Ronald M. Klatz, a professor of
osteopathic medicine, lists some
of the dangers of hanging up
side down by inversion gravity
boots.
Klatz, a professor at the Chi
cago College of Osteopathic
Medicine, and his associates re
ported that both blood pressure
and ocular pressure were in
creased significantly when twen
ty medical students voluntarily
were inverted for three minutes.
Bonarrigo recommended
that people with conditions such
as a ruptured disc, structural de
fects and diseases of the spine,
compression fractures of the
spine, intraspinal tumors, chro
nic pulmonary or cardiovascular
problems including hyperten
sion or an irregular heartbeat,
extreme motion sickness, de
tached retina or glaucoma
should not use the boots.
Bonarrigo also suggested
that geriatric patients, patients
who are on aspirin or anticoagu
lant therapy, patients with chro
nic sinus disorders, patients with
artificial hip joints, those with
nutritional deficiencies or those
with extreme obesity avoid using
the boots.
Hanging by the ankles in in
version boots places traction on
the lower back, while hanging
from a bar by the hands places
traction on the upper part of the
spine.
Bonarrigo also said that
hanging upside down by the
ankles is not the most efficient
technique for traction of the
spine — the reason most people
buy the boots. He said traction
originating from the hips would
be a more efficient technique for
decompressing the spine.
' There are devices that give
traction only to the spine and are
much more effective. The de
vices allow people to hang from
their hips by bending forward
over a padded bar.
dies come to the Brazos Valley
my Mary Laura McNair
Battalion Reporter
When the Janusz Lepek fami-
Hoarded an airplane in Au-
fflayear ago to come to Texas,
ey didn’t know what to expect,
floguslaw Lepek, 19, said that
cvheii they arrived at the airport
Houston clad in their winter
lothes, they missed Poland’s cli-
att right away.
g'lt’s too hot down here,”
epek said. “It’s rainy all the
yiie and, there’s no real winter
jiere."
e Lepek family, one of sev-
|Polish families in the area, is
Isored through the Luther-
Church by Mable and Dal
:her of Roans Prairie. Dal
Ited to sponsor the Lepeks to
five them a chance to live in the
United States.
■The family left Poland for
olitical reasons.
llbal and Mable Dreher said
te only information they had
the Lepeks was a file with
:ir names and pictures.
The family consists of Bogus-
law, his father Janusz, who both
work for Dreher’s tractor com
pany, his mother Krystyna and
his sister Katarzyna.
Boguslaw said the biggest
problem the family faces is com
municating in English. He and
his sister have studied English
but, he said, they still have some
problems.
“I don’t speak very well, and
slang is very difficult to under
stand,” he said.
The Lepek family also said
the food here is different than
Polish food. Although they like
hamburgers and hot dogs, they
can’t get used to the different
style of cooking.
“Texas food is not good,”
Boguslaw said. “We are not used
to eating corn and vegetables,
and the bread here is too soft.”
Lepek and his father said the
people of Texas and the Bryan
area are friendly and have been
helpful to the family since its
arrival.
Mrs. Dreher said the decision
to sponsor a family is hard be
cause it is impossible to know
what a family will be like.
“When you agree to sponsor
a family they just say, ‘Here’s
your family,’” Mrs. Dreher said.
“If they work — they work, if
not, well...”
When the Lepek family ar
rived at the airport they had one
large suitcase, three duffle bags
and a couple of cardboard boxes
— one full of books.
“The father is very studious,”
Mrs. Dreher said. “The whole
family is very intelligent.”
Mrs. Dreher said when she
took the daughter to enroll her
in school, she was too smart for
the tests they gave her. If the
questions were given to her in
Polish she could understand and
make excellent grades. The girl
was placed in the fifth grade.
“She has had physics, calcu
lus, geometry, plus junior and
senior level courses,” Mrs. Dreh
er said. “She’s 14-years-old, but
you name it and she’s had it.”
Mable said the people of
Roans Prairie have been helpful.
“You wouldn’t believe the
food, meat, canned foods and
vegetables that people around
here have given them,” Mrs.
Dreher said. “And clothes. You
should see all the boxes of
clothes that were given to them.”
Mrs. Dreher said she and her
husband do not expect any
praise for sponsoring the
family; they did it because
wanted to.
they
“I’m really glad we did it,” she
said. “You just can’t imagine the
wonderful feeling it is to spon
sor them.”
Another family to come to the
area is the Jaroflaw Waszczuk
family, who left Poland eight
months ago and came to Bryan.
With Jaroflaw came ith his his
wife Irene and their two chil
dren Joanna and Gregory.
The Waszczuks, sponsored
by Ron and Judy Winn, also left
Poland for political reasons.
In Poland, Waszczuk ran a
small electric power station for
the local government and now
works at the power plant at
Texas A&M. He said everyone
he works with has been helpful.
His only problem is his English.
Irene Waszczuk ran a private
sewing business in Poland and
now is a seamtress in Bryan.
Waszczuk said the major diffi
culty his familiy has is the living
facilities. In Poland they had a
house, but here they live in an
apartment. Waszczuk said he
hopes he can save enough
money to buy his own home
soon.
“This place is full of cock
roaches,” he said. “I want to be
able to build my own house and
make it any way I wish.”
Waszczuk said he and his
family are grateful to Bryan resi
dents for all their help and sup
port.
He said he likes Texas and is
beginning to feel more comfort
able in his new homeland.
“I like country and western
very much and I also like the
television, but there is too much
advertising on it,” he said. “I
wish they had more programs
about people in other coun
tries.”
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CCtS the Si® g Battalion Reporter
the White t A vacation in an exciting place
nay be the last chance for free-
om before the fall semester be-
ins — start planning it now.
Adele Weber, a travel consul-
ant for Executive Travel, says
J. important part of a trip is
ships on;
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activities
naintain f
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lean troop «p assage should be booked as
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St week bySa®, said Weber. It is best to
r Daniel Miake reservations at least 30
inply hasaffeys in advance because some
med in firsi# a g e tours char g e extra for
that mostAiF booking.
who in:
Also, when making airline re- popular vacation spots of the
servations there are many cost season — including airfare and
benefits for booking early. hotel for three nights costs $269
Weber said although airlines per person,
have eliminated many of their
discount fares, they do offer dis- Another popular location to
counts if tickets are purchased a visit is the Bahamas, she said,
week or two in advance. “Mexico is too hot this time of
“It is always best to purchase year, but it is very popular in the
your ticket as soon as possible. If spring,” Weber said. “Tempera-
the price goes down, we will reis- tures are a little better in the
sue the ticket at the lower price,” Caribbean, but buys are better in
Weber said. Mexico.”
Package deals including air
fare, transfers and hotel have Although tour prices for the
been very popular, Weber said. Caribbean are good, food is
For example, she said, a trip more expensive there than in
to Jamaica — one of the most Mexico.
“In Mexico you can do a lot
for your money,” she said.
“Mexico fills up quickly. Some
dates are hard to get —- Labor
Day will be tight.”
She warns, however, that be
cause of the financial problems
in Mexico, many Mexican agents
are overbooking hotels.
“We are trying to stress Amer
ican Express because it is a tour
operator that we know is de
pendable,” Weber said. “Other
tour operators overbook, and
people get to their hotel only to
find it full.”
Weber also advises paying for
the trip as soon as possible.
“If you are taking a trip within
the month, be ready to pay on
the spot,” she said. “They may
not hold your reservations
otherwise.
“Try to book your trip as soon
as you can so you don’t get stuck
with something you don’t want.”
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