May 8^th, 2008: Ralph’s perspective
on the Kojima’s techniques

Notes: The email below presents Ralph’s theories & assumptions which may NOT be accurate as only time will tell when the easyheight crew travels to Japan this summer to investigate further. Again, Ralph’s information may not be accurate but it’s a very interesting point of view.

From: "White, Ralph" <XXXXXX@elavon.com>

To: "'sacko@easyheight.com'" <sacko@easyheight.com>

Date: Thu, 24 Apr 2008 16:06:46 -0400

Subject: Kojima

Hey,

I saw your section on Kojima and the limb lengthening. Upon reviewing his site, I saw his Patent# 3802917 and decided to look it up and find out more about the device.

At the Japanese Patent site, it translates the information automatically.  It turns out that the device DOES NOT LENGTHEN THE BONE.  This may be a bit of smoke and mirrors that the company does so that no one catches on to how it really works.  It also says nothing about the mysterious Green Light anywhere in the patent info.

In fact, the device actually LENGTHENS THE JOINT IN THE KNEE AREA.

I've heard of this before and have been using ankle weights to try to achieve results based on this theory.

There a few reasons why I think their procedure works better:

1) Position of the leg -

Typically, when using ankle weights, the knee is in a bent (nearly 90 degree angle) position hanging off a chair or bed.  This may cause to muscles/tendons at the knee to try to bear the weight of the ankle weights thus reducing the actual stretching of the joint.  Results may come, but may be slow or unnoticeable depending on the angle and the strength of the persons muscles/tendons at the knee area.

In the device used by Kojima, the muscles/tendons at the knee are relaxed due to the position of the legs and the person is either lying down with legs straight or sitting with legs relaxed and bent only slightly.

To demonstrate what I am referring to: Press your fingers in the area of your knee just under the knee cap.  This is where the joint is located that is being stretched.  Bend and straighten your leg slowly and you will feel the muscles/tendons in the area contract to varying degrees.  Now relax your leg straight out.  You will clearly notice how there is an indentation now as opposed to when you were moving the leg.  The muscles/tendons are relaxed and now the force applied to pulling in this area will be more effective without the interaction of the muscles/tendons.

2) Force -

The device seems to able to exert varying amounts of force.  I believe this is the true reason for the consultation  They would probably want to examine the current condition of the joint in that area to determine an acceptable level of force that would not injure the patient, but would still be sufficient to cause the joint to stretch.

The amount of force may vary from person to person or it may just depend on if you have healthy or unhealthy joints in that area.  At any rate, more research will need to be done to determine an effective level of force.

3) Duration -

This is also a major factor.  A typical session at the clinic is about 5 hours, split up with short rest periods.  They give a week to recover and then repeat this each week for a 6 months.  I think the new "easy" method that uses more frequent sessions in less months frame still follows this same theory.

Typical hanging exercises, ankle weight techniques and all other methods, do not apply a constant force such a long period of time.  Also, most do not allow for enough recovery before the next session.  With all bodily tissues, the tissue must be allowed to recover and after recovery it also needs additional time for growth.  This is the same as with muscle tissue and all other tissue in the body.

 - Tissue is broken down or stressed beyond normal conditions.

 - At rest, the tissue begins the recovery process to its previous state.

 - With additional rest, the tissue will grow to make itself stronger and more able to handle the stress

This means three things:

- We must apply stress for longer periods of time

- We must allow enough rest time for recovery AND growth

- We must also slightly increase the stress as the joint becomes more resilient

This also points to the reason that many have failed with the "Shin Bone" program.  This theory assumes microfractures will be rebuilt and the increase the LENGTH of the bone.  It is true that microfractures exist, but when they repair, the new bone mass gones the the density or thickness of the bone.  The idea that heavy weights can pull the bone longer ignores the fact the other 99.9% of the bone is intact and will not budge.

To demonstrate this, if you were to take a brick make "microfractures" in the body of that brick and then apply weight to it in an effort to lengthen the brick, it would not budge because the rest of the structure is intact an will not be affected by the minor damage to the brick.  If you were to repair the damage by filling in any "microfractures" in the brick, you would only replace what was already there and possibly make that area slightly thicker. This is what happens in the bone and is the major flaw in the Shinbone Theory.

Those that report results in that area may actually be experiencing a lengthening of the joint, similar to Kojima's device.  They may have stumbled upon the proper Force, Position and Duration for their body to achieve results, however, did not realize why the results were achieved, therefore, they relaying incorrect theories on why the results occurred.  This is why MANY fail and only a few succeed with these methods.

The Kojima device is reported to have consistent results which can be duplicated in any patient. This shows that a set formula has been created that works every time.

When speaking of microfracture theory, many will liken it to the procedure for limb lengthening in which bones are broken and allowed to mend back together.  This differs greatly from microfractures. In this procedure, the entire bone structure is compromised and can be pull apart and upon mending, new bone must be created in order to reach out and mend with the neighboring bone. Microfractures only compromise a small area and will not result in bone lengthening.

So, focus on the joints that can be manipulated through the proper Leg Position, Force, & Duration and you will very likely discover the secret to achieving consistent results.