An aunt in her 80s was yesterday given a demonstration of the Niagara Therapy products yesterday. She and her husband do not know what to do. I can't find anything negative about Niagara Therapy via Google but it seems to have several of the hallmarks of quackery:
The theory behind the therapy (as it was explained it to me by another aunt who was present) is that blood is the healing part of your body and has to be moving around - the Niagara vibrating chair will help sedentary people's blood moving.
It seems that somebody came to her door and offered her a treament for her various ailments if she would just fill in a form.
The treatment, which she had been looking forward to, turned out to be a visit from a salesman who stayed for hours.
The chair costs AUS$6,000 to $8,000
The vibrating mat costs AUS$2,000
The vibrator costs AUS $1,000
I would like to present to my aunt (and her husband) something besides my own scepticism about this to help them make up their minds. If anybody has any comments I could relay to them, or websites I could print out for them, I would be very grateful.
The theory behind the therapy (as it was explained it to me by another aunt who was present) is that blood is the healing part of your body and has to be moving around - the Niagara vibrating chair will help sedentary people's blood moving.
It seems that somebody came to her door and offered her a treament for her various ailments if she would just fill in a form.
The treatment, which she had been looking forward to, turned out to be a visit from a salesman who stayed for hours.
The chair costs AUS$6,000 to $8,000
The vibrating mat costs AUS$2,000
The vibrator costs AUS $1,000
I would like to present to my aunt (and her husband) something besides my own scepticism about this to help them make up their minds. If anybody has any comments I could relay to them, or websites I could print out for them, I would be very grateful.
