A human-powered backward treadmill costs roughly a tenth of an electric one yet delivers faster, more potent results for knee rehabilitation. The key insight is that walking backward on an unpowered treadmill forces the user to generate all the resistance themselves, turning a $2,000 machine into a rehab device. Many people have gotten off painkillers by simply doing 5 to 10 minutes of backward walking on a treadmill left switched off at the gym.
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