dr. marc darrow. dr. darrow is an expert on pain management.rtified in physical medicine and rehabilitation. he's an assistant professor at u.c.l.a.'s school of medicine and recently appeared in newsweek magazine. dr. darrow, welcome. good to see you. >> thank you, bella. >> you know, eight out of 10 people suffer from back pain at some time in their life. only headaches are more common. it sounds like an epidemic. what's causing all of this lower back pain? >> we're sitting at desks, we're sitting in our cars longer and we're standing for long periods of time. over 50 million people are hunched over their computers all day and there is so much more stress today. >> o.k., but, doctor, we're spending $50 billion a year and nothing seems to be working. >> well, what i want to show you is a breakthrough device that i believe is going to change the way we treat back pain forever. this unique device is called the back 2 life. >> but why is this so different from all the other options we just listed that aren't working so well? >> bella, let me show

dr. marc darrow. dr. darrow is an expert on pain management.e's board certified in physical medicine and rehabilitation. he's an assistant professor at u.c.l.a.'s school of medicine and recently appeared in newsweek magazine. dr. darrow, welcome. good to see you. >> thank you, bella. >> you know, eight out of 10 people suffer from back pain at some time in their life. only headaches are more common. it sounds like an epidemic. what's causing all of this lower back pain? >> we're sitting at desks, we're sitting in our cars longer and we're standing for long periods of time. over 50 million people are hunched over their computers all day and there is so much more stress today. >> o.k., but, doctor, we're spending $50 billion a year and nothing seems to be working. >> well, what i want to show you is a breakthrough device that i believe is going to change the way we treat back pain forever. this unique device is called the back 2 life. >> but why is this so different from all the other options we just listed that aren't working so well? >> bella,

dr. marc darrow of the joint rehabilitation and sports medical center in los angeles. he's an m.d.ified specialist in physical medicine and rehabilitation. >> an electromyogram was used to make sure the contractions using the ab rocket were much more intense than just doing crunches on the floor. the tests show that the ab rocket was able to generate large and frequent contractions of the upper and lower ab muscles and the external obliques. one of the features of the ab rocket that i really like is because of the stability that the neck is held perfectly in place and the lumbar area is held in place and the movement slides almost and massages the back at the same time while giving support. it alleviates the typical tension that we see with patients using crunch machines or crunches on the floor, where they're coming up and actually straining the neck, rather than getting the areas of the abdominal muscles really contracting well and building that muscle. >> in just 30 days using the ab rocket and the ab rocket fat blasting system, i lost 4-1/2 inches, and when i saw that, i was li