I broke my toe twice

and COATED the toe in iodine. Literally took the pain away within ten minutes.

As for the spinal cord injury - please watch this:

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-4596153699868486763

and read this:

http://eregimens.com/therapies/MiscTherapies/Inclined%20bed%20therapy.html

I'll never sleep in a flat bad again. I stopped getting up in the middle of the night to have to use the bathroom from the very first night. I've only been sleeping in an inverted bed for less than two weeks. I am sold.