Has anyone ever used a Inversion table?

[JohnnyTheFox]

Been thinking of getting one especially given some of the back problems ive had over the past several years{compression of C4,5 disk}
Anyone ever use one?
Pros?
Cons?

 

[JoeKing]

Yup, I used one at a chiropractors office for several months. It helped my back pain quite a bit. If you are getting one for personal use, keep in mind you'll only be able to use it at a place with high ceilings.

 

[Yakuza Rich]

I have one. I highly recommend it as the thing is amazing. I bought mine because I was having shoulder and neck problems and figured that I get the occasional lower back problems and I could try it out.

At the time I bought one, I had a pinched nerve in my trapezius muscle that was going on for about a month. Usually that pinched nerve hurts for 2-3 days, but this was hurting for about a month. When I finally assembled the table, I just tried it out to make sure I assembled it correctly. I was only inverted for about 30 seconds and when I got up I noticed the pinched nerve pain went away.

Now, the pain came back a few hours later, but that was the first relief I had. The next day I got on the table for 1 minute at a time about 15 different times and the pain fully went away and never came back. And anytime my back or neck starts acting up, spend a few minutes on the table and I'm usually good to go. I might not feel better instantaneously, but after a few hours I feel noticeably better (and taller).

I would recommend building yourself up to being on the table. When you first start using the table, you will probably only be able to go for about a minute and not in full inversion. Then you work your way up to 5-10 minutes and going into full inversion.

When you start, if you feel uncomfortable just get out of inversion. It will take a while to understand how to breathe in inversion and get your sinuses to be comfortable when you're inverted.

But, it's a wonderful product.




YR

 

[CF74]

I don't own one but a relative does and I get on it every time I visit them. I love it, works wonders on my back.

 

[LittleBoyBlue]

Been thinking of getting one especially given some of the back problems ive had over the past several years{compression of C4,5 disk}
Anyone ever use one?
Pros?
Cons?

Let me piggy back on the previous recommendations from other posters.

Here is my success story.

That story included and inversion table/teeter table.


1. I slipped and fell on my butt.

2. I injured something in my lower back but it took a while before I realized and tried to fix it.

3. I go to chiropractor eventually. By this time it's inflamed and very aggitated.

4. So.. months of adjustments and going on to a back machine that pulls you in two directions. Best way to describe it. You feel like you are being pulled in half. (It's to decompress your spine and allow disks to go back into place. Slipped disk, bulging disks... whatever they want to call them.

5. Now..... the problem for me with #4..... because....unless you stay in bed and go completely immobile for 1-2 weeks while icing to keep swelling down so disk goes back in. THIS DIDNT WORK FOR ME. I cant imagine anyone staying that still that long.

6. Doc told me to get inversion table. I resisted for months. BIG MISTAKE.

7. Instead I kept going back to him... rinse and repeat. Get there in pain and inflamed and disk out. He would adjust and reset.

8. Then I would do something and because my back was not right yet, how could it be... it would come out.

So.... what I took away from learning from the doc was....



Compression and decompression.


When your disk is out and your spine is compressed.... you have no chance. It cannot go back in.

But.... when you invert yourself.... you decompresss spine and my disks go back into place. They stay.
If they come out. I go back to table.

The key is... I go to the table pretty quickly so as not to let it get too inflamed.


Get the table. Breathe.
Only need to do it for a few minutes.


For me, I swear by it!

Saved me!

 

[TheBigEasy]

Some very great info guys. I feel your pain...literally. Struggled for years with a bulging/degenerating disc in between L4 & L5. Sorry, shouldn't have noted 'struggled' in the past tense as I still live w/ the pain, daily. I am a big fan of my inversion table, or I should say, I 'was' a big fan. Unfortunately, I used it a dozen or so times and now it sits collecting dust. See, I am one of those people who love taking things to the max. Thought that the more vertical I could get, the more it would help to relieve the pressure, therefore, taking away a lot of the symptoms. That was the day that I learned about ear crystals and what happens to a person's equilibrium when they move and remain our of position. It is complete HELL and wouldn't wish it on my worst enemy. It's far worse than any pain in my back. So make sure to use caution and follow the directions to a 'T'. If my story can stop someone from following in my path than I'd have done my job as a solid contributor to this fine world we call home.