Just got an inversion table...

[purbeast0]

I've had 2 partially bulging discs for a couple years now, and it definitely has gotten better. i still exercise regularly and keep my back pretty strong, but i still feel pain during certain exercises and if i sleep weird, and just all around odd back pain sometimes that can be really irritating.

So I've been scouring craigslist the past few weeks looking for pretty good deals, and I saw someone the other day selling a teeter hangups with the gravity boots for $125 so I jumped on it. It's this model and boots.

http://www.amazon.com/Teeter-Hang-Up.../dp/B004H9WP3U

http://www.amazon.com/Teeter-Hang-Up...d_sim_dbs_sg_2

So I just used it for like 5 minutes and wow, the first like 5-10 seconds felt better than busting a nut. Such a relief. I had a little trouble figuring how to flip back upright initially, but once i did figure it out, it was kind of lol how easy it is. You just push with your feet the other way, and bam you flip back upright.

If you have back issues, I'd strongly recommend one. When full inverted it becomes uncomfortable pretty quick though w/blood rushing to your head. I was feeling the most relief when i was not quite fully inverted but ALMOST fully inverted.

 

[SillyOReilly]

Time to hire a hooker for a bj in the inverted position

 

[lxskllr]

I don't like them. I get kind of motion sick when on them, and I don't like all the blood in my head. Glad it works for you though :^)

 

[OILFIELDTRASH]

Sounds like snake oil. Any scientifically proven benefits?

 

[lxskllr]

Sounds like snake oil. Any scientifically proven benefits?

Don't know about science, but it passes the common sense test. Your discs compress due to gravity, so inverting the gravity plane should take stress off your discs.

 

[stargazr]

I've had 2 partially bulging discs for a couple years now, and it definitely has gotten better. i still exercise regularly and keep my back pretty strong, but i still feel pain during certain exercises and if i sleep weird, and just all around odd back pain sometimes that can be really irritating.

So I've been scouring craigslist the past few weeks looking for pretty good deals, and I saw someone the other day selling a teeter hangups with the gravity boots for $125 so I jumped on it. It's this model and boots.

http://www.amazon.com/Teeter-Hang-Up.../dp/B004H9WP3U

http://www.amazon.com/Teeter-Hang-Up...d_sim_dbs_sg_2

So I just used it for like 5 minutes and wow, the first like 5-10 seconds felt better than busting a nut. Such a relief. I had a little trouble figuring how to flip back upright initially, but once i did figure it out, it was kind of lol how easy it is. You just push with your feet the other way, and bam you flip back upright.

If you have back issues, I'd strongly recommend one. When full inverted it becomes uncomfortable pretty quick though w/blood rushing to your head. I was feeling the most relief when i was not quite fully inverted but ALMOST fully inverted.

If you have access to a pool, hanging motionless in a vertical position in the deep end is a close second to inversion.

 

[purbeast0]

so after using this for a simple 2 days, i've already noticed my back feels a lot better. like 20 minutes total in 2 days.

 

[bignateyk]

I've tried hanging from a pullup bar and completely relaxing my back to accomplish the same thing and it feels amazing while I am doing it.

But then after I stop as soon as I bend over to do anything my lower back completely spasms. I'm not sure if the same thing would happen on a real inversion table.

 

[purbeast0]

I've tried hanging from a pullup bar and completely relaxing my back to accomplish the same thing and it feels amazing while I am doing it.

But then after I stop as soon as I bend over to do anything my lower back completely spasms. I'm not sure if the same thing would happen on a real inversion table.

from my sessions in this so far, i actually feel the most relief and best feeling when i'm not fully upside down. instead of being 180 degrees upside down, it's like being around 150 degrees that i feel the most relief. when hanging 180 degrees, it just isn't as comfortable. i also hate the feeling of the blood rushing to my head real quick.

but maybe it is just something i have to build up and get used to, but as of now, it feels best when around like 150 - 160 degrees to me.

 

[Locut0s]

so after using this for a simple 2 days, i've already noticed my back feels a lot better. like 20 minutes total in 2 days.

Good to hear it.

Don't they also use these types of tables to check for heart problems? If I remember correctly one of the tests they do if you have an undiagnosed arrhythmia is a tilt table test.

 

[highland145]

Sure would like to try one. Do remember reading something about being careful because of pressure in the eye. And no, it wasn't that they would pop out.

Best of relief.

 

[purbeast0]

Sure would like to try one. Do remember reading something about being careful because of pressure in the eye. And no, it wasn't that they would pop out.

Best of relief.

yea I read that too, that you can get blood vessels in your eyes to pop or something like that.

but like i was saying earlier, i really don't expect to be going fully inverted much at all, because the most relief is when i'm not quite there. and when at like 150 or so degrees, the pressure going to my head isn't really unbearable at all.

 

[Drako]

My father had one of these things back in 70's.

http://www.amazon.com/OTC-Over-Cervi...5418534&sr=1-1

He could not do the inversion thing, because of heart and other health issues. I'm getting to the point where I have some of the same neck/spine issues that he had, so I may go that route as well.

 

[rivan]

My father had one of these things back in 70's.

http://www.amazon.com/OTC-Over-Cervi...5418534&sr=1-1

He could not do the inversion thing, because of heart and other health issues. I'm getting to the point where I have some of the same neck/spine issues that he had, so I may go that route as well.

Lol, internet.

That says cervical, and realizing it didn't look like it had anything to do with the cervix, I googled and got the Youtube video result: "How to Photograph Your Cervix".


NOT CLICKING.

 

[eits]

Sounds like snake oil. Any scientifically proven benefits?

lol

 

[eits]

Lol, internet.

That says cervical, and realizing it didn't look like it had anything to do with the cervix, I googled and got the Youtube video result: "How to Photograph Your Cervix".


NOT CLICKING.

cervix = neck

the cervix you're thinking of is the cervix of the uterus.

 

[eits]

I've had 2 partially bulging discs for a couple years now, and it definitely has gotten better. i still exercise regularly and keep my back pretty strong, but i still feel pain during certain exercises and if i sleep weird, and just all around odd back pain sometimes that can be really irritating.

So I've been scouring craigslist the past few weeks looking for pretty good deals, and I saw someone the other day selling a teeter hangups with the gravity boots for $125 so I jumped on it. It's this model and boots.

http://www.amazon.com/Teeter-Hang-Up.../dp/B004H9WP3U

http://www.amazon.com/Teeter-Hang-Up...d_sim_dbs_sg_2

So I just used it for like 5 minutes and wow, the first like 5-10 seconds felt better than busting a nut. Such a relief. I had a little trouble figuring how to flip back upright initially, but once i did figure it out, it was kind of lol how easy it is. You just push with your feet the other way, and bam you flip back upright.

If you have back issues, I'd strongly recommend one. When full inverted it becomes uncomfortable pretty quick though w/blood rushing to your head. I was feeling the most relief when i was not quite fully inverted but ALMOST fully inverted.

three things...

1. you have to make sure you don't have any conditions that are contraindicated to using an inversion table. it's the least safe way of getting lower spine decompression.

2. you need to make sure you do core strengthening exercises everyday.

3. an inversion table is only palliative... it won't really reduce your disc bulges. the only ways to do that are chiropractic care combined with some physical therapy or surgery.

all in all, i'm glad you're getting relief just make sure you take the next steps necessary to avoid joint instability and make it worse.

 

[Fayd]

lol, internet.

That says cervical, and realizing it didn't look like it had anything to do with the cervix, i googled and got the youtube video result: "how to photograph your cervix".


Not clicking.

definitely clicking

 

[Squisher]

My wife is disabled because of failed back surgery, I've thought about getting her one of these to try out. She went in a swimming pool recently and actually got some relief for a few minutes.

 

[darkxshade]

I don't get how it works. I understand gravity puts a lot of pressure on the spine so this reverses it. But what I don't get is that if you're standing, your upper body puts pressure on your spine, so wouldn't your lower body do the same thing when upside down. Ok so now you're thinking there is no pressure because you're hanging from your legs so that your upper body is pulling your spines apart thereby relieving backpain. So now I'm thinking, what's the difference between that and just hanging from your arms instead of your legs?

 

[eits]

My wife is disabled because of failed back surgery, I've thought about getting her one of these to try out. She went in a swimming pool recently and actually got some relief for a few minutes.

i had a patient who had a couple failed low back surgeries... she was wheelchair bound and i got her walking again. decompression, dietary changes, and muscle strength is huge. if she can start exercising in the pool a lot more and build some muscle and then get in to see a physical therapist or a chiropractor with a decompression table or a distraction table, that'd be best. i'm assuming your wife is a senior and i wouldn't recommend an inversion table for a senior. in fact, i wouldn't recommend it for someone who sits around a lot of the day, either... it'd increase the risk of a clot migrating or a stroke.

 

[eits]

I don't get how it works. I understand gravity puts a lot of pressure on the spine so this reverses it. But what I don't get is that if you're standing, your upper body puts pressure on your spine, so wouldn't your lower body do the same thing when upside down. Ok so now you're thinking there is no pressure because you're hanging from your legs so that your upper body is pulling your spines apart thereby relieving backpain. So now I'm thinking, what's the difference between that and just hanging from your arms instead of your legs?

there isn't much difference at all. it's actually a safer way to do it and add a weight belt... it's just that most people don't have the arm strength to do that and it takes less effort to hang by your feet, even though it's more dangerous.

 

[lokiju]

I tried one of these at one of those "Relax the Back" stores a year or so ago. At first I was all tense being upside down but then the guy that worked there said "take a deep breath in and out and try to relax". I did so and holy crap I dropped a good inch closer to the ground just from letting my back muscles relax. I had a nice non-painful popping down my lower back and was just instant relief of pressure from my lower back. I didn't turn 180 over but more like 150.

After I spun back around and stood up and walked for awhile longer after leaving the store I couldn't get over how good my back felt.

I've had a bulge in one of my disc ever since I was rear ended by a Ford F350 in 2005.

Man I want one of these so bad now.

 

[darkxshade]

there isn't much difference at all. it's actually a safer way to do it and add a weight belt... it's just that most people don't have the arm strength to do that and it takes less effort to hang by your feet, even though it's more dangerous.

Interesting...

If that's the case, I'm surprised no one can come up with a method to do it upright since upside down is not fun when the blood starts rushing to your head. You don't have to be hanging from your arms(though that would be free) but you could easily just hang from your underarms with a harness or something... as long as your lower torso isn't being held up, it should still provide relief so long as it's hanging. :\

 

[purbeast0]

three things...

1. you have to make sure you don't have any conditions that are contraindicated to using an inversion table. it's the least safe way of getting lower spine decompression.

2. you need to make sure you do core strengthening exercises everyday.

3. an inversion table is only palliative... it won't really reduce your disc bulges. the only ways to do that are chiropractic care combined with some physical therapy or surgery.

all in all, i'm glad you're getting relief just make sure you take the next steps necessary to avoid joint instability and make it worse.

1. i'm a healthy male adult so yea i'm good.

2. my core is probably stronger than 95% of the population as i've been working out 4x a week for the past 5+ years.

3. i've seen doctors and had MRI's and chiropractor was never recommended after seeing 3 doctors so i'm not going to bother that route. i was recommended exercises to do to help w/the pressure, and those did work. however my back is nowhere NEAR as bad as it was 5 or so years ago when I messed it up. it's gotten much better.

i mainly got this because i've noticed that certain days at the gym i will tweak it and it aches for a few days, and i was always curious about how it felt. there is a way i can lay on the hamstring curl machine at my gym that will give me relief because it pulls my legs apart from my lower back, so that got me curiuos as to an inversion table. so far i'm glad.