Do any of you use an inversion table?

[KQguy]

I know people that use them,and swear by them,claiming they help with back pains,along with other benefits.Just curious if anyone hear uses one,and wondering if you notice a difference.

[Phantom309]

I know people that use them,and swear by them,claiming they help with back pains,along with other benefits.Just curious if anyone hear uses one,and wondering if you notice a difference.

Yeah, I got one, about a year ago when I couldn't hardly walk, due to sciatic nerve (L4-L5 discs).
Wound up getting three epidurals two weeks apart = 90% fixed.
Still had min pain in left butt cheek.
Read up on em and plucked down $300 for the best one.
Used it two weeks, never noticed a dam thing.
It has been sitting on the back porch ever since, starting to get a little rust on the chrome.
Makes a nice rack for drying off my towels and bathing suit, etc.........

[kdza]

Used it two weeks, never noticed a dam thing...

x2. I have the Teeter Hang Up. I tried it for around 2 months (3-4 times a week) but it never made a difference in my back pain. While you're hanging it feels good, just like any good stretch, but no permanent changes.

What's helped me more than anything with back pain is doing more lower back and ab exercises. I also added DLs to my routine and that's made a world of difference.

[Josann]

I use it 5 minutes 2x daily. Not only is it great for the back and spine, but I swear the blood flow to the head makes me mentally sharper. After 6 months of this I swear by it.

[GreenWave1]

I have one and love it. I use it most days. On back day, I will sometimes use it between sets.

[porcupinetree]

I don't think it is going to solve back problems, but I like using it. It feels good and I also do vertical situps on it.
House guests always think it is cool.

[mankaw]

I don't have one but I have been on my Chiropractor's decompression table religiously for 6 months. I have started doing squats/cleans/deadlifts again. My sciatica has went away. I can't believe what I have accomplished in the past months. I've worked out since the age of 16 and I'm now 44. From the ages of 35-43, I had to do mostly dumbbells and seated exercises due to bulging discs. Now I'm back.

[mavrick77]

the problem with inverstion tables.....and this is straight from my chiropractor and nuero surgeon.....

the problem is once you flip over, you just hang their.....the muscles in your body will contract (nothing you can do about it) and prevent your spine from being stretched...this will happen roughly after 15-20 seconds.

THIS is why at the chiropractor office they have the decompression table.....that cycles from tension stretching, to no tension, and back...about 30-40 cycles in a session.

[Hortonized]

My inversion table has helped me out big time. It has made a big difference in my back problems. (definitely a huge decrease in pain, more flexible, and being that I have lower back problems, I can't perform regular situps, however, once I am flipped upside down, it takes the pressure off my back and then I can peform vertical situps) The key to using the inversion table is to "ROCK" BACK AND FORTH SO YOU ARE GOING FROM COMPRESSION TO DECOMPRESSION <---- perform them SLOWLY. Like the info mavrick77 recieved from his doctors is true. When you hang directly upside down your muscles "kick in" and contract this where rocking from compression to decompression helps out. CONSISTENCY is KEY. One has to make a commitment to stick with it just like any other exercise. I do swear by my inversion table. And as Josann states about being mentally sharper, I second this. I feel more alert, mentally cleared of cob-webs of the mind, "life is more clearer" feeling when I step off my inversion table.

I know people that use them,and swear by them,claiming they help with back pains,along with other benefits.Just curious if anyone hear uses one,and wondering if you notice a difference.

[QUOTE= the problem with inverstion tables.....and this is straight from my chiropractor and nuero surgeon.....

the problem is once you flip over, you just hang their.....the muscles in your body will contract (nothing you can do about it) and prevent your spine from being stretched...this will happen roughly after 15-20 seconds.

THIS is why at the chiropractor office they have the decompression table.....that cycles from tension stretching, to no tension, and back...about 30-40 cycles in a session. [/QUOTE]