Inversion table?

[gwellstx]

Anyone experiencing back troubles ever used one or gotten any good results? Or is it just another as seen on tv special?

[aggee1992]

had a problem in my neck, that thing helped me out just to relieve the compaction

[arrowdynamic]

[Maddox]

Tagged, I'm curious as well.

[30-30]

My dad uses his every day and it really helps him. Is it good for you? Are there any long term effects? No idea. I don't think it can be good for you to stay upside down for several minutes...

[AlaskaFlyerFan]

Good for your back & neck...bad for your ankles & knees if you stay inverted too long.

[coonazz]

Funny to see this post.

I've been on the fence about buying I e for months. Finally broke down and bought one from Costco yesterday. Spent $239 on it. Took it home and out it together. Got on it- flipped upside down and hated it. Didn't helo my back (actually made it feel worse ( and I couldn't stand the blood rushing to my head and sinuses getting stuffy.

Told the wife we were taking it apart and taking it back. We did just that.

[swanjts]

I use mine all of the time and it helps me a great deal. You have to work you way into it. You can't just get on it the first time and o totally upside down quickly. You have to take it slow at first and get accustomed to the inversion. Once you get into it it will feel great.

[Okiehunter]

I been using one since my elk hunt this year. 12 hours in a truck driving to Gunnison, 12 miles one way on horseback, sleeping on a cot for a week then 12 miles back down the mountain and finally 12 hours back home screwed up my already screwed up back. My back was killing me after getting back. I moped around and toyed with the idea of going to the dang cracker-backer again. The thought of spending another grand on repeat treatments was not appealing.

I did a lot of research on inversion tables and talked to a number of folks that swear by them. I went ahead and bought one. I have not regretted it. A week after I hung-out two times a day I stated feeling better and I have not looked back. Most days I invert one time a day and sometime twice.

I cannot say it will help you but it did me. My advice is to get a good one. There are tables that cost a hundred bucks and those that cost a grand. I spent about six-hundred on mine and it is worth every penny.

Good luck.

[Target-panic]

I just ordered the teeter hang ups a couple days ago it will be delivered next week. I hope it will help with my sciatic issues.

[Okiehunter]

Got on it- flipped upside down and hated it. Didn't helo my back (actually made it feel worse ( and I couldn't stand the blood rushing to my head and sinuses getting stuffy.

If you just flipped upside down, I am not surprised. As stated above...

You have to work you way into it. You can't just get on it the first time and o totally upside down quickly. You have to take it slow at first and get accustomed to the inversion. Once you get into it it will feel great.

It took me about a week or so to start to feel better. The better tables are not as hard on your ankles. I would recommend you go to a store where they know what they are talking about, I got my at the Relax The Back Store. You are not buying a case of oil; you are buying piece equipment that will help fix problems that took time to get out of whack, it will take time to fix.

Good luck

[Felix40]

Just gave me a headache when I tried it.

[STXBOWHUNTER73]

I use mine all of the time and it helps me a great deal. You have to work you way into it. You can't just get on it the first time and o totally upside down quickly. You have to take it slow at first and get accustomed to the inversion. Once you get into it it will feel great.

This^^^^ I'm hanging upside down as I type this!!! Works great!!!

[Draco]

My buddy Tom is and has been horse shoer for close to fifty years. He is 65 now. He hangs in his every morning and every evening. He says he couldn't still do it with out it. I only use mine when my back feels out of sorts. A couple of hangings and I'm good to go for quite a while.

[DrJ]

Inversion tables help some people and some they don't. In general pretty gimmicky. But, depends on what's going on... The best things you can do for your back is routinely stretch your hamstrings and do some core/ab strengthening exercises. And go see your "dang cracker-backer". Hadn't heard that one before