Back Pain
★★★★★
(Fl, US)
09/27/2014
Inversion boards can work for people who have a more healthy nutrients flowing to their spinal column. Maybe it might nudge that nutrient flow also. One never knows. When I was younger, I would cure my back problems by doing a couple exercises for a couple days. Once I reached 50, it became useless. If the nutrient problem is severe, inversion boards won't work. They need a highly absorbable Hyaluronic Acid. What works at one age may not work in later years.
Back Pain
★★★★★
(Somewhere, Usa)
04/03/2014
Looking at possibly buying the Teeter 950 tomorrow. I know they sell for about $400.00 brand new. Person has one, he says in excellent condition and still has paper work on it for $250.00. He says table is his grand mothers and she can no longer use it as per her doctor, because she had some fusing done to her spine. May be able to get a little less than the $250.00, I will probably offer him $200.00.
I have been having some back pain, specific to the upper back and neck. Will post if I purchase to let everyone know my review.
Anyone with info on the Teeter 950, please comment on pros and cons. Thank You, Rebel
(Somewhere, Usa)
04/13/2014
★☆☆☆☆
WARNING!
I made the purchase for $200.00.
I have to give a warning for this though. I did not fully invert, I only went about 120 degrees and only for 3 to 5 minutes at a time. I did not properly balance my self with the board, so coming back up really strained my stomach. ( I will explain this in a moment )Also if you are over weight like I am, it may actually not be safe to do anyways. It hurt my ankles as well.
So, I wind up going to the chiropractor. I had this catch or what felt like a catch or pinched nerve in between my shoulder blades. I iced for the ride down and he adjusted me and says, " You wear not out that bad. Well that did not sound right, because I had very bad headaches for a week at the base of my skull and the pain between my shoulders.
Back home I could barey lay my head on a pillow my neck felt as though it was to tired to hold my head on. I winded up thinking maybe it was some kind of virus or something and not my back, So I put a drop of CLOVE OIL on the base of my spine from the bottom of my skull down to the lower spine. So a couple drops altogether. That night was very painful, but the next day the pain had ceased, I felt normal again.
So back to the home choirs and projects I had started.This is when I notice a strain in my stomach. It scared me very bad I thought I might have strained a hernia. But a couple days latter and that pain has ceased as well.
I do not know what was going on with me. I do know that I was, already hurting when I got the machine. But, the machine may have been actually moving so much stuff in my back that recover was a lot muscle spasms, because of what the chiropractor said about I was not out bad. Or maybe it was some time virus that was really hurting me and the clove oil on the spine ran it away. I don't know, but that's my story and I'm sticking to it. LOL.... I am a lot better now pain wise. I was at a 10, with 10 be worse pain and 1 being less. I am now at about a 3 or 4 pain wise.
Thanks, Rebel
Back Pain
★★★★★
Back Pain
★★★★★
But while time went by in the tub, I had lost muscle strength and my back hurt so I sat crunched in a chair to avoid pain. My pelvic floor prolasped around the same time. It doesn't take long to lose your muscle when you can't move.
I bought an inversion table and it helped so much. I use it for my spine still and that has been years. You have be careful about your feet when you use them, since all the pressure is on the top of your foot when you are upside down.
You don't have to go way---back, just enough to pull the spinal disc open so the gel can get back between them evenly.
Back Pain
★★★☆☆
BETTER BUT WITH SIDE EFFECTS
(Pennsylvania, US)
11/10/2014
They say you should not use inversion therapy if you have high blood pressure. It seems to me anything that would be sensitive to pressure would be a contra-indication.
Back Pain
★★★★★
(Woodville, GA)
01/14/2009
★★★★★
Oh you are so right I think same problem my 6'4" husband stands on concrete at work and so we got the inversion board to try to resolve the aches. Truly does help and we keep it out so we use it. I was getting aching from working at an ergonomically incorrect desk at a new job and this has reduced trips to the chiropractor. We looked at a variety on line and chose the Max Performance brand. I am still not completely inverted as we have only had it a short time.
Back Pain
★★★★★
I have had neck pain for years! It's gotten worse lately from all the time spent at the computer each day. My posture starts off great at the beginning of the day and becomes progressively worse as the hours pass. My eyes start to burn and I strain my neck forward trying to read the text on the monitor. As a result of holding this bad posture unconsciously for hours, my neck and shoulders ache non-stop. I am also starting to walk around in this position, with my neck thrust forward and my shoulders up. It's not good! After thinking about it for the last year or so, I decided last week to get an inversion board to help with my neck and shoulder issues. Turns out to be a great investment. I paid $165 for one on Amazon after reading all the reviews (I went with the Ironman). I now hang upside down at varying degrees (45- 90 degrees) 2-3 times a day for about 10 minutes each time. Upside down I feel the blood bathing the lymphatic areas in the groin and armpits. After a few minutes I come back up to the starting position and can feel the blood rushing back down to my feet before I invert again. It feels great!
Whereas a week ago I could not tilt my head forward without experiencing pain, now I can do so no problem. Tension in the scapula area is mostly gone. It's a mini-chiropractic adjustment each time I get on the board. I can feel (and sometimes hear) my spine pop into place. I was a gymnast as a child and loved being upside down. I find that I still love to be upside down -- it brings back a lot of great memories!
One note: consider wearing Timberland boots if you want to invert to 90 degrees, otherwise the clamps pinching your ankles get painful after a few minutes.
Also, be careful if you consider the cheaper version of inversion and buy the boots that you clamp into a bar at the top of a door. My husband has a friend that did this when he was alone in the house and couldn't get back up to unstrap himself! It was about an hour before someone came home and found him (alive, but scared). With a board, you control the angle of inversion and can easily pull yourself up by the side bars.
(Atlanta, GA)
02/08/2009
Inversion Board Therapy Update: It's been about a month since we got the inversion board set up at our home and I have to say, it's been a wise investment. After 1 week of use, my increasingly bad posture corrected itself. Additionally, I no longer have chronic neck and shoulder pain from sitting at the computer for hours! No headaches either. Another amazing thing that has happened is that I did not have any PMS symptoms last month nor did I have any menstrual cramping whatsoever. It was the most peaceful cycle ever! I think this is because inversion board flushes the lymphatics each time you use it. It's possible that inversion board therapy will help (perhaps even cure) fibrocystic breast disease and some other breast issues (breast cancer prevention?),so I hope others who have the space in their home (it's about the size of a treadmill) will consider the therapy. I now use it once a day for 5-10 minutes. More than that is not necessary. A friend of mine recently told me that she learned a technique in kundalini yoga to flush the lymphs in the armpits, so I will have to get instructions from her to post on the site!
Oh, I heard back from my friend about the lymphatic flush exercise in kundalina yoga. Very simple!
Standing pose: raise arms straight out at 60 degree angle and then windmill motion lower arms to 60 degrees. Continue for 3 to 11 minutes daily. 60 degree angle is critical --don't go straight up or down.
(Portland, OR)
03/25/2009
To DL from Atlanta: I use the gravity boots on a pull up bar, I also tie a rope on the bar that I can pull on, in case I can't get back up to unstrap myself.
(USA)
09/25/2009
DL: You said, "Standing pose: raise arms straight out at 60 degree angle and then windmill motion lower arms to 60 degrees. Continue for 3 to 11 minutes daily. 60 degree angle is critical -- don't go straight up or down."
I don't understand. Is 60 degrees having your left arm at about 8 o'clock and right arm at 4 o'clock and then you do a windmill? If the 60 degree angle is critical, I need to know what 60 degrees looks like.
Thanks,
Clare
(Atlanta, GA)
09/26/2009
Hi Clare.
I had to email my friend to clarify these instructions. Hope you can make sense of this... I am sure it's very easy if we could just see it! Here is her response:
"Arms start at 10 and 2. Both are up at the same time and move between the up and down position together, either fast or slow. I think kundalini prefers you build up to fast movements. So, up is 10 and 2 and then move both arms up and down simutaneously to down 8 and 4. The other good flush is both arms straight up and shaking the wrists vigorously for minutes and minutes and minutes at a time. I think that technique might even be good for pituitary, but you'd have to ask a kundalini yoga instructor.
Back Pain, Numb Toes
★★★★★
I went to a doctor who referred me to a Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Specialist who told me my numb toes were due to the L5 and S1 spinal discs. He is referring me for an MRI, I haven't gone yet. So my new husband has an inversion table, so I decided to try it and right away I felt less lower back pain and over the last week, over time, the numbness in my toes is subsiding, as well as the lower back pain has gone away...not completely, but a DEFINITE positive difference.
The numbness gets less and less every day! Amazing! I hang upside down for 30 seconds only 3 times per day. I am gonna probably do it for longer and incorporate different stretches I'm seeing on YouTube. So happy!!
Breast Cysts and Discomfort
★★★★★
Carpal Tunnel
★★★★★
Inversion Board Side Effects
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I have a pinched nerve so some recommended that I get an inversion table. That table caused a big problem for me.
After using the inversion table vertically staying down for about 1 to 2 minutes, it caused a stomach reflex, or even maybe GERD and it's pretty severe. I feel a tightness in the esophagus area. No other symptoms however it affected my lifestyle greatly.
I have changed my diet, stayed away from citrus foods, and now eating oatmeal for breakfast and chicken for dinner. I have a very controlled diet. I took two types of capsules from the doctor, to reduce the acids. Nothing worked.
Did anyone experience this? Any ideas or suggestions?
Sorry for not providing enough information - this is my first post here.
Thanks,
Lingo
(Usa)
08/13/2018
It probably either caused a hernia or exacerbated an existing hernia, which may have been unknown to you because of no symptoms. Look up hiatal and esophageal hernias.
(Dc)
08/14/2018
(Usa)
08/15/2018
Apple cider vinegar, maybe. I tried drinking a 1/4 cup straight and felt relief of some mild pressure in my right chest area I suspected was gallstones. But the discomfort moved to the right chest area and increased in pressure. After many months of trying to remedy it what finally worked was more vinegar. About a quarter cup again on an empty stomach. The pressure suddenly went away and I felt an increase in digestive function and warmth in my stomach area.
Pain and Cramping
★★★★★
(Pennsylvania, US)
11/10/2014
(Louisville, Kentucky)
11/11/2014
