Back Pain Inversion Table: Good Or Bad?

Summary:

A back pain inversion table is an option available to help with back pain. Find out a personal experience with purchasing and using them.


Perhaps you have heard of a back pain inversion table? I have and I’ve tried it. Before I recommend if you should have one or not to solve your back pain, it is important to understand the concept that is behind these tables. It may not be as crazy as it sounds (I know, I questioned them too.)

The reason people use these is to gain the opposite affect that gravity is having on you. Every time you stand, walk or even sit, gravity is pulling down on your body, compressing your spine. This process causes the vertebrae to become very close together, often pinching nerves or causing additional problems, especially if you are overweight.

If you don’t believe this to be true, do a bit of an experiment. In the morning, as soon as you wake up, measure your height from the top of your head to the bottoms of your feet, lying down if possible. Then, at the end of a normal day, measure your height standing up. You may be shocked to realize you can be ¾ of an inch shorter just over the course of the day!

A back pain inversion table can help to reduce some of the strain on the vertebrae and the material within the spinal column that is squeezed. This type of table is best used for those who have mild to moderate type of pain in their back. It is not likely to provide you with ongoing benefits unless it is used regularly. The best advice with these tables is to try them and if you see benefits in your back pain, then purchase them.

If you are considering the purchase of a back pain inversion table, take the time to try this device out first. For those with mild pain, it really can provide you with at least some relief on a regular basis.

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2 Comments so far ↓

  1. Oct
    25
    8:15
    AM
    richard lukin

    Ijust bought one, willy-nilly. but haven’t tried it. But I don’t see how it can work except while I’m on it–what else could one expect? (COMMENTS INVITED ON THS!)

    At 82, almost abnormally youthful looking and athletic (though no real workouts in my past!) and until recently still skiiing and skating, I have longstanding MRI-confirmed multilevel degenerative stenosis, with at least two herniated discs visibly pressing on the spinal nerve (the mild L4/L5 problems went back many years), and for a year (2006) there came a sudden plague of serioualy-disabling problems, such as a visibly atrophying quad (right leg only), pain throughout, significant weakness (right leg only)to the point of total collapse on weightbearing attempts such as a two-step rise, and definite loss of balance on movement.

    Errily, and hopefully for others, ALL of these continuing problems suddenly vanished overnight about a year ago! I had done nothing different that I can pinpoint–it just happened. My neurologist could only say “Well, we almost never see nerve regeneration, but…..” I do still have occasional mkild-to-middling sciatic pain for half a day once in a while, and hope the table will help with that. But I don’t see how it can last past the time on the table. ANY EXPERIENCE TO THE CONTRARY OR PROFESSIONAL OBSERVATIONS ON THAT?

  2. Nov
    9
    1:32
    PM
    Amelia

    My doctor recently started refusing to fill my back pain medication refill for tramadol/ultram. Has anyone else had this happen to them? I ordered it from this online pharmacy called bestpainmedication.net in the mean time. Anyone have any other suggestions?

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