Anybody here use a body inversion table?

[DARISC]

I'm considering getting one since I no longer stand on my head for 20 min./day and miss being downside-up.

Tons of info to Google; hoping for some personal testimonials from any users here re what to buy, how you like it, etc.

Edit: I see COSTCO has the Teeter EP-550+ for $299. Think I'll go with that - return is a snap if I don't like it.

[Gordo2]

Darisc,

My family had one about 25 years ago - so I can't speak to any particular current brand or make - but I can attest to the fact that they do help decompress/stretch your back and spine.

My uncle gave it to us. He was a sport medic for the Olympic committee and got into selling a bunch of wierd stuff he saw there. At the time, before "TVmercials" they didn't move, so he gave one to us. It was pretty heavy duty, the type that you sit upright on, lock your feet in, lean back and balance, raise your arms over your head to go upside down. It was adjustable for individual height and was good to ~ 250 lbs.

I would come home from crunching up my back at football and hang and twist for about a half hour - it was great; saved me trips to the chiropractor.

My back gets jammed up every now and then - wishing I still had one. I have no doubt they could help a lot of people with back alignment problems.

Gordo

[asphaltgambler]

I have back problems as well and have looked at this a dozen times but never pulled the trigger.........but I want to / advice from other users too please

[island911]

Originally Posted by DARISC

I'm considering getting one since I no longer stand on my head for 20 min./day and miss being downside-up.

Tons of info to Google; hoping for some personal testimonials from any users here re what to buy, how you like it, etc.

Edit: I see COSTCO has the Teeter EP-550+ for $299. Think I'll go with that - return is a snap if I don't like it.

They are designed to be a traction device, rather than simply a blood pressure inverter.

they take up a lot of space, and are very heavy-duty. While there are plenty of other ways to decompress one's skeleton, that piece of kit does make it easy.

IMO, they don't help with muscle imbalance - which seems to be the root of many back problems. YMMV.

[onlycafe]

i was just thinking about this recently too.

[The Gaijin]

Originally Posted by DARISC

I'm considering getting one since I no longer stand on my head for 20 min./day and miss being downside-up.

My gym has head-stand push ups in many work outs.

But even a few sets does not add to anywhere near 20 mins..

[74-911]

Originally Posted by asphaltgambler

I have back problems as well and have looked at this a dozen times but never pulled the trigger.........but I want to / advice from other users too please

same situation here....

[DARISC]

Originally Posted by island911

IMO, they don't help with muscle imbalance - which seems to be the root of many back problems. YMMV.

Don't think I have muscle imbalance; mental imbalance?...you probably think so.

Done yoga for years, have a very flexible spine, but hiking down steep hills has brought on some lower back compression that causes painful cramping of the muscles that run down to the top of the buttocks - so now I'm a pain in the ass, complete with pain in the ass.

Gotta nip this in the bud so I'm walking on the flat only, doing yoga and hope a table will help (I think I need traction - yoga doesn't provide that).

This Roger Teeter guy (pictured) has apparently been marketing these the longest (COSTCO has it):

Package - 49" x 29" x 8 1/2"
Assembled - 48" x 27" x 61" high
Package weigh - 69 pounds

http://www.energycenter.com/

[asphaltgambler]

My issue is spinal structure alignment - not muscle - seems to be a good maintenance product