Inversion Table Therapy
2000 Year Old Back Pain Treatment
Covered Up...
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Could a true back pain cure with an
incredible success rate get covered up...
Even if it has millions of success stories and a
2000 year track record?
Would you believe that for over 2000 years the medical community has been ignoring a time-tested and proven treatment for back pain?
As you've likely experienced, most doctors are too busy treating the symptoms of back pain with treatment like anti-inflammatory medications, electrical stimulation, ultrasound and cortisone injections, and they simply ignore what is one of the biggest factors that contributes to back pain.
This contributing factor is spinal compression...
What is Spinal Compression and What Causes It?
From the moment we are born, our bodies are at the mercy of gravity, a force that continuously creates pressure and stress on all of our muscles, bones, joints and ligaments.
By far, the part of the body that is affected most by gravity is the spine. The combination of gravity and muscle imbalances shove the vertebrae together, pressing on the discs.
The inner core of your discs consists of jelly-like material that acts like a shock absorber system, providing flexibility and cushioning when you are sitting, standing or exercising.
During your normal daily activities, gravity causes fluid to squeeze out of your discs into adjacent soft tissue. With less space between the discs, you lose some height.
When you sleep, some - but not all - of the fluid soaks back into the discs.
During a typical day, you can lose as much as ¾ inch in height! And because there's only a partial recovery at night, the average person loses ½ inch to 2 inches in height by their senior years.
Insufficient distance between the vertebrae can result in nerve root pressure, which in turn causes pain.
To make matters worse, very often the pressure on the discs is not distributed evenly. Your discs were not designed to cope with such uneven pressure, and sooner or later it will be too much for them to withstand. The discs will bulge, herniate, causing spinal damage and likely, a life with chronic pain.
Even the slightest increase in spacing can be enough to allow a herniated disc to pop back into place or relieve pressure from a compressed nerve.
Use This 2000 Year Old Treatment To Decompress Your Spine
and Eliminate Your Pain
What is this mysterious treatment that has been proven effective but is being ignored?
Inversion therapy.
Inversion therapy is a method of treating back pain by diminishing the influence of gravity, reducing the compression of the vertebrae and discs and allowing the muscles and ligaments that encase the spine to relax.
This is typically performed on what's called an inversion table. The table allows you to lie on your back relaxed, in an inverted position. This position eliminates some or all gravitational compression, depending upon how far back you position your body.
Inversion therapy is the safest, quickest and most effective way to increase the space between your vertebrae. Numerous clinical studies published in reputable medical journals have confirmed that inversion really does increase the separation between the discs of the spine, which brings relief from back pain.
For instance, one study considered 175 people who were unable to work due to back pain. After eight inversion treatments, 155 of the patients were able to return to work full time.
How Well Does Inversion Therapy Really Work?
Inversion therapy relieves back pain, and it works even better when it's part of a well-rounded treatment plan that addresses the specific muscle imbalances you have.
And If Pain Relief Wasn't Enough...
While this advisory concentrates on whether or not inversion therapy helps alleviate back pain, we should mention other benefits people experience with a regular program of inversion:
- Maintains your height. Regularly inverting will help you avoid the 'shrinkage' others your age are showing because of the cumulative effect of gravity over a lifetime.
- Improves circulation. When you're inverted, your body can circulate your blood aided by gravity rather than having to work against it. In addition, with inversion, gravity helps the lymphatic system clear faster, easing the aches and pains of stiff muscles.
- Relieves stress. A full-body stretch feels rejuvenating! And the teeter inversion table makes that relaxation easier to attain than climbing on a jungle gym or taking a yoga class. Many people sleep better with regular inversion therapy.
- Heightens mental alertness. Any upside-down activity increases the supply of oxygen to the brain, which many authorities believe helps you maintain mental sharpness.
- Increases flexibility and range of motion. With inversion, your joints stay healthy and supple, so that you can easily remain as active as you were in your younger years.
- Improves posture. The stretch that comes with reversing the direction of gravity helps you sit, stand and move with more ease and grace.
- Realigns the spine after workouts. Running and other aerobic activities inevitably compress your spine, frequently unevenly. One-sided activities like golf or tennis often pull the spine out of alignment. During inversion, minor misalignments often correct themselves naturally.
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Is Inversion Therapy Safe?
Of course, if all those benefits came with any significant risks, we would not recommend hanging upside down as a method of relieving back pain.
For many years, the biggest concern was that inversion therapy would increase the chance of stroke. However, according to Roger Teeter, one of the pioneers in this field, 'In 25 years, I have never seen a case – published or unpublished – where inversion caused a stroke.'
Some users get concerned because their face gets red when they are inverted. But this is actually a good thing because it indicates that blood flow to the brain, eyes, skin and hair is increasing. Over time, you get used to how different it feels when you are inverted. If you are uncomfortable, simply invert at a lesser angle or for a shorter period of time until your body gets accustomed to inversion.
If you have high blood pressure, heart disease or an eye condition, or if you have had fusion surgery, you should check with your doctor before inverting. Keep in mind that extensive research shows that inversion therapy is as safe as most daily activities.
You're probably wondering whether or not inversion therapy really delivers long-term, lasting relief from back pain and sciatica... so here is a success story from an athlete who has used inversion therapy to get rid of her back pain:
'Olympic Track Star Relies on Her Teeter Inversion Table'
'As an elite sprinter my body has to be prepared to endure very explosive muscular activity. I have found that inversion therapy helps reduce muscle tension and the likelihood of ligament strains. Furthermore, the recovery benefits such as reduced muscle stress, enhanced flexibility and improved blood circulation, have proven helpful in any form of activity, whether it be a World Class race or a casual walk. Although the muscular and ligament benefits have made inversion an integral part of my elite training routine, the posture and circulation effects have further made it a key part of my day. I find myself wanting to exercise just so that I can later enjoy my inversion table.'
- Sheri-Ann Brooks, Olympic Athlete
Around 400 BC, Hippocrates, the father of modern medicine, strung up a patient on a ladder with ropes and pulleys to treat his back pain. Inversion therapy has come a long, long way in comfort,construction and convenience since those days.
Muscle imbalances are the main cause in back pain.
An inversion table used for reducing your back pain should be safe, sturdy,adjustable, durable and convenient. It should adjust easily to a variety of inversion angles, including full inversion -completely upside down. The Teeter Inversion Table is the answer.
The Inversion Therapy System we recommend has all of these qualities. Not only is it the most sturdy, durable inversion table we tested, it's also the safest and easiest to use.
Most important feature is that it allows you to go back to full inversion if you choose. Many inversion tables don't allow you to invert all the way, which severely limits their usefulness for eliminating back pain.
Safety. Unlike other inversion tables, the Inversion Therapy System passed the rigorous safety testing of Underwriters Laboratories, an independent testing facility. This product is rated as safe for use as Medical Equipment in a Clinical Setting.
Complete range of inversion angles. Unlike other inversion tables, the Inversion Therapy System table can invert you at a complete range of angles, from a slight downward tilt to a full upside-down inversion. You control the angle you want, and you can change it instantaneously.
Durability. Made of high-carbon steel, this inversion table is so strong and well-made that it carries a five-year warranty.In the manufacturer's tests, it lasted 50,000 cycles without anystructural damage, while the best competing table lasted only 14,000cycles and the worst failed at just 288 cycles.
Adaptable. Anyone who has a height between 4' 8' and 6' 6' or weighs up to 300 pounds can use this inversion table.
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Medical Studies
1. Sheffield, F.: Adaptation of Tilt Table for Lumbar Traction. Arch Phys Med Rehabil 45: 469-472, 1964.
175patients who were unable to work due to back pain were treated. Aftereight inversion treatments, 155 patients were able to return to theirjobs full time. Study concluded that the main basis for improvement wasthe stretching of paraspinal vertebral muscles and ligaments andpossibly the widening of intravertebral discs.
Study found significant improvements in a variety of diagnosisincluding spondylolisthesis, herniated discs, lumbar osteoarthritiswith sciatica, and coccygodynia. Patient experienced traction in amodified hip flexed position.
It is worth noting that previous to his use of inversion therapy, Dr.Sheffield regularly used mechanical traction with weights and pulleys.He considered inverted traction much more effective than mechanicaltraction.
2. Nosse, L.: Inverted Spinal Traction. Arch Phys Med Rehabil 59: 367-370, Aug 78.
Studyfound emg activity (an indicator of muscle pain) declined 35% withinthe first 10 seconds of inversion. Study found that inversion increasesthe spinal length. Study concluded there is a correlation between areduction in emg activity and an increase in spinal length.
3. Gianakopoulos,G, et al: Inversion Devices: Their Role in Producing LumbarDistraction. Arch Phys Med Rehabil 66: 100-102, Feb 85.
Studyfound all subjects experienced intravertebral separation in the lowerlumbar vertebrae. Study concluded that although mechanical traction hasbeen used for centuries, only gravity assisted traction (inversion)offers an effective means of achieving pelvic traction at home.
4. Ballantyne,Byron, et al: The Effects of Inversion Traction on Spinal ColumnConfiguration, Heart Rate, Blood Pressure, and Perceived Discomfort.Jour of Orthopedic Sports Phys Ther. 254-260, Mar 86.
Studyconcluded that inversion can be an effective means of spinal traction.Subjects inverting in the hip flexed position experienced greaterseparation between the lumbar vertebrae.
5.
Kane,M, et al: Effects of Gravity-facilitated Traction on IntravertebralDimensions of the Lumbar Spine. Jour of Orthopedic and Sports PhysTher. 281-288, Mar 85.
Study found gravity-facilitated traction(inversion), produces significant intravertebral separation in lumbarspine. Study concluded gravity facilitated traction may be an effectivemodality in the relief of low back pain.
6. Goldman,R, et al: The Effects of Oscillating Inversion on Systemic BloodPressure, Pulse, Intraocular Pressure, and Central Retinal ArterialPressure. The Physician and Sports Medicine. 13: 93-96, Mar 85.
Study concluded that full inversion using oscillation procedure presents no risk to normotensive healthy subjects.
7. Dimberg,L, et al: Effects of gravity-facitliated traction of the lumbar spinein persons with chronic low back pain at the workplace.
116people were enrolled in the randomized controlled trial which lastedfor 12 months. A randomized controlled trial with two training groupsand one control group was conducted to asses the effect of gravityinversion on pain level and absenteeism due to LBP. Average age = 44years. 77% men
Group 1: used inversion for 10 minutes 1/day
Group 2: used inversion for 10 minutes 2/day
Group 3: control group
Results after 12 months of training program: 1. The employees in Group1 and 2 decreased sick days due to back pain by 33%. 2. Average sickdays to due back pain fell by 8 days per individual in the treatedgroup. 3. 'Inversion is an efficient and cheap way to improve employeehealth and possibly reduce sick day costs to the employer.'
8. Nachemson, Alf, et al: Intravital Dynamic Pressure Measurements in Lumbar Discs. 1970.
Studymeasured internal disc pressure (in the 3rd lumbar disc) through arange of activities, including standing, sitting, bending and verticaland supine traction. The study suggests that a traction load of 60%body weight is sufficient to reduce the residual pressure of 25%standing body weight to zero.