Can anyone tell me about their experience using an inversion table?

Question

I have a bulging herniated disk and have heard that an inversion table works. Tell me what you know about this.

Answer 1

I would not trade mine for a million dollars! I was very skeptical and did not want to waist the money. I looked for months for one to rent or borrow and couldn't find one. When I finally started using one I wished I had invested in it months before.

Prior to inversion therapy I was having steroids injected into my spine every few months as well as popping pain killers and muscle relaxants like pez but within a few weeks of getting my inversion table was able to do away with everything but the table.

I now hang in the morning for about ten minutes and in the evening for ten minutes. I only occasionally need pain meds. I have four herniated discs, one compression and a protrusion. I was told the way it works is it allows gravity to work for you. During the day gravity forces pull down on your spine and causes pressure on your herniated disc. By hanging upside down on your table the process is reversed and gravity pulls your spine allowing more space between your discs. You don't have to hang completely upside down for this to work. I actually hang at about forty-five degrees.

I found my inversion table at Sam's Club for less than two hundred dollars which has more than payed for itself in the medication I have saved alone. The only bad thing is my children have taken to calling me bat girl.