Monday, August 4, 2014

Inversion Tables For Back Pain

Inversion Tables For Back Pain
Back pain, whether it is severe or mild is a troublesome health condition, and a possible intervention is the use of inversion tables. Inversion tables for back pain are like a bed except that they have grip on the feet and you can turn the bed to have your feet higher than your head. Patients who use inversion tables for back pain have control on the inversion angle and can invert all the way to stand on their heads if they are comfortable with that. A major benefit of this kind of therapy, even for people who are not suffering any health condition is that it gives the body a chance to rest from the normal pressure downwards of nature and gives many organs some moments of rest.



When using inversion tables for back pain it is important for the patient to do that which feels most comfortable to them. A patient should tilt the angle a little more per session which can last anywhere between a couple of minutes to ten or more minutes. Most people prefer to start a session at a very small inversion angle and build it up as they develop confidence. Patients that use inversion tables for back pain often record distinct relief within a day to two weeks of using the inversion table depending on the severity of their back pain. The common use of inversion tables is to relieve lower back pain although there are no studies that indicate that an inversion table cannot work for any other type of back pain.



Patients with existing health conditions should however consider using inversion tables for back pain conservatively and in consultation with their physician. Patients with hypertension or high blood pressure, especially those that are on blood thinning medication should not only consult their doctor, but also keep a conservative inversion angle. Another group that should be very careful in using an inversion table is pregnant mothers. Though spinal injury patients may benefit quite significantly from using inversion tables for back pain it comes highly recommended that they keep the angle small and consult with their doctor to ascertain the amount of pressure their back can take.






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