I see why people may want to try inversion, but if you have a growth on your spine you really should clear it with your doctor.
BE WARNED! I purchased one of these from WOOT last year.
The decompression element is great, but the rush of blood pressure to your head is not good. I used my inversion table for a few months. Later in the year I started getting flashes in my right eye vision, and then a blind spot in my right eye. I ended up with something called a retinal detachment. I had to have emergency eye surgery or I would be blind in my right eye. I now live with a scleral buckle sutured into my right eye.
My ophthalmologist thinks there is a direct link. He said the detachment could be a direct result of myopia in the eye (near sightedness) combined with continuous raised pressure in my head from the rush of blood. After my surgery in late October, my prescription is changed dramatically in the right eye, and I am told I am at risk of having a detachment in my left eye as well. I also have to avoid doing things that raise blood pressure, or activities that involve jerky movements. (Sports, running, etc). I am very athletic, and this has changed my life ENTIRELY. To this day I’m not 100% sure that the inversion table aided in my detachment, but my ophthalmologist tells me there’s a strong chance that it could have. Please ask your doctor/trainer/eye doctor about a correlation between inversion tables and retinal detachment.
WHERE do you get this retail price of $430 Woot??? C’mon. You’re better than that. I just bought one of these a week ago (yeah…dangit!!!) and it’s $299 on the Teeter site. Is Amazon clouding your vision? Stay true and honest like the old days puhleeeeze???
For $15 more dollars you can get a “blemished” one on the teeter hang ups site with the pressure point accssesories, a lumbar accessory, a dvd for core & back that has 5 10-20 minute exercises & fast shipping. Tha’s what I did.
BINGO!
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WHERE do you get this retail price of $430 Woot??? C’mon. You’re better than that. I just bought one of these a week ago (yeah…dangit!!!) and it’s $299 on the Teeter site. Is Amazon clouding your vision? Stay true and honest like the old days puhleeeeze???
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I wanted to ask the same thing!!!
The link posted earlier gives the $299 deal with all the accessories as well… Should be marked down! NO?
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I am in my forties, in good health and reasonable shape, and have no cardiovascular problems. I have an inversion table (not a Teeter) that I bought seeking relief for occasional severe back pain related to a herniated disc. My thought was that elongating the spine would decompress the discs and temporarily relieve pain, and also possibly help to speed healing. I found that while I did get some pain relief while inverted, and felt a good stretch in the hips and lower back, I could not tolerate the sensation of blood pressure in my head. My face would turn red and swell, and my eyes would bulge. I felt like I would surely break a blood vessel in my head and die. While I never did (obviously), I stopped using it because of this. I could use the table comfortably if I kept the inversion angle at or near 45 degrees, but I did not feel like I was elongating my spine unless I fully inverted (to 80-90 degrees). As a child I used to hang upside down with my legs bent over tree branches all the time, and I don’t remember being bothered by the pressure sensation, so perhaps this won’t be a problem for younger folks. As an alternative, there are “traction” devices (like this one: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=siSuXrzZEn4) that purport to achieve spine elongation while lying horizontal, but I have not tried them.
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I have one of those traction devices for my neck…it’s crap and doesn’t help nearly as much as my teeter!