anyone used an inversion table

kakinada · Post by **kakinada** » Sat Jul 30, 2011 8:13 pm

I need to use an inversion table for physiotherapy. none of Bangalore hospital have it.has anyone purchased or used an inversion table in India
thanks

VS007 · Post by **VS007** » Sat Jul 30, 2011 10:57 pm

It only decompresses your spine giving temp pain relief. Have used it in US.
Long term solution is to strengthen your muscles and daily stretches. Read up Dr Orthos' thread.

dbs · Post by **dbs** » Sat Jul 30, 2011 11:00 pm

Somebody I know very well used to recommend lying down on bed and hang her head over the edge to relieve spondolyis pain. According to her it worked very well.

APTE · Post by **APTE** » Sun Jul 31, 2011 7:08 am

Inversion table is useful only if your back/leg pain is clinically corelated to spinal stenosis - narrowing of spinal canal. Other than that, it may be waste of money or in certain cases detrimental to your back pain.

kakinada · Post by **kakinada** » Sun Jul 31, 2011 10:43 am

Thanks for all the responses. I have intractable abdominal pain that is possibly due to nerve or shortened muscles. This is the only thing that helped me so far. I did the treatment in Mumbai briefly. Bangalore hospitals do not seem to have this. For me, even temporary relief is welcome otherwise I have to be on narcotics

skalra · Post by **skalra** » Fri Aug 10, 2012 11:11 am

kakinada;402050I need to use an inversion table for physiotherapy. none of Bangalore hospital have it.has anyone purchased or used an inversion table in India
thanks

I bought mine at www.healthclubindia.com . Afton is now selling Inversion tables in India. Its really good for back pain. Also makes me feel well stretched.

Hyderabadi · Post by **Hyderabadi** » Fri Aug 10, 2012 7:10 pm

kakinada;402139Thanks for all the responses. I have intractable abdominal pain that is possibly due to nerve or shortened muscles. This is the only thing that helped me so far. I did the treatment in Mumbai briefly. Bangalore hospitals do not seem to have this. For me, even temporary relief is welcome otherwise I have to be on narcotics

It gave me the ability to stand and relieve me of pain temporarily. My pain(lower back) has miraculously vanished one fine day. I was on narcotics and epidural steroids and a regimen of 20 OTC pain killer tablets/day. From last 18 months I am completely drug free including diabetic/cholestrol medicines. From a high of 205 pounds I have now come to 175 by diet/walking. Losing weight helped me(body) get rid of many evils.

:p some evils still exist and I chose it to be that way.

hyd