| Some people may not realize that sitting at a chair, | | | | likely to need surgery compared to the non-inverting |
| even an ergonomic office chair, can place 50 to 150 | | | | group. These results were realized when the patients |
| more compression on the spine than just standing. | | | | inverted between 60 degrees and full inversion. |
| Even when you are lying horizontally, the spinal discs | | | | A gravity inversion table does offer patients the way |
| do not fully decompress and retain loads of about | | | | to achieve decompression naturally and comfortably |
| 25% standing body weight. | | | | at any inversion angle. A table which can be inverted |
| A way to decompress and reduce disk pressure is to | | | | at least 60 degrees can help relieve lower back pain |
| invert to 60°. Why do you need to invert at | | | | and provide many other health benefits by diminishing |
| 60°? This inversion point is based on the research | | | | the influence of gravity, reducing the compression of |
| of Dr. Alf Nachemson. Before he died in 2006, Dr | | | | the vertebrae and discs and allowing the supporting |
| Nachemson was a pioneer in Orthopaedic medicine | | | | muscles and ligaments of the spine to relax. Inversion |
| and became famous for studying the loading | | | | therapy can not only relieve back pain, but also |
| conditions of the human spine. At the end of his | | | | relieve body stress, improve blood circulation and help |
| career, Nachmeson focused on back pain, and studied | | | | maintain overall wellness. Using a back inversion table |
| pain sensitivity in patients with chronic back pain. He | | | | can also help to encourage good posture. |
| also introduced brain activity measurements into the | | | | So inversion tables allow you to invert to 60° or |
| research of chronic musculoskeletal pain. Nachemson | | | | more in this allows the spinal history hydrate and is |
| also developed a method for intradiscal pressure | | | | financially Reiland, helping to reduce pressure on the |
| measurements. In a study relevant to this topic, | | | | roots and helping customers prevent back pain. |
| Nachemson surgically implanted pressure sensors in | | | | Inversion therapy is not advisable to individuals with |
| the third lumbar disc and compared pressure at | | | | high blood pressure, cardiac function defects, or with |
| different body positions. The study determined that | | | | glaucoma in the eyes. A negative effect of this |
| a pull of 60% of the patients body weight is | | | | inversion therapy can be a detached retina, a |
| necessary decompress the lumbar spine. This is | | | | condition in which the retina separates from the optic |
| roughly equivalent to a 60 degree inversion. | | | | nerve. If you are unsure whether inversion therapy is |
| Another study at Newcastle University evaluated | | | | safe for you, ask your physician before beginning this |
| two groups of people with spinal injuries and | | | | type of treatment. |
| discovered that the inversion group was 70% less | | | | |