I have had back problems my entire life, and out of desperation, decided to buy an inversion table.
I was using it twice a day for eight minutes at a time and now only do it when I feel back issues coming on.
It feels great, but it isn’t for everyone. I don’t mind being upside down, but my wife and brother who both tried it couldn’t get over the feeling of being inverted with the blood rushing to their head.
I guess the back pain far outweighed the blood rush to the head for me...
Even without an inversion table, or those moon boot thingies, you can do shoulder hangs to help decompress the spine too. I’ve got one disc that gets a little hinky, nothing too serious, and if I do a shoulder hang when that happens it usually clears up pretty quick.
And comparatively cheap too. We got ours on Amazon at Christmas, and it came with nice Airsoft ankle holders for $120 or so. You obviously can spend a lot more, but this works really well for us.
I was using it twice a day for eight minutes at a time and now only do it when I feel back issues coming on.
It feels great, but it isn’t for everyone. I don’t mind being upside down, but my wife and brother who both tried it couldn’t get over the feeling of being inverted with the blood rushing to their head.
I guess the back pain far outweighed the blood rush to the head for me...
Perhaps your wife and brother could give this a try, since you just hang by your hands (right side up)
I got an inversion table about ten years ago. Made my back feel pretty good.
But I have cats.
And long hair.
Every time I’d flip over, the cats decided that it was time to play with my hair.