Hanging Upside Down on a Regular Basis- another KEY FOR HEALTH

Since my opponent is really naive and doesnt have ANY arguments I am just going to post case studies and personal accounts Inversion table relieves sciatica pain At 40 years old and relatively fit, I was having back problems and sciatica. It's hard to explain- tightness, flashes of pain, etc. About once very six months I'd pull a muscle in my back and be practically incapacitated for 2-3 days. Since then, I started running which had always helped my back (go figure) and once I lost a few pounds I noticed that I was getting sciatica nerve pain in the hip traveling down the leg. I started using an inversion table for this purpose. I have to say that I am over all very well pleased with it. I do not sell inversion tables or anything like that. It's hard to find real info from someone who is not trying to sell you one, and that is why I am writing this. The decompression (when it happens) is quite sudden and a little scary, you will feel it "pop" and your whole body, below the decompression, will drop a little bit, almost like popping a knuckle joint or something like that, but instantly you will feel strange sensations--I had increased blood flow and more mobility. Note--this does not happen all at once. First of all you probably will try it several times and not get anything. The key is being comfortable with it and being able to relax on the table. If you cannot relax on the table it will be a lot tougher to decompress. It is a standard in my regimen now and I know when I need to "rack out" as I call it. When I feel a tightness or a twinge I will decompress. Sometimes it takes once a day for a week to get the right decompression that I need to take the twinge away but it has not failed me yet. From: Georgia Dawg – Georgia, USA source: http://www.spine-health.com... Inversion table and pilates helped my low back pain I had a 2 level diskectomy L4-5-S1 in '85 and did well until 3 years ago. I began to have lower back pain after exercise (biking usually), so I purchased a Hang-Ups Inversion table. After 2-3 weeks of using this daily, my pain essentially was gone. I also had some pilates instruction to help with core strengthening. As family physician, I have prescribed inversion tables to at least 30 patients who have had excellent results in general (~70%). I also encourage stretching, aerobic exercises, weight loss etc. From: Art Sands MD source: http://www.spine-health.com... Inversion traction and pilates help my DDD I have severe degenerative disc disease with referred pain into my left hip and numbness down my left foot. I have found that inversion traction helps eliminate the pain especially if I have been bending and lifting doing outside work or if I sit too long. This traction table can be purchased at Sams Club. I have also found Pilates exercises to be beneficial in maintaining core strength and improving my posture. A Pilates Reformer exercise unit is easy to set up and has videos with varying degrees of difficulty. From: Wondershire – Arkansas, USA OVERVIEW OF BACK HEALTH (http://www.backhealth.com...) Eliminating the main cause of back problems To understand the intricacies of the back, you first must learn how the spine functions mechanically. To begin, two generalizations about the relationship between back muscle performance and back pain must be understood. Spinal muscles are the only motion generators in the spine, and they contribute to back pain in two ways: First, spinal muscles, weakened from lack of use, allow the spine to misalign and/or to collapse upon itself, and pain is generated by nerves pinched between vertebrae. Or, second, when a back has suffered the trauma of a direct blow, the ensuing pain results in restricted and altered motion such that spinal muscles atrophy and lose strength and coordination. In the first case, poorly-conditioned spinal muscles actually promote the condition that causes pain. In the second case, inactivity resulting from the pain of trauma allows spinal muscles to weaken. In both cases, fully healing the back requires that spinal muscles must be re-strengthened and re-coordinated. Only exercise can do this, but it must be proper exercise, precisely and safely done on precise and safe equipment. The movement best suited for strengthening backs is called the back extension exercise. The back extension exercise improperly performed on improper equipment can actually aggravate an already painful back, so be cautious about how this exercise is approached. BackHealthï¿½ solves this problem with copyrighted exercises performed upon safe, patented equipment. Caution: Do not underestimate the value of performing the back-extension exercise safely, on precise equipment precisely designed to protect the spine during this critical movement. Attempting this exercise on standard gym equipment can cause serious injury. Repairing a damaged back Second to muscle failure, intervertebral discs are next in line as contributors to back pain, but what is a intervertebral disc? What is its function? What about a collapsing (degenerating) disc? And, how does one un-collapse (regenerate) a disc? The intervertebral disc is a spongy, wafer-like, shock-absorbent cushion located between the vertebrae. While the muscles that support spinal structure are being re-strengthened, narrowing (degenerating) disc(s) must be re-established as nearly as can be done. This is not perfect science, but the theory works. The only known technique for re-establishing spinal discs is to stretch the spine. Stretching the spine creates negative pressure within the disc such that it may intake fluid and build new disc tissue (pulposa). Traction has been the method of choice for stretching the spine, but traction is unnatural, expensive, restrictive, painful, and limited in daily application cycles. BackHealthï¿½ equipment stretches the spine naturally with the lumbar-stretch exerciseï¿½. This stretch may be done several times daily at home at no cost beyond the original cost of the equipment, and to the limit one feels comfortable. The lumbar stretch exercise is copyrighted. Spinal discs have no direct blood supply. Discs depend entirely upon hydration cycles to intake nutrients needed by disc cells to regenerate disc material, and to expel breakdown products. Picture in your mind a compressed sponge being released under water. What happens? The sponge intakes water. What happens when you squeeze a sponge filled with water? It expels its contents. Like a sponge, discs compress when loaded, when you are standing. When unloaded—when you are lying down or when your spine is purposefully stretched—your discs intake nutrients. Discs intake tissue-building products from the nutrient-rich mucous membrane that surrounds the spine, deposited there by the blood stream. With precise stretching on precise equipment, the disc may be hydrated several times daily, and hydrated naturally. With increased hydration cycles comes increased opportunity for specialized cells within the disc to build new disc tissue (pulposa), and healing accelerates. Added Benefits Physical benefits of a healthy back There is a further benefit to purposeful disc hydration. With the deliberately-accomplished hydration cycles of the lumbar-stretch exerciseï¿½, the loss of height associated with aging—from tip-of-toe to crown-of-head—lessens and may cease altogether. Most shrinkage of height noted with age occurs within the spine, and this accumulated effect of gravity can only be countered by gentle, regular stretching of the spine.