From the time we are born, our bodies are at the mercy of big, bad gravity. Over time gravity forces the vertebrae together, creating pressure on the discs of the spine. A back pain inversion table is a popular and effective means of treating back pain and is commonly used in inversion therapy.

Your feet are securely supported as you hang upside down on the table. This process allows your spine to be stretched out using your own body weight. Gravity boots can be used at home, allowing you to hang upside down in any doorway just like a bat.

Easing back pain using any of these two methods is actually a form of traction. Early man relieved his back pain by hanging upside down in a tree with his legs wrapped around a branch. If you think about it, if your back pain is being caused by a compressed spine this might work for you.

Angles

While using an inversion table to relieve back pain, the table can be slanted to many different angles. You are not forced to totally hang upside down. Many people are so freaked out the first time they get turned totally upside down, they swear never to let it happen again. Most inversions, even as little as twenty degrees, can stretch the spine thus providing substantial pain relief.

Most back pain treatments on inversion tables initially start at as little as 5% slant and over time work up to about an average of 60%. If you start to feel uneasy about the slant being too severe, then speak up. When your anxiety level is high, your muscles tense up and refuse to stretch out. You must be totally relaxed for inversion table back pain treatment to work. Another great benefit form hanging on an inversion table is that more blood flows to the brain, so instantly you become more alert. So in the future when you feel like taking a nap in the middle of the afternoon, instead go hang on your inversion table.

New or Used

Whether you decide to buy a new or a used inversion table for back pain relief, go online and do your homework by looking at eBay, craigslist, and local classifieds. Oftentimes you can find them in almost perfect condition and only have to pay half the price of new one.

Remember if you snooze you lose. So go hang on that inversion table and snap out of it!