apbuild Posted March 18, 2007 Report Share Posted March 18, 2007 Guy's, Some of you may be aware that over the last seventeen years, I have undergone three surgeries for disc problems in my lower back. I recently had a real scare again and have to return to see a specialist in Oxford in April. The thing is, I have bought an inversion rack and a pair of gravity boots, so I can suspend myself upside down from a doorway to let gravity stretch out the bones in my back, thus allowing the discs to reform to a more natural state. I feel better already after just a short period of use. http://www.powerhouse-fitness.co.uk/store/...ersion%5FSystem I would love to hear from anyone who has been inverting for a longer period of time, and to hear of the benefits. Oh, by the way, I am now 7'6'' tall. Rob. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobt Posted March 18, 2007 Report Share Posted March 18, 2007 does it come with whips and chains? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pin Posted March 18, 2007 Report Share Posted March 18, 2007 Have you looked at vaxd treatment rob? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mungler Posted March 18, 2007 Report Share Posted March 18, 2007 Get a Thai massage with a happy ending - that'll put a smile on your face. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fisherman Mike Posted March 18, 2007 Report Share Posted March 18, 2007 Your biggest problem is that over stuffed money belt you wear......if you spend some of it the symptoms will dissapear. Seriously, My cousin is an ex para and injured his back very badly while on active service. He had every operation and treatment the Army could afford. he swears by inversion. FM. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cranfield Posted March 18, 2007 Report Share Posted March 18, 2007 Rob, I have had back surgery, as you know, with limited success. I would need a trusted Physiotherapist or Surgeon, to recommend Inversion, before I would risk it. You know from the various physiotherapies you have had, that its a thin line between doing some good and making things worse. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
apbuild Posted March 18, 2007 Author Report Share Posted March 18, 2007 Silly replys accepted, this is a serious thread. I could be looking at the prospect of a fourth operation at the age of 37. I have really had a shot across the bows recently with my relapse, and I am so glad I tried inversion. In a short period of time, it has helped relieve the lower back ache and tingling foot I suffered with. Rob. Brian, i am having accupuncture with a very well known Physiotherapist from Thame at the moment, and he advised me that I would not suffer any ill effects from inversion as long as I build up steadily from sessions of around 2-5 mins at a time. I am regularly in touch with him and I feel good at the moment. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mungler Posted March 18, 2007 Report Share Posted March 18, 2007 Rob, I have had back surgery, as you know, with limited success. I would need a trusted Physiotherapist or Surgeon, to recommend Inversion, before I would risk it. You know from the various physiotherapies you have had, that its a thin line between doing some good and making things worse. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Al Posted March 18, 2007 Report Share Posted March 18, 2007 I too have had back surgery, with limited success. I genuinely sympathise with you and am taking great interest in the serious replies to this thread. I had to stop physio as I couldn't walk for days afterwards, so I take tablets. I can't live on tablets for ever - mayber this could be the answer for me too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pazuz Posted March 18, 2007 Report Share Posted March 18, 2007 I've thought about this as I have lower back problems but nothing like some of you guys My Chiropractor told me it was a waste of money but then she would I suppose (cynical head on). I might have to get one and give it a go. Cheers, Phil Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pedro Posted March 18, 2007 Report Share Posted March 18, 2007 I'm watching this with great interest. I suffered a back injury years ago when I was about 22 and every now and then it flares up, but normally goes in a few days after the Dr has done a bit of manipulation, (a back expert). Unfortunately, this time it seems to have manifested itself with sciatica like symptoms. These went after a trip to the Docs, but then I found that I've strained the hip flexor muscles and I have to limp around like a man of 80, (until I found Ibuprofen +). The Ibuprofen keeps the symptoms away, but as soon as the dose wears off, the pain comes back, (with a vengeance today), and once gain it feels like sciatica. It looks like a trip back to the Docs is on the cards just to try and get to the bottom of this. BTW, I had physio and she seems to think that it might have something to do with the high clutch on the Land Rover straining the muscles , Has anyone else suffered from "Land Rover clutch?" P. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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