<\/a>Re-Compressing<\/span><\/p><\/div>\nFirst of all if you get an inversion table please Start Slowly!! – take it easy and take your time! Even at a 15-degree angle your body will feel a mild muscular stretch and the benefits of increased blood and lymph circulation. <\/span><\/p>\nTo start, I recommend inverting about 15 degrees and holding it 30 seconds and then coming back to horizontal (or even a little beyond) for 10 seconds so you are exacting a little gravity back onto your spine.\u00a0 Repeat this cycle 10 times. Do this daily for 10 days. – *See pictures<\/span><\/p>\nBeyond the 10 day introduction of ‘decompression’ to your spine, I recommend 3 days a week holding the inverted position for a minute at 15-45 degrees followed by going back to horizontal or slightly re-compressing the spine for 2 seconds and then repeat. <\/span><\/p>\nI have been doing about 10 cycles of this and have found it to improve my overall function level and reduce any aching in the lower back (Yes… I have a compressed L5-S1 disc from old injuries and an injury on a trampoline as a teenager that fractured my spine).<\/span><\/p>\n[Note: Most people do not need to exceed 60-degrees as you will start to naturally fight the decompression at this angle. Don’t exceed what your body tells you! And if you have glaucoma or blood pressure issues sustained inversion could be a health hazard]<\/span><\/p>\nAnything you add to the decompression protocol is up to you and what you are comfortable with adding. This might include moving the head from side-to-side, stretching the arms overhead, or performing slow pelvic tilts.
\n<\/span><\/p>\nUsing an inversion table really makes sense when you consider how compressed<\/em> our discs and joints are because of sitting long periods and poor posture and how commonly we have premature degenerative joints and discs because of past trauma and ongoing micro-trauma.<\/span><\/p>\nHowever, just as with exercise, diet, chiropractic and hydration, you are going to get the best long term results if you find a schedule of use and stick to it. Once you have been using it for a couple of months, inverting even just twice a week is probably plenty but each person is different in the frequency that will work best for their spine.<\/span><\/p>\nAs always, if you experience usual pain during or after inversion stop and consult me before continuing the process.<\/span><\/p>\n*I purchased my table at Relax the Back and set it up so that my patients can get 15% off on their purchase.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Below is the short version of IF and HOW an inversion table might be a good option for you.\u00a0 If you would like to learn more see the full “Will an Inversion Table Work for Me?” article I wrote at: http:\/\/ezinearticles.com\/?Will-an-Inversion-Table-Help-Me?&id=8858120 There are two bits of anatomy you should be aware of as we dive […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3417,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_glsr_average":0,"_glsr_ranking":0,"_glsr_reviews":0},"categories":[40],"tags":[47,48,125],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/expresschiropractickeller.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2141"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/expresschiropractickeller.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/expresschiropractickeller.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/expresschiropractickeller.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/expresschiropractickeller.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2141"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/expresschiropractickeller.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2141\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/expresschiropractickeller.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3417"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/expresschiropractickeller.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2141"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/expresschiropractickeller.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2141"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/expresschiropractickeller.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2141"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}