Millions of people today suffer from pain of different forms and the most common pain that often affects people today is back pain due to different back problems. That is why most people constantly tried to find ways to relieve themselves with pain for good. One thing comes in mind and that is inversion therapy, do inversion tables work for back pain? The answer is yes and that is most probably the reason why most people choose to use inversion table for this brings lots of benefits to them aside from relieving them from back pain and other forms of pain.
Inversion exercise helps your body to regain from the compression of gravity everyday thus doctors, sports trainers and physical therapist acknowledge inversion as the safest form of therapy for your joints and spine. So what are the benefits that you get from Inversion therapy?
Inversions Aids in Relieving Various Forms of Neck and Back Pain
If we start to list down the causes of back pain, it will sure be a long list and the list might just include poor posture, misalignments, stomach muscles and weak back just to mention a few. Most of these causes are linked to one force and that is the gravity.
By putting your body in line with the downward force of gravity, inversion works by stretching the spine thus increasing the space between the disc and releasing pressure on the disc, nerve roots and ligaments. When pressure is reduced then pain is also reduced.
Too much tension and stress can cause muscle spasm in the shoulders, neck and back resulting to pain however a study is conducted over patients with muscle pain. Using EMG or Electromyographic activity which is an indicator of muscle pain, it showed that a decreased of pain over thirty-five percent just within ten seconds upon assuming an inverted position (Phys Med Rehabil 1978).
Inversions Helps To Give Care and Health for the Discs
Discs have three functions and that is shock absorbers, responsible for the flexibility of your spine and separates the vertebrae. The space between the vertebrae is very important since it is in that space that nerves pass from each vertebra to the brain. If there is not enough space between vertebrae then it can result to nerve root pressure and pain.
Take a closer look of the disc and you will discover that its inner material is a jelly like material that offers as cushion to each vertebra. When you do your usual activity everyday like exercising, standing or sitting, your disc gets injured over time. Because of that your disc loses some of its fluid thus loses height or getting compressed. This loses of fluid makes your disc lost its cushioning effect. One proof of this is you lose a few inches of your height.
The only time that your disc can take a break is when your invert. Study shows that when you are lying down, the disc pressure remained at 25% while if you are inverted at sixty degrees then the disc pressured is reduced to zero (Scand J Rehabil Med Suppl 1970).
Indeed inversion is the most effective position that can let your discs recover from the pressure that your daily activities bring. By inverting, it stretches your spine, giving your disc its health back.
Other benefits of Inversion table therapy includes reduced pain in overworked muscles, helps to strengthen ligaments, helps to stimulate circulation, helps to relieve stress, helps to achieve functional fitness, recover from high impact workouts, provides balance and orientation training and helps you to age gracefully.
In conclusion, inversion really brings a lot of benefit to an individual when use sensibly. It is safe and effective in counteracting the pull of gravity thus reversing the harmful compression the gravity brings to the body.