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What are people's experience with Inversion tables?

Spine Health | Last Active: Jan 30, 2023 | Replies (42)

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@jenniferhunter

@spadgera I am responding to you here, so you can read about other members experience with inversion tables in this existing discussion. At the top, you can click on the first page, last, etc and change the order from oldest to newest, or newest to oldest to read the comments.

One suggestion I have is to get a medical opinion about using an inversion table if you have any blood pressure issues that would come into play by being upside down. For example, a physical therapist that I know recommends that people who might have a blood vessel malformation in the brain where increased blood pressure could put them at risk of a stroke, should not use an inversion table. This type of malformation is known as an AVM or arterio venous malformation where an artery with higher blood pressure dumps directly into lower pressure veins without the vessels branching out into the capilaries that would diffuse the pressure first. Often this is tangled clump of blood vessels and can be a risk and site for a stroke to happen. Keeping blood pressure under control is also very important for heart and kidney health. The kidneys rely on blood pressure for filtration of the blood in very small capilaries called a glomerulus, and too much pressure there can damage and destroy them.

Here is more information about AVM:
https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/brain-avm/symptoms-causes/syc-20350260

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I am 85 years old and have been using my inversion table on and off for 5 years with no problems. However, I do have blood pressure and take medication.