Back pain sciatica specifically has been a part of my life for about 20 years and it wasn t until about ten years ago that i was first introduced to using an inversion table.
Inversion tables for sciatica back pain.
Inversion therapy involves hanging upside down and the head down position could be risky for anyone with high blood pressure heart disease or glaucoma.
At the time a doctor from the pain clinic told me to use one but never gave me any direction on how to use it.
Inversion helps ease sciatic nerve pain by using the forces of gravity.
A 2012 study from england showed that inversion therapy combined with physical therapy was an effective treatment for sciatica pain from a protruding disk.
As you turn upside down gravity takes over and helps alleviate compression and other issues in your back.