Although no direct scientific evidence exists to prove that inversion
therapy provides a cure for back pain, a lot of those who have tried it vow to its effectiveness. Inversion therapy involves the suspension of your body around the ankles and allowing it to hang upside down or at different angles that allow your feet to be higher than your head.

When you experience some form of fatigue, you are normally advised to lie down in bed with your feet propped high on some pillows to allow the circulation of blood to flow down to your legs. You immediately feel a great sense of relief, and this is exactly what proponents of inversion therapy hope to do at a more intense level. That is why they recommend the use of inversion tables or gravity boots.

Back pain, muscle and joint aches are commonly caused by prolonged inactivity, such as sitting behind an office desk most hours of the day.  The force of gravity allows your lower back to take on all the weight of your upper body, which explains why you get back pains from long episodes of sitting down.  To get some relief, you try to walk around a bit and do some stretching exercises to relieve the numbness of muscles “falling asleep”.

Inversion therapy works by counteracting the force of gravity on your body by decompressing and elongating the spine, particularly the area along the lower back. By hanging at an angle which stretches your back using gravity itself, pressure on the spinal cord ligaments and nerve roots is achieved resulting to the relaxation of the muscles that support the vertebrae. By allowing your back to relax through the process of suspension, the rest of your body will follow, resulting in stress relief, better circulation and improved posture.

A good inversion therapy machine you can get is the Body Max IT6000 Inversion Therapy Table. It can take extreme height variations ranging from 4 feet 8 inches to 6 feet 3 inches. You simply need to adjust its dual pin system to set it to the appropriate height of the user. Using the Body Max IT6000 is very easy – you simply need to rest your body against the pad and lock your legs into the ankle supports. To initiate inversion, you will only need to raise your arms over your head and the panel will slowly invert your body to the desired angle using controls in its safety straps. It also comes with u-shaped handrails to provide you better stability and support and includes a lower spring-loaded pull pin that allows you to tweak on the ankle adjustments for a better and more secure fit.

You will feel the immediate relief provided by inversion therapy on your first try. The great thing is that inversion tables are not at all expensive. Surprisingly, you’ll find this is true for the Body Max IT6000!