indigo_rose99

For several years now I've been looking at inversion as a stretching and healthy thing. My friend S talks about her inversion table as something she cannot live without. Up until now I had two things stopping me:

• Space to put it. There was really no practical place in our old house to store the table. 
• My acid reflux problems. Inversion makes these worse.

The new house solved the space problem. Clearly such a table would go in the gym area. And the acid reflux... My reading on the subject basically says to only use the table when my stomach is COMPLETELY empty. So, first thing in the morning and not again the same day. The inversion literature says "do it multiple times a day!" and that is not going to be possible for me. And I'm ok with that part. It will mean that any positive impact will take longer to happen and not be as pervasive. 

Do I know that inversion is going to help my back feel better, improve my posture, allow fluids to move around more freely, cut down on potential swelling in my feet/hands and allow my joints to relax... No. The literature on inversion often reads like one of those creepy TV infomercials at 3am. But... What is the negative risk here? Making my acid reflux worse is the only one I could think of and I'll keep a close eye on it. But otherwise....? I might lower my overall stress because I'm doing something like meditating for a few minutes every day. That is...um... not a bad thing. Plus all the potential long term good stuff.

So T has gotten me an inversion table for our anniversary. I'm thrilled. It even has a vibrating pad for my lower back. I'm at the early stages of using it. The literature says start out for only about a minute and at low percent inversion. So I'm doing 15% (the lowest setting) for a minute or until something feels different. My lower back is not sore for the first time in a few months. Which could be psychosomatic... but I'll still take it!