It's too early to tell yet what long term benefit I will get from the Inversion Table but I definitely like the lovely stretched feeling I get during and immediately after using it. I tend to use it for a couple of minutes every morning as my back always feels quite stiff then. It is definitely useful after a spell of gardening which always leaves me with a painful lower back and a bit of a stoop - the table provides instant relief and ‘unkinks' my spine.
I should say that so far I have used the table on its lowest setting only i.e I am far from hanging completely upside down but surprisingly you do get a good stretch. It is easy to pull yourself up from that small angle. I am not sure what it would be like from a much larger inversion but I don't think that will be necessary.
Having had lower back pain for 20+ years, and numerous trips to physios, massage therapist, acupuncturists, musculoskeletal clinic, etc, my friend/massage therapist suggested an inversion table. The inversion table's use of gravity to stretch the spine sounded exactly like the kind of thing I've been trying to achieve. The joy was immediate.
I have suffered from sciatica for a number of years and when really bad can be disabling and excruciating. After using this inversion table once a day for three days (3 minutes at a time) my sciatica is gone and after continuous use has not returned. It's fantastic! As a bonus I no longer get backache either as proved this week after doing two hours in the garden of heavy digging! I can't believe how well the table works especially for old bodies like mine (I am 71).
The packaging is of the highest quality, time and care has been taken to ensure this arrives in perfect condition. 6 or 7 simple steps to assembly and again time and care taken to ensure this is a simple process. Nuts and bolts separated into each part and a video to watch alongside the paper instructions. This is a robust piece of equipment certainly standing up to its ‘heavy duty' description. I very rarely write reviews but this is worthy of my time.