Ironman Gravity 1000 Inversion Table
Ironman Gravity 1000 Inversion Table
Ironman Gravity 1000 Inversion Table Reviews
I received a manual and detailed instructions for assembly. My husband and I spent about 45 mins putting it together – I wouldn’t say it was real easy, but it wasn’t rocket science. This inversion table is built solid – it doesn’t appear to be “cheap”. As soon as I got on it, I felt a difference in my lower back. I have a herniated disc between L4-L5. I wasn’t sure that an inversion table would provide much “decompression” or traction. The stretch I felt in my lower back was immediate, and it felt very similar to the stretch I felt when I had DTS (like a VAX-D machine) at my chiropractor’s office. The DTS machine is expensive and the most you can use it is three times a week, but you can use the inversion table several times a day if you have the time. However, you can’t stay inverted for long – I can’t imagine ever being inverted for more than 10 mins at a time, and I only stayed inverted for a few minutes each time. It only makes sense that if you feel funny, sit up/stand up on the machine for a few minutes until you feel normal and then try again for less time.
The big drawback of this and most other inversion tables is that getting out of the inverted position requires you to bend at the waist and sit up – maybe there is a better way to do this, but it doesn’t really seem that you can control the rate at which you sit up. For me, sitting up like this after my lower back has been stretched/pulled, is uncomfortable – but with my herniated disc its expected for me to have discomfort when I bend or twist. I know that there are inversion tables out there that have more sophisticated “righting” mechanisms, but they are at least 3x as much as this one. I think this device is a great price – perfect for some one trying inversion therapy for the first time. I don’t know if after using this table for a few weeks, I’ll notice long-term improvement or if it will just provide temporary relief. I will post again after a 3-4 weeks to say whether I think its significantly improved my back condition or not.
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