Teeter Hang Ups - Inversion Therapy

[Ivan Seeking]

Inversion Therapy
Relieve Back Pain
Reduce Muscle Tension, Stimulate Lymph Flow
Improve Circulation
Increase Flexibility and Range of Motion
Correct Posture
Reduce the Effects of Aging Caused by Gravity
For The Athlete
http://www.teetertv.com/

[Ivan Seeking]

No comments? Does that suggest that no one knows of any reason why any claim made above would not be true?

I didn't even realize that the guy selling this is allegedly named Teeter. Is that for real or are these people now using product-oriented stage names?

I had thought that "Teeter" referred to the motion of the device. Funny!

[Anticitizen]

I don't know if the benefits are real, but I'd like to put this forward:

Two weeks ago, I went to a friend's house. He had an inversion table. You put your feet in some 'brackets' and lean backwards... It flipped me upside-down.

That night, I stumbled in the dark, and dislocated my knee :(

It wasn't a particularly nasty fall as falls go, but it was quite damaging. I'll be off my feet for some time.

Probably coincidence, but I can't help but wonder if unnaturally 'stretching' out the tendons in my knee using the inversion table set the stage for my injury. It shouldn't have been so easy.

[Moonbear]

It might work for some of those claims simply by strengthening some back and abdominal muscles that you'd use to get yourself back upright after being turned upside-down. The video shows the guy doing some "sit ups" type things while upside down, and that would also contribute to strengthening those muscle groups.

As for blood flow and nutrients improving to the disks, that would be total bunk. If anything, you're now putting the lower back higher than your heart, so making it harder to pump blood against gravity to those regions.