Posted: 1/2/2016 8:05:11 PM EDT
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I see these Teeter Hang-ups on tv being advertised. They are super cheap on CL. Just curious if there's anything to them? Do they actually have health/spine benefits? ...or is it just pissing your money away and forcing a blood rush to your skull?
Thanks -Emt1581 |
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The first time you use one you'll grow an inch and it'll sound like a fireworks show.
After that it's usually pretty weak. The whole "drive all your blood to your head" thing kind of seemed like a stroke risk to me but you can become acclimated to that pretty quickly too. |
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a new one for $125? This is the one I bought the SO to use. He likes it and says it does give him some relief. Inversion Table |
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Know a guy who is paralyzed from neck down after falling out of one. He got a large settlement. YMMV I'd be a liar if I didn't say I wasn't a little afraid of that, whether it's rational or not, when I'm upside down I keep my arms out like I'm diving into the water, just in case. |
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But they are $30-$50 on CL and look like the normal name-brand models. Is there some part(s) that are known to wear out n these? Thanks -Emt1581 Quoted:
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Order one from Walmart. I got an Ironman, and I think it cost me about $125 or so. Good for the old spine. But they are $30-$50 on CL and look like the normal name-brand models. Is there some part(s) that are known to wear out n these? Thanks -Emt1581 I think it unlikely that there is any significant wear on most that you'll find on Craigslist, just like most of the other exercise equipment. 
It'd be the first place I'd look if I wanted another inversion table. I sent mine down the road to a BIL that really liked it, but I told him why I didn't like it and what scared me about it. |
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Know a guy who is paralyzed from neck down after falling out of one. He got a large settlement. YMMV How did it happen? Did a part break? There's two really easy ways to eff yourself up with one. The first is simply failing to secure the ankle clips fully. I had to really push on them to get them tight enough so that I couldn't pop out. The second is to fall forward while upright but still clipped in. You'll fall like a tree, WHAM, right on your face, and at a particularly vicious angle. It's not uncommon for people to black out or at least get a few seconds unsteadiness and tunnel vision when going back upright, especially if they do it quickly and are unused to the table. It's easy enough to forget that you're clipped in when all the blood rushes out of your head and even "potato" is two syllables too complicated. |
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These things were really popular in the 80's.
I remember seeing an ad for one that was a snake oil pitch. The premise was that the reason you have a big gut is that your massive, muscular chest was pulled by gravity to your belly. Use their product and that gut will go right back where it belongs and give you visible abs and a big chest. When I saw that ad, I thought that I should just wait for gravity to pull my gut a little lower so I could impress the women! |
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These things were really popular in the 80's. I remember seeing an ad for one that was a snake oil pitch. The premise was that the reason you have a big gut is that your massive, muscular chest was pulled by gravity to your belly. Use their product and that gut will go right back where it belongs and give you visible abs and a big chest. When I saw that ad, I thought that I should just wait for gravity to pull my gut a little lower so I could impress the women! I remember that commercial. Your gut is pulling your spine into an arch, straighten it back out  When 99.9% of disc injuries are from arching it in the other direction.
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Quoted: I can help some people, but not others. I have TERRIBLE chronic back pain, and traction (which inversion is a cheap way of trying to replicate) actually hurts my back, rather than helping it. For others, inversion tables can provide considerable relief. Enquiring minds want to know. |
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What is it that you do to help others? Enquiring minds want to know. Quoted:
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I can help some people, but not others. I have TERRIBLE chronic back pain, and traction (which inversion is a cheap way of trying to replicate) actually hurts my back, rather than helping it. For others, inversion tables can provide considerable relief. Enquiring minds want to know. Massages. But only on cleanskins. |