Friday, July 2, 2010

Bye-Bye Back Pain: Long-Term Solutions on a Shoestring

If you suffer from back pain, you've probably spent a lot of money on chiropractic treatments that bring only short-term, temporary relief. It's time to consider an effective yet inexpensive long-term alternative.

Inversion therapy, which was introduced to the United States in the '60s, has benefited many back pain sufferers decades after the first inversion table was introduced in the '70s. It works on the principle of decompressing the joints below the feet when a person is suspended by his or her ankles. This is beneficial for the spine as it relieves the discs and nerve roots. Thanks to the influx of good-quality inversion tables into the current market, you can buy a model that will give you the results you want at a price you can easily afford.

Your best choice is the Body Champ IT8070, which costs less than a hundred dollars. It is a basic inversion table, sturdy and safe. Price-wise, your next choice would be the Body Max IT6000 inversion table model, which goes for less than a hundred and ten dollars and has a more comfortable back rest. Both Body Champ versions can handle persons weighing up to 250 lbs. Finally, you can purchase the Ironman Gravity 1000 therapy table for just one hundred and twenty-five dollars. It has the widest base among the three plus a comfortable nylon back rest and can handle up to 300 lbs. of body weight.

Once you get the hang of hanging by your feet (pun intended), you'll enjoy inversion so much that it will ease itself into your routine without you noticing it. Even when you reach the point where you become free of back pain, it will become a welcome part of your lifestyle as it is a great stress-reliever - the best antidote to headaches and fatigue.

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