Use of an Inversion table for P.D. treatment

[mikeinnj22]

Has anyone heard of 'Inversion Machine' treatment. I found the use of an Medicine Ball on Google to balance your body on the ball and lower your head and using a rocking motion to lower and raise your head. I wondered if a Inversion Table would give a better treatment to the brain and spine because of the tables ability to allow a more dramatic incline to the entire body.

[Hidden]

My ortho doctor said not to use inversion table. I did and no benefit as the doc said. All I got after one week, an inguinal hernia.

[mikeinnj22 in reply to Hidden]

Thank you for the reply. Did you go completely vertical?

[Hidden in reply to mikeinnj22]

No

[bassofspades]

I have one and used it for years. No pd benefit that i can tell but helps my disc issues in my spine.

[dentonpark]

60,m,3yr pd....no meds! No progression over last year according to Neuro. Exercise 35 minutes at 80%, 4x week

I've used my inversion table 20yrs, to help spine from marathons.

Have recently wondered if it could benefit dopamine. I'll start daily and see what happens.

[Ratzkywatzky in reply to dentonpark]

I'm curious, so have you been running regularly for 20 years? I would imagine if you have been doing marathons you would have had to train on a fairly disciplined schedule?

[dentonpark in reply to Ratzkywatzky]

I stopped the distance running 25 yrs ago...to rest my body. I've always stayed active. The inversion table eliminated chiropractic use...as it is great for my back.

[mikeinnj22 in reply to dentonpark]

How far do you recline? I'm looking forward to any noticeable results you might have.

[dentonpark in reply to mikeinnj22]

180 degrees😊

[dentonpark in reply to mikeinnj22]

Fyi..my teeter was purchased in 1992 from a relax your back store located in Dallas

[etterus]

I’m a retired PT that had the good fortune of spending 6 months in 1979 visiting the developer of the Gravity Guidance equipment and a complete protocol for spinal rehabilitation, Dr Robert Martin DC,DO,MD. I was working for a MD indowntown LA and would stop by Martin’s office on my way home. I was so impressed with what I witnessed there that I purchased the professional equipment and used it regularly in my own practice till my retirement in 09.

Let me begin with a caution statement that I think is fundamental to all of healthcare... anything that has the power to help has the power to hurt. Gravity inversion is a powerful modality and should be used with caution and respect, Royprop can verify this statement. If he sustained an injury to the inguinal canal, imagine what could happen in the vascular network intracranially.

I can imagine that there’s a argument that would support a position of likely benefits to the substantia nigra, the location of primary known pathological degradation in PD. I’m certain that the argument would be that benefits of relieving pressure and increasing circulation could improve the nutritional

[etterus]

SORRY I hit the reply .... nutritional and vascular properties of the tissues creating a cure or at least a slowing of the degradation process. I have concluded that that these aspects were verifiable in the spine but it is not applicable to project them to the pathology of a-synuclein clumping. If it were true I probably would not be as involved as I am for I have used inversion for 30+ years... I stopped due to my DBS surgery, an obvious counter indicator.

I do think it would be an interesting research question to address with the young onset group. I am willing to bet that it’s likely to be beneficial for preventing balance degradation by stimulating the vestibular mechanism thereby maintaining balance skills.

[mikeinnj22 in reply to etterus]

Thank you for all the information. The Inversion machine I'm looking at is the 'Teeter' which is FDA approved for many types of spinal treatment. It has controls to limit the inversion in very gradual increments. I too hope the information in your last paragraph might lead to further studies, not limited to the young onset group.

[Bolt_Upright in reply to mikeinnj22]

So... did you get the inversion table? Did it help?

[Fumaniron]

Teeter inversion table helps my low back pain. That's all I can confirm