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I've mentioned the gravity boots and inversion tables before but here's a simple video. I kept it short but I normally hang for about 4-5 min, it's all I can take. I can hear my back sliding into place and if all goes well, I get a serious pop out of my L5-S joint. There's a nice pull through the hips that just seems to set things back in place. I never hang the day I squat. I just feel that the joints are made for compression and to pull on them and then compress then shorty there after may lead to injury.

If you have a back problem, give this a try. I don't think they make the boots anymore and I see the tables going for $200 but if it helps, it's cheaper than an MRI!

 

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Interesting. I've heard of the inversion table but never the boots. I'll have to give that a try. I go see the chiro about twice per month.
 

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How do you get your feet up there to hang bro...lol
 

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Inb4 snake slips and hurts his neck.
 

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We do something similar for our hips and backs. We choke a big black band on the monolift. You slip thru and hang from the hips. Then a hetero life partner Jacks up the mono until your head is off the ground. 4 minutes later they set you down.

I swear when I finish this I am in a better mood.
 

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We do something similar for our hips and backs. We choke a big black band on the monolift. You slip thru and hang from the hips. Then a hetero life partner Jacks up the mono until your head is off the ground. 4 minutes later they set you down.

I swear when I finish this I am in a better mood.

And an inch taller! Lines all the soldiers back up. It's also said to help the movement in the lymphatic system.
 
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I try to use the inversion table but it hurts my ankles like a mofo. There's boot attachments too so Imma dig those up and try that next.
 

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I can hear my back sliding into place and if all goes well, I get a serious pop out of my L5-S joint.

Snake...I see we have the same injury/ailment. I use the Teeter Inversion table. Life would be a lot different for me if I could not get my vertebrae to open up and relieve the pressure on my sciatica. Thanks for sharing this.
 

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When I power lifted I would hang all the time. Felt great. Wish we had something where I am now.
 

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I think I need to give this a try.. After my pregnancy my sciatic has been so fukked up, and it affects my squating from time to time now. I wonder if this would help.
 

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