Inversion Tables

[CornHunka]

I'd be interested too. I have had L4-5 stenosis with disc degen for about 5 years. One MD wants me to have surgery. Not so sure, just yet. Pain meds don't work with being semi-comatose. Epidural injections x3 with 1 facet injection have brought the pain to a level of 3-7 depending on the day. Maybe acupuncture next???

I posted this same question on another General Discussion message board and I've gotten quite a few positive responses from people who suffer like we do and the inversion table seems to help. I think I'm going to take the plunge and buy one. I checked Craigslist, and there are few available in the Omaha/Lincoln area.

Best of luck to the both of us.

The nice thing about inversion tables is that they help relieve disc pressure. Now...it's only a temporary relief. I hope you find someone that can get down to the root of your problem. Have you tried abdominal and transverse core strengthening exercises?

Those are what I did/do as part of the physical therapy that I was prescribed. The excercises helped initially, but not much anymore, but I don't do them nearly has consistently as I once did.

 

[rawhide]

I started Ultram at 50mg 3 x a day and when I quit I had taken 100mg 3x a day. Didn't have any abd. cramping or the usual opiate withdrawals, just felt general malaise with cold/flu symptoms x3 days then done. Now my chronic cough that I've had since 2004 has come back with a vengeance. Come to find out ultram works great on the cough center much like other opiates Take mobic now 7.5mg 1x a day cause ibuprofen eats through my mucosal lining in 4-5 doses. Pain still the same with or without the NSAID. meh

GBR