re: Low Back Pain - Degenerative Disc Disease - Checking In

Inversion table user here as well. I probably am on it 2 to 3 times a week (or more). I usually go for 2-3 minutes at a time. It's not uncommon for me to do it for a while, stop for a minute, and then do it again. I am trying to 'pop' my back (actually lengthens my spine), takes pressure off nerves, and allows me to stretch muscles that I've learned get inflamed if I don't do this often enough. My symptoms are pain in lower back, lower left back, left hip, and left thigh.

Good news is that I've been able to manage it once I started using the inversion table. Before then I lived in pain until I tried dry needling which helped some, but the inversion table has been the key to my coping. I'm now able to exercise again twice a week.