This is what a chiropractor told me. Inversion tables are mostly fine for people who are otherwise healthy and don't have any disc issues. They can get a good stretch with one. For people who do have disc issues, they are probably going to do more harm than good. For one thing it will be almost impossible to go fully inverted without your back muscles tensing up (a lot) so you won't be stretching, you'll just be miserable. And you can actually mess your back up more.
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