What You Need to Understand About Inversion Therapy
Back pain therapy using inversion table can be miraculous. I’m aware such statement might sound like rather outlandish to make about what some people may regard as just another form of therapy, but I can definitely promise you that after about three or four sessions, you will begin to realize that inversion therapy is so much more than simply a way to relieve back pain and soothe muscle aches. You’ll come to understand the wonderful gifts inversion therapy can bring to your life.
Start at the Beginning
The first and most important crucial that you are required to do is open up your mind and heart, and make a commitment to your inversion therapy practice. Remember that each person starts out with different requirements but possess the same apprehensions. A great athlete may be equipped with more overall ability, but he or she may not be able to release muscle tension and relax while strapped to an inversion table the way someone who has not been training in sports for years can.
In other words, inversion table therapy levels the playing field and every person - from the weakest to the strongest - can walk away from his or her daily practice feeling well and truly restored. And you can spend as little as five or ten minutes a day exercising on an inversion table. As long as you do something, you’ll begin the process of undoing years of damage.
The study of inversion therapy is based on several decades of observations and theories involving the mind/body connection. When you practice regularly, the mind and body integrate, which allows you to connect not just physically but emotionally too as you form internal harmony throughout your body. In time, you’ll discover that inversion table stretches and exercises are capable of evenly distributing energy throughout the body, in addition to bringing balance to the circulatory, respiratory, nervous, digestive, reproductive and excretory systems.
How Inversion Table Exercises Do What They Do
There are many inversion table exercises that deal with specific bodily needs and are able to direct the flow of blood and oxygen to the areas that are lacking, thus restoring healthy function and vitality in the process. Conscious breathing while relaxing on an inversion table helps refreshes the mind as well as eliminate dullness. As a result, our bodies become well balanced and our minds become clearer. This means we will become much more positive in our everyday lives with significant improvements in confidence and attitude.
This may sound like clichéd mumbo jumbo, but the fact is that modern science and medicine are proving time and time again, that forming this vital connection between mind and body is the key to effectively healing and balancing all the systems of the body as well as the mind. When the mind is overworked and overstressed, it will transmit signals that are conflicting and confusing to the body, therefore inducing imbalance and stress. This imbalance occurring within the body can lead to exhaustion, weakness or even severe illness, which often results in the inability of the body to better respond to the mind.
This may sound like clichéd mumbo jumbo, but the fact is that modern science and medicine are proving time and time again, that forming this vital connection between mind and body is the key to effectively healing and balancing all the systems of the body as well as the mind. When the mind is overworked and overstressed, it will transmit signals that are conflicting and confusing to the body, therefore inducing imbalance and stress. This imbalance occurring within the body can lead to exhaustion, weakness or even severe illness, which often results in the inability of the body to better respond to the mind.
Embarking on Your Own Personal Journey
It may be that your intention when you begin undergoing inversion therapy may not include any thoughts about making connections between the mind and all the systems within the body, or actually healing anything. You may simply be looking for a less jarring form of exercise - a kinder, gentler approach to relieve pain in your back. If that’s your intention, then inversion table therapy exercise is truly the perfect choice. The exercise and stretching movements in inversion therapy are able to bring forth stability and tranquility to the body as well as the senses.
The brain and the body work together therefore causing energy to become balanced throughout the body and mind. Inversion therapy exercises will stimulate but never irritate the body and mind. For example, a runner is able to increase his or her heartbeat, but the physical strength and endurance needed to achieve that can leave the runner extremely exhausted, not to mention it can lead to repetitive injuries to the joints and ligaments. In inversion therapy practice, backbends are physically demanding; the heart is stimulated just as in running, but it beats at a steady, rhythmic pace, resulting in rejuvenation and renewed energy as opposed to fatigue.
The exertion in inversion table exercises are evenly distributed through all body parts, and because the body remains relaxed as you extend, bend, and stretch muscles and joints, it’s protected from injury and stress. Inversion therapy stretches also improve blood flow to every cell in the body, revitalizing and strengthening the nervous system, decreases back pain and increasing the body’s ability to withstand stress.
By using your own body weight and the proper inversion angle, holding poses, and breathing rhythmically, you’ll tone the whole body, strengthen bones and muscles, correct posture, improve breath capacity and increase energy. Eventually, though you may not be aware of it initially, your mind will become calmer and your level of focus will greatly increase. In addition, an overall sense of well-being will begin to wash over your everyday life as your back pain begins to gradually dissipate.
You’ll discover that tasks become less difficult and obstacles are a lot easier to overcome. You’ll also be able to prioritize properly and let go of all those unnecessary negative thoughts and emotions. Think of inversion therapy not just as a form of remedy for back pain, but also as a sort of refreshing cleanse for the body, mind and soul.