# Inversion boots dangerous?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inversion-boots-dangerous/179414>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [June 3, 2003, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inversion-boots-dangerous/179414 "2003-06-03T18:00:26Z")\
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**Author:** ![KidCharlemagne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ed8c4c/32.png) [@KidCharlemagne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KidCharlemagne)\
**Post date:** [June 3, 2003, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inversion-boots-dangerous/179414/1 "2003-06-03T18:00:26Z")

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Hanging upside down sounds relaxing - the spine stretch, the blood rush to the head, etc… I don’t want to do exercises with it I just want to hang from a chin up bar once in a while. Even hanging from a chinup bar with my arms is relaxing except, of course, for my arms. I don’t have any illusions that this is some Kellogian road to health, but is it dangerous?

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**Author:** ![plnnr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7ea924/32.png) [@plnnr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/plnnr)\
**Post date:** [June 3, 2003, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inversion-boots-dangerous/179414/2 "2003-06-03T18:05:33Z")

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I didn’t care for the blood rush part, but feeling my poor back unkink was great. I suspect it wouldn’t be very good for you if you have circulatory problems.