# INVERSION TABLES

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inversion-tables/27562>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [July 31, 2000, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inversion-tables/27562 "2000-07-31T16:51:55Z")\
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**Author:** ![Peppy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c37758/32.png) [@Peppy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peppy)\
**Post date:** [July 31, 2000, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inversion-tables/27562/1 "2000-07-31T16:51:55Z")

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has anyone tried or owned one? will it help my back? typical 9 - 5 deskjob.

thanks

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**Author:** ![Patty\_O\_Furniture](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/96bed5/32.png) [@Patty\_O\_Furniture](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Patty_O_Furniture)\
**Post date:** [July 31, 2000, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inversion-tables/27562/2 "2000-07-31T19:49:27Z")

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Are you talking about inversion boots maybe? I’ve never heard of an inversion _table_, but it wouldn’t surprize me to turn on the tube and see some hasbeen celebrity endorsing one in an hour-long infomercial.

I have recently (well, seven months ago) moved into a desk job and have discovered two things.

1. The urge to snack is irresistable, compounding the already ugly battle of the bulge.

2. My neck & back had lodged formal complaints against my policy on posture. I found this cleared up when I forced myself to sit upright with a tight curvature of the spine forward. By no means should you slouch back or allow your backbone to bend outward (resulting in a forward shoulder-slouch). I was also helped with the use of my special praying mantis style ergo chair which I talked about in [this](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=25452) thread.

Since then, sitting upright with correct posture has become 2nd nature and the pain has subsided. I hope this helps.