Bests & Worsts Reviews from Amazon

Despite the medical warnings that inversion tables are not recommended for those with prior back surgeries, inserted pins, etc. I purchased the EP-550 and the boot accessory kit. I have disc and joint disease. I am 46 years old and in the past six years, I have had eight orthopedic surgeries, including rods and screws in my lower back, my second disc removal from my neck, three shoulder surgeries, elbow surgery, rotor cuff surgery and the repair of a 40% bicep repair. Lately, I have had a lot of stiffness and pain in my neck again and my hips have been acting up. In an effort to hopefully delay another neck surgery, and take pressure off of my hips without surgery, I figured I would give the Teeter hang up a chance. I have had the teeter for two weeks and here are my thoughts. First, I like the ability to hang upside down to let my arms extend down and provide some natural stretching to my surgically repaired shoulders. It machines works well for that purpose. Also, my hips do feel better in that they seem to stay aligned better and keeps the pressure off when standing. When inverted, I do feel the stress of the pull on the rods and pins in my back at waist level. While saying that, I want to point out that it is not a matter of causing pain, just the pressure of the weight of my body hanging from the pins. What works best for me at this point is that I first warm up by slowly tetter totting up and down, to put the stretching pressure on and then off again, etc. This is also somewhat enjoyable as well. On a side note, I put my wife on this teeter for the first time yesterday and she also tetter tottered as well and laughed the entire time. My daughters love the machine. Anyway, once I warm up by tetter totting, I hang completed inverted and then do slow turning stretches. Yesterday I started to incorporate a few crunches into my routine. I let myself get about 30 pounds over weight during the past few years of repeated surgeries but I am hoping this machine will help my joints feel better so I can work out more. So far, I have had no ill effects from this machine and my shoulders and hips feel better. My neck is still stiff, but they already told me I need another surgery for that. One comment on the adapter and boots. I purchased them because I saw the comments of others that the non boot option was not to comfortable. According to everyone on my family, the boot option is not all that comfortable either. Perhaps I am making them too tight for my family while I gain confidence in the safety of the boots but all find the boots uncomfortable after a few minutes of inversion and some lose of sensation in their feet for a few minutes after being off the machine. The teeter totting seems to reduce this discomfort somewhat with the alternative pressures. I am giving this a four star as the boot adapter seems to force my feet too close together as to somewhat crunch my hips while on the table. I am sure you are tired of reading my post but I just wanted to share thoughts of one who has a ton of the medical issues they say users of this machine should avoid. Take care.