General Wellness

Inversion helps more than your achy back. In fact, inversion's benefits greatly exceed those of products that only prevent and/or relieve back pain. That is, reversing gravity can lead to a better body overall:

Increases oxygen to the brain

Your heart constantly works against gravity to pump blood up to your brain, which requires the most blood and oxygen in the whole body. Although it constitutes only 3% of the body's total weight, the brain consumes 25% of your body's oxygen.

Win Wenger, in How to Increase Your Intelligence, notes that "only those brain cells which are closed to an ample capillary blood supply are thoroughly developed. Away from such source of supply, brain cells remained undeveloped and useless. In short you can much improve the physical state of your entire brain." A brain which is better nourished simply works better and more efficiently. Peter Russell notes in The Brain Book that "the brain operates 7% faster and 14% more accurate while inverted."

While in the final developmental stages, a baby is inverted in the mother's womb. This inversion forces oxygen- and nourishment-laden blood into the brain, accelerating growth and maturation by the time of birth.ﾠ

A treatment for hair loss

• Vasoconstriction and muscular tension prevent sufficient blood from reaching hair follicles.
• The little blood that does get to the follicle carries inadequate amounts of nutrients for hair growth.
• The waste products from cellular activity fail to drain away from the scalp via the lymphatic system.

Bryant achieved his spectacular hair growth by directing optimum blood flow back into the scalp, specifically by inverting gravitational force with the aid of an inversion device. Inverting with the F5000III allows for a precise, controlled inversion session. If the process were not controlled, the body would become distressed, restricting blood flow all over again.

Not only does inversion facilitate blood flow to the capillaries in the scalp, but also the capillaries are opened further when baroreceptors in the neck and chest sense an increase in blood pressure to the head, and act accordingly to reduce that pressure by dilating all the capillaries in the body including those that nourish the hair follicles.

Additionally, stress forces our bodies to divert blood away from the hair follicles to other parts of the body. Stress also has the following effects: the blood in the body thickens, the body becomes slightly dehydrated, and cholesterol levels increase. High stress levels can eventually cause permanent damage, such that no blood gets through to the hair follicle, wreaking havoc on your scalp and hair. Using inversion therapy painlessly opens the capillaries and forces blood into the damaged area, making possible renewed hair growth and health.

Increases blood circulation

The heart, veins, arteries, and capillaries constitute the cardiovascular system. Your body's transportation system, the cardiovascular organs carry food and oxygen to your body's cells. Your heart pumps blood through the system: oxygen-rich blood from the lungs goes out through the arteries, while waste-filled blood comes back through the veins, flowing upwards and working against gravity. Inversion allows your body to employ gravitational force, easing the circulation process. When you are inverted, gravity works for you, allowing your heart to more effectively move venous blood from your legs and torso back to your heart and lungs for oxygenation.

Accelerates cleansing of blood and lymph fluids

Similarly, inversion aids in the flow of lymphatic fluid, which in turn clears the body's wastes and circulates antibodies that are vitally important to your immune system.

Unlike the circulatory system, the lymphatic system has no pump comparable to the heart. Only the alternating muscular contractions and relaxations move lymphatic fluid "uphill" through capillaries and one-way valves into the upper chest, where it enters the blood stream for necessary cleansing. Inverting the body so that gravity works with, not against, these one-way valves provides a helpful push of the lactic fluid up to the chest. The faster the lymphatic system is cleared of these agents, the faster the ache and pain of stiff muscles disappears, and the more effectively the body's defenses protect against sickness and injury.

Improving skin tone

Increasing the circulation of blood to the head via gravity inversion may also improve the color, complexion, and tone of your skin. Upon her return to Earth, an American astronaut remarked that she was happy to return home her only regret was that in space (a gravity-free environment) she had wrinkle-free skin.

Decongests abdominal organs

The older we get, the longer gravity has exerted a compressive force on our bodies. As time goes by, organs begin to prolapse, gradually losing their healthy figures and placements in the body. Inversion helps these organs (kidneys, stomach, intestines) resume their normal shape and position. Middle-age spread is partly due to this congestive and prolapsing phenomenon of internal organs. Not surprisingly, digestion and waste evacuation problems are common symptoms of prolapsed abdominal organs. We often just blame these problems simply on old age, but they are more directly related to the long term effects of gravity on the shape, position, and effectiveness of our vital organs.

Relieves varicose veins

The veins in your legs must work against gravity in order to bring blood back to the heart. These veins have valves to assist in the upward movement, and to keep the blood from draining back downward while it makes the ascent against the force of gravity. Working against such pressure, occasionally some blood fails to return. When the valve gives in to the downward pull and allows blood to slip back into the legs, blood tends to pool in that spot, which causes the vein to distend or bulge, resulting in unsightly and uncomfortable varicosity. Such distended veins can be painful. When inverting, gravity helps your heart to clear the blood from your feet, legs, and lower body. This allows the blood in your lower limbs to circulate more freely and efficaciously, draining blood from varicose veins and giving you relief.

Improves vision

Increasing the blood and oxygen flow to any organ will enhance its functionality. Your eyes, and particularly the retinas, already require large amounts of oxygen. Flooding the retina once or twice a day with oxygen-rich blood may enhance and maintain their acuity. (NOTE: Consult with your medical advisor if you have retinal detachment or glaucoma before beginning an inversion program.)

Summary

• Every single organ in your body needs oxygen. Increasing the blood circulation, thereby increasing the oxygen flow to your organs, benefits your eyes, ears, brain, hair, skin tone, and so much more.
• Inversion tables encourage your organs to retain their natural shape, position, and effectiveness, letting you fight the effects of aging.
• Inversion facilitates better circulation in your legs, helping to fix and prevent varicose veins.