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Further hints
1. Begin slowly: Do not exceed 25 degrees inversion at the beginning. Stay inverted only as long as
you are comfortable. Return upright slowly.
2. Make gradual changes: Increase the angle only if it is comfortable and only slowly. Increase the
exercise time only for 1 or 2 minutes at a time. Add stretching and light exercises only when you
are comfortable with inversion.
3. Watch your body: Come up slowly! Dizziness after a session means you came up to fast. Do not
exercise directly after a meal. If you get nauseous, do not fight it. Try to come up as soon as you
feel queasy.
4. Keep moving: Movement during inversion encourages blood circulation. Movements may be
accomplished by either rhythmic traction or light exercises. Do not exercise strenuously while
inverted - limit partial inversion without movement to one or two minutes. Limit full inversion
with no movement to only a few seconds!
5. Exercise regularly: We recommend two or three times a day, depending on your current condi-
tion. Try to exercise at the same time each day.
Change gradually
• Increase the angle only if it is comfortable; start at 25 degrees for a week or more.
• Increase only a few degrees at a time. You can gain all the benefits of Inversion without ever
inverting beyond 60 degrees. Muscle stretching and relaxation can already be realized at 25 de-
grees of inversion.
• Increase your routine from 1 2 minutes to 10 or more over a period of a few weeks or longer.
• Add gentle stretching and light exercises only after you are comfortable with Inversion.
• Intermittent traction routine consists of 1~2 minutes down and a half minute up, to be repeated
as long as it is comfortable and at angles that are comfortable for you (60° or less).
• Rhythmic traction is an evenly distributed rocking (up & down).
Listen to your body
• Remind yourself that your body is unique and it will tell you what is good for it.
• If other people invert longer or at a greater angle, it has nothing to do with your body.
• Come up slowly, dizziness after a session is a sign that you have come up too fast.
• Wait for a while after you’ve eaten before you invert.
• Come up as soon as you feel queasy, even if after only a few seconds. Give yourself time-it may
take weeks or months before your organs get used to inverting exercises.