SOME MEDICAL CONDITIONS ARE CONTRA-INDICATED, AND SOME CONDITIONS REQUIRE THE ADVICE OF A MEDICAL PRACTITIONER.
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MEDICAL CONDITIONS CONTRA-INDICATED

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If you have any of these 3 conditions, do not invert:


• Narrow-angle glaucoma

• Unmedicated high blood pressure - i.e. not on blood pressure medication

• Recent stroke


If you have any of the following conditions, obtain the approval of a licensed medical practitioner before inverting:


• Recent joint surgery

• Surgically-implanted orthopedic supports

• Spinal injury

• Recent spinal cord surgery

• Spinal stenosis

• Recent or unhealed fractures

• Medullary pins

• Acutely swollen joints

• Osteoporosis (bone weakness)

• Glaucoma

• Retinal detachment

• Conjunctivitis

• Recent eye surgery

• Middle ear infection

• History of stroke or transient ischemic attack

• Heart or circulatory disorders

• High blood pressure

• Hypertension

• Cerebral sclerosis

• Use of anticoagulants (including high doses of aspirin)

• Hiatus hernia, ventral hernia

• Extreme obesity

• Pregnancy


This list is not exhaustive, so if you have any other condition you are not certain about, consult your doctor.


While the appropriate and correct use of the Backswing can bring many advantages to your heath and well-being, it should not be used without regard to other medical treatments, procedures or therapies, and may not be a substitute for any such treatments, procedures or therapies. Any person using the Backswing does so at his/her own risk in all respects.

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