How long can someone hang upside-down before they lose consciousness and die?

[THELAIR]

trout, how tall are you now at 17?

At 17 you still have a few more years left of growing spurts.

 

[0roo0roo]

good lord, howshort are u? its not going to work. why do you think height treatments require bone breakage with big ass metal stretching limb frame things. u'd think they'd simply hang u upside down if that were easier

no, u gotta go the painful route if its going to work hanging upside down probably stresses joints etc in ways unintended.

 

[boi]

I can't even hang upside down for an hour, let alone sleep like that. Like everyone said, you will just reverse the effects when you stand back up again.

 

[jcwagers]

This sort of reminds me of an old "Wings" episode. Anybody remember the episode where Brian dated the female cop to get Joe out of a ticket? At the end she hung him upside down in the hangar. Man.....I miss Wings. Sorry...not trying to hijack the thread! It's just funny how things you read can remind you of things that you saw on TV.

jcwagers

 

[MichaelD]

Gravity Inversion is awesome if you have back or neck problems. I don't like the dizziness I get, but the relief on my L4/L5/S1 is exhilirating!!!! :Q

 

[NFS4]

I'M BATMAN!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[LordMaul]

Originally posted by: Evadman

Originally posted by: Citrix
somebody please tell me how hanging upside down will help him grow?

Gravity will pull on him instead of crushing him. But this is something I have never heard about. Sounds kinda assine to me. All this will do is pull your bones apart a little, but they will settle back naturaly AFAIK.

Yes, the natural effect of gravity pulling on your spine compressed the length of it, causing what we think of as "shrinking with age." So people have things called "gravity boots," which you clip to your ankles and hang upside down for periods of time to work against the gravity. Bodybuilders do it, too, and it's supposedly very relaxing. I've personally never tried it, though.

 

[bubbadu]

i got stuck upside down for about 25 minutes once at Dave and Buster's acrade.. the roller coaster simulation broke with mysellf and my brother upside down in it.. they ended up giving us like 20 dollars worth of credits, but my shoulder definlty hurt after we got out... should have made a lawsuit out of it

-Bubbadu

 

[LordMaul]

Originally posted by: MichaelD
Gravity Inversion is awesome if you have back or neck problems. I don't like the dizziness I get, but the relief on my L4/L5/S1 is exhilirating!!!! :Q

Really? IIRC, we have the same problem. I've never tried it since, when I pull myself up and have my lower body pulling down on my spine, I can(and anyone who puts their hand on my lower back) feel my discs pop around and even out of place, and it's pretty damn painful. I wonder if the boots would be different.

 

[Scarpozzi]

Move to Australia.

 

[Pliablemoose]

IMHO, the only thing that has a chance @ making you taller is human growth hormone & unless you find an incompetent physician who'll actually prescribe it, you're stuck with what mother nature did to your genetics @ the moment of your conception.

Take a multivitamin & get some exercise, be healthy & accept what the roll of the genetic dice gave you

HGH

 

[rawoutput]

Originally posted by: SuperTool
It depends on the person how long, but don't sleep upside down. You probably don't want to find out how long it takes to have a stroke. There is also a matter of food going the wrong way.

I saw on Mr. Wizard that if you stand on your head and eat food, it'll go the right way! God that Mr. Wizard was a sexy beast

 

[her209]

Originally posted by: rawoutput

Originally posted by: SuperTool
It depends on the person how long, but don't sleep upside down. You probably don't want to find out how long it takes to have a stroke. There is also a matter of food going the wrong way.

I saw on Mr. Wizard that if you stand on your head and eat food, it'll go the right way! God that Mr. Wizard was a sexy beast

That's true. Your esophagus pushes the food down/up to your stomach.