It took me a few adjustments too for the height weight ratio. I’m 5’4” and to get it balanced right I had to put it on 5’5” and it was perfect. I don’t know if your table has the 3 position self locking hinges that set how responsive the table is but once I changed the setting on those it was balanced great.
I had never done anything like inverting so when I got my table it was a really strange feeling when I got off of it so I know what you mean. When you think about it when we stand or sit down our spine compresses and it never really gets decompressed unless we invert so when you invert and get decompressed the feeling is very strange indeed. If you use the table every day you’ll get so used to the relaxed great feeling that you’ll be able to tell when your spine is getting compressed again.
It’s a great product to have in your home I’m happy you got one and happy inverting!