OT: Handheld electric self massagers

[SoCalSteve]

Hi all,

Whaddya think about these gizmos? Work, not work? Put massage therapists out of business? Or a waste of time and money?

Anyway, the one that gets the top recommendation from a ton of sites is this one: https://www.padousa.com/pure-wave-cm7-body-facial-massager/

And these 2 look interesting, but the price goes way up: https://theragun.ca and
https://timtam.tech

Thoughts, suggestions, opinions and flames always welcome.

Thank you all in advance,

Steve

[OtayBW]

Put massage therapists out of business? Not even close. Looks OK to me for very limited use, but essentially, I view it as basically a kind of parlor trick....

[eddief]

do it.

[dustyrider]

I'm more of a mechanical kinda guy. The Stick (https://www.thestick.com). I use the marathon version because I'm very lean. I feel it works quite well at isolating and relieving muscle aches post workout. I've been trying to be more consistent with dynamic stretching before workouts, and I know folks use the stick prior to workouts, but I haven't tried that consistently yet.

[Ken Robb]

I have a Panasonic bent wand vibrator (let's call a spade a spade) that helps quite a bit with minor tightness in my neck/shoulder area. Its head is a disc 1' thick and about 4" in diameter. I'm sure it cost less than $50.
I'm 74 and have arthritis in my neck and residual problems from my crash/surgery in my scapula and clavicle. It's not deep tissue work but it does loosen muscle tension.

[ultraman6970]

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