Homedics SBM 200

Advantages: It works - relieves tension - increases blood flow - relaxing
Disadvantages: A suitable chair is needed - can be painful

I regularly suffer from mid-back and shoulder tension causing painful muscle spasms, and also lower back ache. This massager is a product that actually works for me. I am very sceptical about complementary medical products but was influenced by trying a demo one in House of Fraser. I reasonsed it must be robust or they would not have one in daily use in store! The unit is well built and feels of good quality. The massage given is deep and powerful. ...
...This is a useful facility when you want to target a specific area. You can feel the various pressure points moving over your back and this can be painful over muscles in spasm - but you can lift your back slightly away or wear a thick top to minimise the pain until your muscles start to relax. What else can I say other than it works. It certainly helps relieve my muscle tension and the increase in blood flow it stimulates is very beneficial to the ... Read review

Advantages: Almost instant pain relief
Disadvantages: You need a suitable chair to place it on

I unfortunately do not own one of these but as soon as I can pull together the £99.99 that they cost I will own one. During my recent shopping trip to my large department store I was lucky enough to have a try of one of these massage cushions. I was with my mother who has had problems with massage cushions in the past. We both have arthiritis in the spine (and everywhere else) and I have a misshaped spine. I tried this massager in store and was ...
...two hours and where both ready to go home as we were both in pain with the arthiritis. After a few minutes on this massage chair we were both able to carry on with our shopping trip. It eased the pain after only a few minutes and caused no irritation to my misshaped spine. I talked my mother into having a try ad she also described an almost instant relief to the pains in her back. She would have purchased one there and then but neither one of us ... Read review