Massage Therapy

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: deep kneeding, can mend sore muscles
Disadvantages: too simple, very bulky and heavy

...£99 from Argos (was not available when I bought the Scholl), as it has a revolving action as well as up and down, and various settings to create myriad sensations. The Scholl has a simple on/off and you will find you will get used to this (and desensitised) very quickly. ... Read review

Advantages: Stopped my back pain, easy to use
Disadvantages: not cheap

I suffered from lower back pain for years. I tried so many dfifferent drugs and nothing even touched it. I tried various stretches and exercises to help as well but found these were just too painful to contune. I finally found baxolve. Its amazing. Easy to use, you wrap it around your waist and turn it on. The pain relief is almost instant. I couldnt believe how good I felt. The belt also provides lumbar support so helps correct your posture as ... Read review

Advantages: easy to handle, clear instructions
Disadvantages: inefficient, does not provide any kind of massage at all

I bought the Babyliss Body Toner at Boots for £19.99 last Christmas. I was looking for an easy to handle massager that would give me a strong and invigorating massage. This item seemed to be it. It has 2 settings: low setting for a relaxing massage (head massage) and high setting for a strong, toning massage. Before you can use the appliance, you have to plug it in for 12 hours. Once fully charged, I decided to give myself a hips and thighs toning ...
...manual itself is clear and compact). And there it was: I could not feel a thing. So after a couple of minutes I decided to speed up the process and go to the higher setting. Not much a difference it made. It was all too gentle to have any effect at all. That night, not to be defeated too easily, I plugged it in again for a full 12 hour charge. The next day I repeated the experience on my partner who suffers occasional back pain. I started on his ... Read review

Advantages: Easy to use, effective, easily accessible, versatile
Disadvantages: None what so ever

...a friend told me about Homedics SBM 300 which is an American invention which she uses to cure her backache being heavily pregnant. So I took her advice and ordered one from Amazon at a coast of £140 and waited with excitement for the day it arrived so that I could test it out. Homedics is in essence a cushion which is shaped like a chair without legs; it actually reminds me of a car seat. However it has been designed this way so that is can be used ...
...back ache but with this Homedics cushion it does exactly the same job, except I have probably saved myself money in the long run. I have been using this machine daily now for just over three months and I love it. The one suggestion I would make to anyone who is thinking of buying one is that for the first two or three times you use it fold a towel in half and place it over the back of the cushion because the massage is quite intense and powerful ... Read review