Massage for everyone
Massage has been used for a long time to help relieve aches and pains, muscle stiffness and some joint pain. It’s effective if it’s done right, but it’s difficult to do properly on yourself. Not everyone can afford to pay a professional. Professional masseurs may charge 40 and up and for some of us that can be too much to have done regularly.
So what can you do if you’d like the benefits of a massage every week - or even every day - but you can’t afford the regular cost of treatment? Well, there are a number of things you could do, but one of the easiest and most economical over the long term is to invest in one of the many home massage ‘chairs’, such as the SBM-500H from Homedics.
What a massage chair is for is to give you varying levels of massage intensity and usually, to add heat to the massageas well. Different models have different features, but all the good ones have the concept of “zones”. There are usually at least a couple of zones of massage, which may be independently switchable and controllable so that you can enjoy the massage in the area where you need it most.
Quality models, like the shiatsu SBM 500H, or Homedics SBM500H, offer independently controlled back and shoulder massage. When you’ve tasted the facility to select the area to be massaged, at the flick of a switch, you won’t want to revert to a basic model!
The models with heat output are also lovely to sink into on a cold winter’s day. Sitting on a chair that gently warms and massages your back combining it with a gentle de-stressing massage, is a nice way to relax and unwind, after the tensions of the day.
You should consult your doctor if you have any health issues, joint, back or heart problems. Massage may not be suitable for everyone.