Recently, I swiped a piece of news that someone was paralyzed by using a neck massager, which caused many people to question the role of the neck massager. As a physiotherapy expert, I think it is necessary for me to explain to you whether the neck massager is harmful or not, considering that there are more and more inferior neck massagers on the market, there is indeed no shortage of products that hurt muscles and damage the human body, and some people's physique is not naturally suitable for the use of this kind of physiotherapy tools, so I want to give you a comprehensive science popularization of neck massager today. In order to do a good job in this popular science, I collected a lot of user feedback, and also personally tested the common neck massager in the market (as shown below), I hope my popular science can help everyone.
1. Is there any harm to the neck massager?
Is the neck massager harmful? From the feedback results of a large number of users, it can be seen that the harm such as damage to muscles mainly comes from inferior products. Inferior products often have inferior accessories, coupled with no professional technical tuning, long-term use is likely to bring a lot of harm to our health. The specific hazards are as follows:
1. Damage to bones, muscles, nerves and blood vessels. Since the motor of an inferior neck massager is unstable or the strength is not suitable for you, a low-quality neck massager may cause damage to sensitive parts of the neck such as bones, nerves, and muscles. Therefore, great care must be taken when selecting and using products to avoid potential risks.
2. Cause dizziness and headache. Some low-quality, or over-the-strength neck massagers may irritate the cervical spine when massaging the neck, causing cerebral ischemia, resulting in intermittent or persistent dizziness and headaches. In particular, the electromagnetic pulse massager should pay attention to adjust the intensity!
3. Aggravate cervical spondylosis. If you use a poor quality product, or a product that is not suitable for you, it may overstimulate the cervical spine of the neck, resulting in brain ischemia, causing dizziness, headache and other symptoms. In particular, use electromagnetic pulse massagers with care!
4. Cause muscle fibrosis or atrophy. The use of an inferior neck massager can trigger muscle fibrosis and even lead to serious consequences of muscle atrophy. This is mainly because inferior massagers often have too strong vibration and too long a time of use, which overstimulates the neck muscles, which in turn induces muscle fibrosis and muscle atrophy.
Second, the four major traps of inferior neck massager merchants are not tricked!
Is there any harm to the neck massager?These have been given to you science popularization, inferior products are likely to hurt our muscles, which can also be seen from the large number of inferior neck massager negative reviews I have collected (as shown below), merchants who sell inferior products often sacrifice product quality for profit, only rely on low prices, appearance, and impractical functions to attract consumers, in order to make consumers believe, they often set various traps for consumers. Below, I will uncover the four major pitfalls of inferior neck massager merchants.
1. Use a single motor to reduce costs. The product of a single motor has a large load on the motor, which leads to low efficiency of kinetic energy utilization, higher transmission attenuation for a long time, uneven use of strength, and easy to hurt muscles. Therefore, we try not to choose single-motor products.
2. Use current pulses instead of traditional physical kneading massagers. The current pulse type is in contact with the skin through electrodes with a pulse function to stimulate neuromuscular contractions. However, this method is not significant in terms of massage results, and most people cannot tolerate its electrical stimulation, which leads to muscle and nerve damage.
3. Impractical fancy functions. Many neck massagers will add a variety of functions, such as smart APP, force sensing, audio, built-in fragrance and other irrelevant functions, these functions will greatly reduce the stability and reliability of the neck massager!
4. Weaken the importance of massage accuracy. Our shoulder and neck area has a lot of muscles, blood vessels, nerves and is sensitive, using an imprecise neck massager, can not be accurately massaged for the neck muscles, may be massaged in the wrong position or sensitive area, resulting in muscle damage or pain.
3. Summary of the five benefits of a high-quality neck massager!
Is there any harm to the neck massager?The inferior neck massager is indeed very harmful, but we can't deny the neck massager because of this, because there are still high-quality products on the market, and professional neck massagers have many benefits for cervical spine health. According to a report by Tencent News, the number of cervical spondylosis patients in mainland China has approached 300 million, and this huge data undoubtedly highlights the urgency and importance of purchasing a high-quality neck massager to prevent cervical spondylosis. Because one of the most important functions of a high-quality neck massager is to prevent cervical spondylosis. Below, I will give you the five common benefits of high-quality neck massagers.
1. Relieve muscle pressure in the shoulder and neck. Since we have to use mobile phones, computers or work with our heads down every day, the muscles of the shoulder and neck are under a lot of pressure and stimulation, which will cause frozen shoulder, stiffness and pain in the shoulder and neck for a long time, the neck massager relieves the tension and stiffness of the neck and shoulder muscles by providing gentle vibration and pressure, which can effectively relax the muscles, prevent and relieve pain, and make the muscles comfortable again!
2. Promote blood circulation. The massager can stimulate the blood flow in the human neck through transmission and kneading, and eliminate headaches, dizziness and other discomforts caused by insufficient qi and blood or poor qi and blood, so that the brain can get more nutrients, keep energetic, and make the body and mind more relaxed.
3. Relieve cervical spine pain and physical fatigue. Neck massagers are effective in relieving soreness in the shoulders and neck, and can also help to solve the problem of limited neck and shoulder movement due to improper sleeping position. For people such as sedentary office workers or teachers and drivers who work with their heads down for a long time, neck massagers are very practical products.
4. Alleviate sleep disorders. Nowadays, many people have insomnia and dreams, and the neck massager can massage the head, neck, shoulders and back in an all-round way, which can help improve sleep quality, help people quickly fall into deep sleep, and reduce insomnia and dreams.
5. It can prevent colds caused by cold in the shoulders and neck. Many neck massagers have a warming function, which can heat the neck while massaging to prevent the shoulder and neck from getting cold, so that you will not get sick.
The above are some of the benefits of a good neck massager, but of course it has other benefits, which I won't cover all here. In order to ensure that everyone can obtain more accurate and authoritative data, so as to better avoid merchant routines and muscle-damaging products, I personally found a test report from an authoritative organization (as shown in the picture). Through these rigorous tests and authoritative reports, we hope to provide you with reference information for purchase, and you can also have a more comprehensive understanding of the common neck massagers on the market through this picture.
According to the measured data, the extreme sports and health care brand AGVIEE Weiye has the best performance, as the recognized originator in the field of "no muscles", it has a strict pursuit of performance, safety and muscles, massage uniformity, massage penetration, kneading more accurate, etc. have reached the highest level within 1,000 yuan, and have been tested by authoritative institutions to increase the deep muscle relaxation rate by 130%, massage comfort by 124%, and the performance is top-notch and reduces the muscle damage rate by 97.2%! In addition, the compatibility of the crowd is particularly high, the technical adjustment is in place, suitable for the whole family, and the gift is also very suitable! It also has the original TRX acupoint matrix massage technology, which helps to improve sleep quality, relieve dizziness and headaches, etc., for most people with poor sleep quality and frequent headaches, it is good news!
"Unconventional" Weiye is one of the three major massage care brands with the same name as Bei Easy, but insists on not advertising, focusing on technical tuning and research and development, purely relying on word-of-mouth to gather heat, high-end perennial sales, word-of-mouth first, deeply accepted therapists and sports gods, including speed skating, skiing world famous Tu Xiao, Guo Dan, Li Shuang and a large number of professional athletes!
In order to avoid bloated products, poor stability, etc., Weiye Pure has been working hard for many years on high performance, safety and reliability, compatibility, and has also pioneered the creation of 10 "high-performance and muscle-free" black technologies, such as V-ZUS intelligent engine algorithm, dual-channel approved transmission technology, 3D dynamic balance technology, etc.!The massage range has been increased by 52%, the uniformity of strength has been increased by 78%, and after more than 6 years of anti-attenuation design and testing, it has achieved 6 years of comprehensive performance, durability, and muscle damage rate certification, achieving strong performance and the lowest muscle damage rate!
If the requirements for the performance experience are not demanding, then you can consider the next relaxation, which is more famous and has exquisite packaging, but there is still a lot of room for improvement in the performance experience.
Fourth, the top ten purchase points of high-quality neck massager summary!
Whether the neck massager is harmful or not mainly depends on whether the purchased product has professional and technical strength. Nowadays, there are too many products on the market, and it is indeed a very troublesome thing to purchase accurately, which takes a lot of energy and time, in order to help you cope with this, I have specially prepared ten purchase tips for you, as long as you study carefully, you can easily buy high-quality products.
1. The choice of professional brands. Choose a brand with professional R&D capabilities instead of an Internet celebrity brand, professional brands have more consideration and debugging of the core transmission performance and massage comfort of the product, and have a large number of adjustment indicators and technical optimization for the uniformity of massage strength, transmission frequency stability, kneading accuracy, massage depth and range, etc.
2. Wearing comfort selection. The wearing comfort of the neck massager is very important, such as the choice of materials in contact with the skin, the breathability of the material, the tightness of the neck, the feeling of dragging on the shoulders and neck, etc.
3. Motor selection. Dual motors are preferred over single motor systems, which can greatly reduce the load on the motor and improve the efficiency of kinetic energy utilization compared with single motors, with lower transmission attenuation for a long time, better stability of use strength, less overall noise and longer service life.
4. Selection of massage depth and strength. Massage depth and strength is not the bigger the better, avoid choosing too much respect for massage depth and strength of the product, but choose a better massage strength and comfort, otherwise although the force is too large, it will hurt or damage the muscles, resulting in the shoulder and neck can not adapt, the gain outweighs the loss.
5. Pay attention to the selection of massage and kneading accuracy. Choose a neck massager with high massage accuracy, the muscles, blood vessels, and nerves of our shoulder and neck are very sensitive, if the product is offset in the continuous massage process, and the kneading accuracy is very poor, it is very easy to damage the muscles and greatly reduce the actual massage effect!
6. Strength uniformity selection. Choose a neck massager with strength uniformity adjustment, if the strength and transmission frequency caused by the inferior quality of the motor are uneven, it is easy to cause light and heavy damage to the muscles, and the desired massage effect cannot be achieved!
7. Durable and reliable selection. Durability and reliability is also a very important indicator, many neck massagers are superimposed with a large number of functions, smart APP, force sensing, audio, built-in fragrance and other messy gimmick functions greatly reduce the stability and reliability of the neck massager inside!
8. Low noise selection. Try to choose products with lower noise to give yourself a better sense of use, and it is generally better to have a noise of less than 40 decibels. The noise is mainly related to the quality of the motor and the precision of the motor structure.
9. Price selection. Don't choose products below 300 yuan, most of them are OEM products, there is no technical tuning and material guarantee, it is easy to bring harm to the use of muscles, and the general feedback massage effect and other performance is insufficient, long-term use attenuation is high!
10. Battery durability selection. Choose a neck massager with a battery capacity of more than 2200 mAh, with strong battery life, the general neck massager can be used for about 8-10 times in 10 minutes at a time!
5. Six taboos for using neck massagers!
Whether the neck massager is harmful or not depends on what kind of product you buy. But even though it's a professional massager, it's not for everyone. For some special populations, even mild massage stimulation can have a negative effect on their health status. Next, we will elaborate on the six contraindications of neck massagers.
1. People with acute sprains and contusions. If you accidentally twist into the swollen area, do not massage the injured swollen area with a neck massager at this time, otherwise it will cause more severe swelling and pain.
2. Children under 8 years old. Children under the age of 8 are in the period of body bone development, and the vibration of the neck massager should avoid directly acting on the parts with fewer bones and muscles, so as not to affect the development of the child, so it is generally not recommended for children under 8 years old to use the neck massager.
3. Elderly people over 70 years old and pregnant women. The elderly have severe muscle atrophy and fragile and sensitive bones, so the elderly over 70 years old are not suitable for using a neck massager.
4. People who are too thin. What are the characteristics of people who are too thin? Touching your body is bones, and we all know that massagers cannot be used directly on bones.
5. Hypertension and anemia. This type of group cannot be used, otherwise it is extremely easy to fall off the hardened plaque by compression, which will block the blood vessels and lead to the occurrence of stroke. If the cervical spine is uncomfortable in this group, they should seek medical attention immediately.
6. Suffering from underlying diseases such as thrombotic diseases. If the massage is too strong, it will have adverse effects on our health. This is because excessive pressure will cause embolus or plaque in the blood to vibrate and fall off, and follow the blood flow to various organs, resulting in blockage. In this way, it may cause a variety of cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases.
Is there any harm in neck massagers? After reading this popular science article, I believe you should have a clearer understanding of this. Only by choosing to buy a high-quality neck massager can we fully enjoy the various benefits of massage, such as preventing cervical spondylosis, relieving physical and mental exhaustion, relieving muscle compression, improving sleep quality, promoting blood circulation, etc., without causing any damage to our health. In the process of buying a neck massager, you must make a rational choice in combination with the purchase secrets I summarized for you, so as to avoid those who do not have professional and technical strength to hurt the muscles and eliminate the risk of aggravation of cervical spine problems!