As a rehabilitation specialist with more than 20 years of rehabilitation experience, I have always been sensitive to such problems, because I have often come into contact with some patients who have injured their shoulder and neck muscles due to the use of inferior cervical massagers. Everyone knows that we buy cervical massagers to relieve the symptoms of neck discomfort, but we rarely consider the safety of the product itself, in order to better help you understand the cervical massager, I have done a lot of surveys, and I have personally done a lot of cervical massager evaluations (the picture below is some of the products I have tested). Now I will share this knowledge, and everyone will know how harmful the inferior cervical massager is.
1. How harmful is the cervical massager?
How much harm is the cervical massager?It mainly depends on the quality of the product, the inferior cervical massager due to the cheap and inferior accessories, and there is no professional technical adjustment strength, which leads to the product massage accuracy, stability and other aspects of the performance is extremely poor, long-term use of such a product, it is easy to lead to excessive extension of the neck, twisting, compression, etc., thus causing various problems. Let me explain it in detail for you.
1. It is easy to cause dizziness and headache. Many low-quality or violent cervical massagers may irritate the cervical spine and cause insufficient blood supply to the brain when performing neck massage, resulting in intermittent or persistent dizziness. In particular, electromagnetic pulse massagers need to be paid special attention!
2. It is easy to cause neck stiffness or loss of consciousness. If you use an inferior massager, you may experience stiffness or partial loss of sensation in the neck, which will affect the normal rotation of the neck.
3. It is easy to cause damage to bones, muscles, nerves and blood vessels. Because many motors are of poor quality, or the massage strength is very strong, the area of massage is very small, and the bones, nerves, muscles, etc. of the neck are very fragile and sensitive parts, if the product is not selected and used properly, it will cause damage!
4. It is easy to lead to aggravation of cervical spondylosis. The cervical massager is a common tool for the treatment of cervical spondylosis, which relieves muscle tension and pain through local transmission or kneading. However, you need to pay attention to the quality and compatibility of the product when purchasing, otherwise it may cause irritation to the cervical spine in the neck area and even lead to severe cervical spondylosis and neck pain.
5. It is easy to cause muscle fibrosis and muscle atrophy. Using an unsuitable cervical massager, low-quality products, or wrongly overuse can all lead to muscle atrophy in the shoulder and neck area. Although the probability of occurrence is small, it still needs to be taken seriously!
2. Expose the five major traps of inferior cervical massagers hurting muscles
In order to figure out this, I have collected a large number of negative evaluations of inferior cervical massagers, from which it can also be seen that everyone complains the most seriously about hurting muscles. The reason why we always buy inferior products is because many cervical massager businesses do not have professional technical adjustment strength, and in order to compete, they can only work the appearance and impractical functions, and use low-cost and low-quality accessories, and the products produced are naturally extremely harmful. Therefore, we must keep our eyes open and see through the pitfalls. Below I will expose the five pitfalls of inferior cervical massagers.
1. Overemphasizing the depth and strength of the massage. Depth and strength are not always better, so avoid choosing products that emphasize both aspects. Instead, we should choose products that better balance massage strength and comfort. Otherwise, although the massage is very strong, it is easy to cause pain or muscle damage, which will cause the shoulder and neck to be unable to adapt, and the gains outweigh the losses.
2. Poor uniformity adjustment of the use of strength and unstable products. Many cervical massagers use inferior motors, which will make the massage strength and massage frequency of the product uneven, and will damage the muscles because of the sudden change in strength, and cannot achieve the ideal and stable massage effect!
3. Use massage and knead products with poor accuracy. We have a lot of muscles, blood vessels, and nerves near our neck and are very sensitive. If you use that kind of inferior massager with inaccurate kneading to massage, it is easy to deviate from the position, the effect will be greatly reduced, and it may also hurt our muscles!
4. Use a current pulse cervical massager. The current pulse massager uses electrodes with a pulse function to contact the skin directly and stimulate the nerves to cause muscle contraction. However, this type of massage is not ideal in practice, and most people cannot tolerate its electrical stimulation, which can lead to muscle and nerve damage.
5. Use single-motor products. The load of a single motor product on the motor is large, resulting in a significant reduction in energy utilization efficiency, higher transmission attenuation for a long time, poor stability of the use force, and easy to hurt muscles.
3. Summarize the six benefits of high-quality cervical massagers
As long as we see through the trap of inferior cervical massager, we can avoid purchasing inferior cervical massager to a large extent, so as to avoid the huge harm it brings. And high-quality cervical massagers still have many benefits for our health, for example, high-quality cervical massagers have the miraculous effect of relieving and preventing neck and shoulder pain. According to reliable statistics, there are more than 280 million patients with neck and shoulder pain worldwide, so it is particularly important to buy a high-quality cervical massager. Below I will give you a detailed description of the six benefits of a high-quality cervical massager.
1. It can relieve neck and shoulder pain and physical fatigue. It can play a very good role in muscle soreness in the shoulder and neck area, and can also solve the uncomfortable problem of limited movement of the neck and shoulder area after stiff neck. For office workers and drivers who sit still for a long time, as well as teachers who work with their heads down, the cervical massager is a very good invention product.
2. Able to correct shoulder and neck muscle compression. Most of us are at work, studying, Xi, and entertaining, frequently using mobile phones, computers, and desks, and the shoulder and neck muscles are subjected to great pressure and tension, which can easily lead to frozen shoulder, shoulder and neck muscle rigidity, pain and other diseases for a long time, and the cervical massager can be very effective in relieving excessive muscle tension, avoiding and preventing pain, and allowing the muscles to completely relax!
3. It can avoid cold on the shoulders and neck. Many cervical massagers have a hot compress function, which can be used to compress the neck during massage to avoid cold on the shoulder and neck.
4. It can alleviate sleep problems. Nowadays, many people will have insomnia and dreams, and the cervical massager has a good massage effect on the head, neck, shoulders and back, which can well alleviate people's sleep problems, help people quickly enter deep sleep, and alleviate symptoms such as insomnia and dreams.
5. It can promote the blood circulation of the human body. The massager can promote the rapid circulation of blood in the human neck through transmission and kneading massage, eliminate the pain caused by headache, dizziness and other lack of qi and blood or unobstructed flow, so as to improve the quality of human sleep, let the brain get sufficient nutrients, keep alive for a long time, and feel very relaxed.
6. It can prevent cervical spine diseases. More than 90% of Chinese people suffer from frozen shoulder. When used, the cervical massager can significantly relieve neck fatigue, improve shoulder and neck stiffness, and promote blood circulation, so it has a significant effect on the prevention of cervical spondylosis.
It is true that a high-quality cervical massager has many benefits, but it is not easy to choose the one that is really suitable for you. In order to help you have a more comprehensive understanding of the cervical massager, I consulted a number of authoritative evaluation agencies. Next, I will share an assessment report provided by an authoritative assessment agency. This report provides a comprehensive comparative analysis of the key indicators of common cervical massagers on the market (as shown in the figure below) and shares it with you for reference.
After the actual test, it was found that the performance of the extreme sports and health care brand Weiye AGVIEE is extremely good, it is recognized as the originator of the field of "no muscles", because of the "unconventional" sports equipment concept and technical precipitation by a large number of professional athletes, sports enthusiasts love, its massage penetration, transmission stability, kneading accuracy and other core technologies to achieve the ceiling level, the first ten high-performance and muscle-free black technology, tested by authoritative institutions, compared with most similar competing products deep muscle relaxation rate increased by 130%, 124% more massage comfort, top performance and 97.2% reduction in muscle damage! It has also developed innovative TRX acupoint matrix massage technology, which greatly improves sleep quality and relieves headaches, which is good news for most people with poor sleep quality and frequent headaches!
As one of the three major massage care brands with the same name as Bei Easy, his family never advertises, but it is favored by sports gods and physiotherapists, including speed skating, skiing world famous Li Shuang, Tu Xiao, Guo Dan and a large number of professional athletes are using it, and the sales reputation ranks first in the middle and high-end!
"Unconventional" Weiye removes redundant public functions and interactions, over the years of fever performance and does not hurt muscles, the original X-Hive5.0 honeycomb metal power engine, dual-channel approved transmission technology, DPP micro-frequency dynamic compensation technology and other black technology, massage range increased by 52%, strength uniformity increased by 78%, the strongest performance and the lowest muscle damage rate! Over the past few years, it has been iteratively upgraded more than 20 times, more than 100 performance details have been optimized, and after more than 6 years of anti-attenuation design and testing, it has achieved 6 years of comprehensive performance. Durable, certified muscle damage rate, perfect performance, stable and accurate without hurting muscles!
In addition to the wild AGVIEE, you can also take a look at it easily, the online popularity is relatively high, and the appearance is atmospheric and durable. If you have a limited budget, you can also consider Xiaomi, which has a certain advantage in the same price range.
Fourth, the eight major purchase skills of high-quality cervical massagers
We all know how harmful the inferior cervical massager is, and we also understand that there are many benefits of high-quality cervical massager, so we must learn to buy, but the market is full of cervical massagers, and the good and bad products are mixed, which does bring great resistance to our purchase.
1. Choose a brand with strong professional R&D strength. Choose a professional brand with R&D strength rather than an Internet celebrity brand, and the professional brand takes into account the core transmission performance and massage comfort of the product more in place, and has 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. Selection of massage methods. It is recommended to choose the traditional physical kneading massager, the acceptance of the Chinese people will be better, the harm is relatively small, the current pulse type is mostly a fashion ornament, on the one hand, the actual massage effect is poor, on the other hand, most people can not accept its current stimulation, the probability of damage to muscles and nerves is much greater!
3. Massage depth and strength. Massage depth and strength should be moderate, many people pursue high depth and strength, avoid choosing products that promote massage depth and strength too much, but choose a better massage strength and comfort, if the force is too much but press very painful or damage our muscles, resulting in shoulder and neck can not adapt, then the gain outweighs the loss.
4. Selection of massage kneading accuracy. Choose a cervical 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, the kneading accuracy is very poor, it is very easy to damage the muscles and greatly reduce the actual massage effect!
5. Selection of massage area range. The massage range is related to the number of massage heads, the distribution of massage heads, and the traditional principle of massage heads, as far as possible to choose four massage heads and trapezoidal distribution can be pressed to the trapezius muscle, if the use of massage head distribution is concentrated, it will lead to a relatively small range of massage area, and the massage effect will be worse.
6. Price selection. Do not 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 muscles, and the general feedback massage effect and other performance is insufficient, long-term use of high attenuation!
7. Durable and reliable. Durability and reliability is also a very important indicator, many cervical massagers are superimposed with a large number of functions, intelligent APP, force sensing, audio, built-in fragrance and other messy gimmick functions greatly reduce the stability and reliability of the cervical massager!
8. 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.
5. Six precautions for using cervical massager
We all know about this problem, although there are many benefits of high-quality cervical massager, but it is not without contraindications, such as improper use, no matter how good the quality of the product, may bring harm to our health. Therefore, we must read the manual carefully when using, and pay attention to the following eight precautions for use to prevent unnecessary damage.
1. The frequency of massage should not exceed 2 times a day, and a single massage should be 10 minutes.
2. Do not use it on an empty stomach, full food, and after drinking, because the low-frequency pulse neck massager stimulates the nerves by emitting an electric current, and if it is used in a state of fasting and satiety, the rapid blood circulation will cause the peristalsis of the stomach to be accelerated, which will cause vomiting, chest tightness, etc.
3. Do not use it in places with poor air circulation, which may cause heating, fire, electric shock or injury to the user.
4. It is forbidden to use or soak the neck massager in water when taking a bath. It should also not be used in damp places.
5. It is very important to choose the right pressure degree for using a neck massager. There should be a cyclical process, and at the beginning do not use too much pressure, and it is most appropriate for you to feel comfortable.
6. Do not put the kneading head of the neck massager directly on the head, chest, and knee joints to avoid injury to the body.
After reading my popular science, I believe everyone has a basic understanding of this problem. The harm of inferior cervical massager is mainly to hurt muscles, and if you want to avoid buying inferior products, you can choose high-quality products according to the above purchase skills, high-quality cervical massager stimulates neck acupoints and muscles through physical kneading, hot compresses, vibration and other techniques, so as to achieve the effect of soothing and relaxing. I hope that everyone can choose a brand product with R&D strength and does not hurt the muscles, and experience the real massage enjoyment.