Since the advent of the neck massager, it has quickly set off a craze among the general public. This small, convenient and powerful tool allows us to easily enjoy a massage at home anytime, anywhere, and provide a little relief for our tired body. But is it really safe and reliable? Why do some people say that using a massager will aggravate shoulder and neck discomfort, and even cause muscle redness and swelling. As a senior physiotherapist, I pay special attention to these problems, through a large number of user research data and my own personal testing of the popular cervical massager on the market many times, I did come to some relevant conclusions, today to share with you for a reference.
The image below is some of the products I have tested.
- How harmful is an inferior neck massager?
What are the side effects of cervical massagers? This is a matter of deep concern to many people, especially at a time when low-quality neck massagers are rampant. According to authoritative statistics, at least 3 percent of neck massagers on the market are substandard products. These inferior products have many side effects, and long-term use may bring irreparable damage to our health. The following is a detailed explanation for you.
1. Cause dizziness and headache
Massagers that are strongly irritating or violent to the cervical spine may cause damage to the cervical spine or cause insufficient blood supply to the brain when massaging the neck. This can cause occasional vertigo or persistent vertigo. Pay special attention to electromagnetic pulse massagers!
2. Cause neck stiffness and discomfort
Prolonged use of products of poor quality or not suitable for you may cause neck stiffness or local numbness, affecting the normal movement of the neck.
3. Cause aggravation of cervical spondylosis and unbearable neck pain
Electromagnetic pulse massagers vibrate or stimulate the neck, and if of poor quality or improper use, they can cause damage to the neck and even lead to insufficient blood supply to the brain. In addition, it may cause symptoms such as persistent or intermittent dizziness and headaches.
4. Cause muscle hardening or atrophy
If you choose inferior products or misuse or abuse, it will inevitably have adverse effects on the shoulder and neck muscles. These muscles may suffer from serious side effects such as hardening and atrophy. Although the probability of occurrence is relatively low, we must attach great importance to it and take effective measures to prevent it!
2. Reveal the five inside stories of inferior neck massagers hurting muscles
The above has given you a detailed introduction to the side effects of inferior cervical massagers, but have you ever thought about the reasons for this? Why do inferior products have these hidden dangers? In order to figure out these, I collected a large number of negative evaluations of inferior products, and found that everyone generally complains that they hurt muscles, so why do inferior products hurt muscles? You can take a look at the five inside stories of inferior neck massagers hurting muscles below.
1. Use a single-motor neck massager. This kind of neck massager has only one motor to drive the kneading head, which has a large load on the motor, resulting in a decrease in the efficiency of kinetic energy utilization, and long-term use will weaken the transmission strength, making the massage strength unstable and easy to hurt the muscles. Therefore, in comparison, the dual-motor neck massager is more recommended, which can improve the stability of massage strength and kinetic energy utilization efficiency.
2. Use a neck massager with low precision. The kneading head of this neck massager cannot be accurately aligned with the acupuncture points and muscles of the neck, and during the massage process, due to the imprecise operation, the massage effect is often greatly reduced, and it may even accidentally damage the blood vessels and nerves in the neck. Our necks are extremely sensitive and fragile, so you should never use a neck massager that is not very accurate.
3. Massagers that overemphasize the depth and strength of massage. The depth and intensity of the massage are not all about intensity, and we should avoid blindly choosing products that overemphasize the depth and strength of the massage. Instead, we should look for products that provide the perfect balance of massage strength and comfort. Otherwise, although the force is too high, it may cause pain or damage to the muscles, causing the shoulder and neck to not be able to adapt, and the end result will be more than worth the loss.
4. Use a pulsed neck massager. This neck massager uses advanced microcurrent technology to work by stimulating nerves and muscles in the neck and is designed to relieve pain. However, if the electrodes are of poor quality or the current is excessive, the user may experience discomfort, stinging, or even skin irritation or burns. For the elderly or people with sensitive constitutions, this neck massager has a low acceptance, and the effect on cervical spine health care and relief is not significant, but may aggravate cervical spine problems.
5. Neck massager with complex functions and low performance. In order to attract consumers, this neck massager often adds many unnecessary features, such as smart APP, force sensing, sound and built-in fragrance, etc. However, the practical effect of these features is minimal and can negatively affect the internal stability and reliability of the neck massager, which in turn affects the performance, longevity and precision, uniformity and stability of the massage.
3. Summary of the four major benefits of a high-quality neck massager
What are the side effects of cervical massagers? I believe you should understand this question, but not all massagers will hurt our muscles, high-quality neck massagers can not only avoid the above harms, but also bring many benefits to our health. According to authoritative media reports, up to 94% of the mainland's population is facing health problems, and the number of cervical spondylosis patients has climbed to a staggering 150 million. The core advantage of a high-quality neck massager is the effective prevention of cervical spondylosis. Therefore, it makes a lot of sense to choose to invest in a quality neck massager. The following is a detailed explanation for you.
1. Relieve dizziness and discomfort. A neck massager not only brings you physical and mental relaxation, but also effectively reduces stress and anxiety, and boosts mood and well-being. In addition, it can also promote blood circulation in the neck, improve headaches, dizziness and other uncomfortable symptoms, and relieve the pain caused by poor qi and blood. In these ways, the neck massager is able to improve the quality of sleep and allow the brain to be fully nourished to keep it active for a long time.
2. Improve sleep quality. Nowadays, many people will experience insomnia and dreams, and neck massagers can be a good way to relieve people's sleep problems and make it easier for you to fall asleep. It has a good massage effect on the head, shoulders, neck and back, and can help office workers who often sit and do not move much, as well as teachers and drivers who maintain a fixed posture for a long time, and can help them quickly fall into deep sleep and relieve symptoms such as insomnia and dreams. This will improve the quality of your sleep.
3. Eliminate fatigue and promote blood circulation. It can play a good role in neck and shoulder discomfort, and it is also good for friends who often have neck discomfort, which can solve the problem of limited neck and shoulder movement after neck stiffness. The neck massager is an excellent invention. In addition to eliminating fatigue, it can also promote blood circulation in the body, increase oxygen supply, and improve metabolism.
4. Correct shoulder and neck muscle compression. In modern society, many people frequently use mobile phones, computers and other electronic devices in the process of work, learning Xi and entertainment every day. In addition, working at a desk for long hours also puts the shoulder and neck muscles under tremendous stress and tension. Over time, this condition can easily lead to problems such as frozen shoulder, stiff shoulder and neck muscles, etc. However, the cervical massager can effectively relieve excessive muscle tension, thereby avoiding and preventing neck and shoulder pain and relaxing overly tense muscles!
Don't worry, let's have a general understanding of the common cervical massagers on the market. In order to see through the false propaganda trap of many businesses and avoid the risk of inferior products. The following is provided by an authoritative assessment agency, which I finally obtained, and I share it with you, hoping to bring you some reference and inspiration.
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 muscle damage", and is loved by a large number of professional athletes and sports enthusiasts because of the "unconventional" sports equipment concept and technical precipitation. Its core technologies such as massage penetration, transmission stability, kneading accuracy and so on have reached the ceiling level, and the first ten high-performance and non-muscle-injurious black technologies have been tested by authoritative institutions, and the deep muscle relaxation rate has been increased by 130% and massage comfort has been increased by 124% compared with most similar competing products, and the performance has been top-notch and the muscle damage rate has been reduced by 97.2%! 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 top ten purchase tips for high-quality neck massagers
What are the side effects of cervical massagers? Inferior neck massagers do have more side effects, which makes everyone deeply worried, but in fact, as long as you choose the right product, you can eliminate these concerns. The products on the market today are mixed, dazzling, and it is not necessarily possible to buy high-quality products after all efforts. In order to help you easily choose a really good product, I have specially compiled the following ten purchase tips for you.
1. Choose a professional brand with R&D strength. Choose a brand with professional R&D strength instead of 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. Understand the depth and strength of the massage. 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.
3. The uniformity of strength has been adjusted. Choose a cervical massager with strength uniformity adjustment, if the strength and transmission frequency are uneven due to the inferior quality of the motor, it is easy to cause light and heavy damage to the muscles, and it will not achieve the desired massage effect!
4. Understand the range of massage area. 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 small range of massage area, and the massage effect is greatly reduced.
5. Choose the one with built-in dual motors. 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.
6. Massage is very important. It is recommended to choose the traditional physical kneading massager, the general 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!
7. Understand the accuracy of massage kneading. 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!
8. Pay attention to durability and reliability. 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!
9. Understand noise. 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.
10. The price should not be too low. 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!
This article focuses on the side effects of inferior cervical massagers for a detailed popularization of science, I hope you can grasp the relevant knowledge of neck massagers after reading, and figure out the inside story of inferior products, so as to avoid buying inferior products. High-quality products have a variety of benefits such as preventing cervical spondylosis, relieving muscle compression, promoting blood circulation, and improving sleep quality. You must combine the purchase skills I have summarized and choose brand products with R&D strength and will not harm your muscles, so that you can easily enjoy the pleasure of massage.