Massage Chairs



             


Saturday, January 19, 2008

How Can A Massage Chair Benefit Me?

At fancy gadget stores, you’ll often find at least one massage chair waiting for you to test. Moms, kids, or just about anyone will take advantage of a free massage. For some, the new massage chairs even look like Darth Vader’s bathtub. But are they buying the chair? Why would anyone want to buy a massage chair when you can go to a masseuse and get a quality massage. There are some compelling reasons why one would get a massage chair.

Massage chairs allow you to relax in your own home without any distractions. The main advantage of this would be the privacy provided with a massage chair. Sometimes individuals do not feel comfortable going to a masseuse or do not want to take off clothes to a stranger. By having the chair in one’s home, a person anxious about public massages would be able to feel more relaxed and comfortable.

Massage chairs are pricey. They could cost anywhere from a few hundred dollars to even over ten thousand dollars. Ostensibly, the cost is steep. But the cost is a one-time cost. Think about the cost of a masseuse in a nice spa or massage organization. Each individual massage could run you around $100. If you were to have a massage 15 times a year, you’ll be spending $1,500 a year. A nice massage chair could pay for itself in a few years. As long as the model is a good quality chair, you can expect the chair to be available for many years.

You can also benefit by not worrying about making appointments to the masseuse. If all of the sudden you feel that your muscles are tightening or feel physically stressed, the massage chair is there for immediate use. The massage chair doesn’t make you wait. In fact, you’ll find that a lot of spas are booked on prime times. There could be some considerable work finding the right time to balance with your active lifestyle.

Not all masseuses offer clients more than one style, such as Swedish or Shiatsu. In a lot cases, the masseuse is a specialist in one or a very few styles. Today’s massage chairs provide more than one style. Since the massage chair rollers can mimic almost any hand pattern, it can give you more than one type of massage style. Importantly, this is all dependent of the type of chair. But as more of these instruments become advanced, the chairs will offer limitless options.

Physical benefits of massage chairs can match massages from a real person. You can benefit from back and neck relief, muscle loosening, better blood flow, fewer muscle spasms, improved back posture and much more.

It also allows you to customize certain motions and patterns for a unique massage experience. You may not be able to do that with a massage therapist. Moreover, if you go to a spa, you may not get the same masseuse that provides the massage that you like. At least with a massage chair, you can count on getting the same type of massage that you enjoy.

Massage chairs are a great way for individuals to enjoy massage with privacy, customization and greater flexibility. The chairs will allow you to benefit in many ways including a better physical body and lifestyle.

Michael Russell Your Independent guide to Massage Chair

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Friday, January 18, 2008

Review Of Omega Massage's New 5000 Deluxe Massage Chair

The M-5000 Deluxe massage chair by Omega Massage will leave you feeling like you have been spoiled silly. With all the features and benefits, plus an impressive array of bonuses, your greatest struggle with this chair will be getting out of it. The 5000 Deluxe is the flagship of Omega's brand new line of massage chairs, manufactured in Japan and assembled in China.

Genuine premium Ox hide leather covers this chair beautifully to allow the softest, most comfortable seat in the house. In addition, an ergonomically designed dual headrest pillow accommodates for people with different body types, thus making the massage session more effective for that individual.

When you sit down in this chair, the technology will scan your body shape and weight against the chair to customize the massage track length and roller width according to your own body type. With a massage track that strokes a 28 inch length, which is a few inches longer than the average human spine, you will get your body worked from your neck down to your pelvis. An issue I have with a lot of other massage chair recliners is that they don’t massage the sacrum (the triangular bone at the base of your spine and between your pelvic bones, in the back), which is a common area of complaint for low back pain sufferers.

Because this chair scans your specific body type, you cannot specify a lower or higher shoulder height if your determined height does not suit your preferences of the area that needs the massage most.

In addition to the basic massage feature of working up and down your back, the Omega M-5000 Deluxe will also work your neck and shoulders, relieving common fatigue and pain most commonly found in people that do computer work or stationary work. The auto feature of this massage technique allows for a precise pinpoint treatment to those common ailments.

And as the massage works its way down your back, it also works your waist and low back more effectively. Many massage chairs tend to miss this area, or cannot effectively work this region. But low back pain is the most common reason people see a Doctor for back pain, and is estimated that 4 out of 5 people will deal with low back pain at some point in their life. That’s practically every person. The targeted pressure points from this feature are effectively relieved, allowing stress and tension to dissipate from that region of the back, leaving you feeling improved and relieved of this most common low back symptom.

You can also recline this chair from 115 to 175 degrees to really sink into the chair. The seat of the chair is not considered ‘oversized’ so as the chair reclines, the seat space is minimized. This chairs design overall is not accommodating to larger people, with the measurements and technology only suiting a person 200 lbs or less.

With a total of 6 rollers and 5 pre-set sessions to work your back, neck, shoulders, and waist/low back- it seems enough of a chair at that. But that’s not all. The Omega M-5000 Deluxe also works your thighs, buttocks, calves, and feet.

3D Air Pressure for the lower body is customizable for your tolerance, as well as 2 pre-set programs for the calves and feet to effectively use reflexology and pressure points to relieve common symptoms of fatigue and stress in the lower body. Nodules in the feet are utilized when the air bags are activated, stimulating acupressure points. No other massage chair uses both air and nodules in this area as effectively together.

Omega chairs boast the use of Japanese-made parts, which are assembled in China, instead of Chinese or Taiwanese parts that have a reputation of wearing out quicker. The ratio breakdown using cheaper components is the primary reason that chairs need repair or maintenance work.

With extra features like a pop-up tray on the side of the c hair for convenience, a holder for the remote to keep it still accessible, an MP3 player that is compatible with windows 2000/XP and headsets, all of these features are added for the same reason: To increase your ability to relax, therefore maximizing the benefit of a massage for overall health and a stress free life.

The only “knock” against the Omega 5000 DLX, if you can call it that, is that it is a relatively new chair, not as well known as the Interactive Health or Panasonic massage recliners. But, to put your mind at ease, Omega offers a whopping 5-year warranty, unparalleled in the massage chair industry. By the way, the warranty also includes a 90-day in-home service warranty the minute your chair is up and running in your home or office.

Dr. Alan Weidner graduated in 1991 from Southern California University of Health Sciences and owns www.massage- chair-relief.com. His website offers massage chair recliners by Panasonic, Sanyo, Omega, and Interactive Health.

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A Massage Chair Is A Way To Experience Deep Relaxation

Massage chairs have attained immense fame among millions of people across the world. In fact, these chairs can be referred to as the revolution in the field of massage therapy. These lounge chairs with built-in vibrators are considered as awesome therapeutic devices by experts in this field. Anyone can benefit from the features these chairs come with.

Here are some of the benefits you can experience with the purchase of a massage chair recliner.

a) Stress release and relaxation: This is something most people are looking for. With the kind of hectic lifestyle we lead due to the pressure of work and maintenance of lifestyle it is true that most people suffer from stress and tension. A massage chair recliner can solve this problem. With the help of a massage chair recliner, one can easily experience deep relaxation and stress release. Just recline on this chair for sometime and you will fall asleep.

b) Pain relief: Backaches and neck pain are very common these days. Most of the body aches and pains arise due to tension in the muscles. Some soothing touch or massage given to muscles can easily remove these common aches. A massage chair will be of great help in this regard.

c) Enhanced lymph flow and blood flow: Blood and lymph are responsible to flush out the toxins from your body. Vigorous muscle movement can enhance harmful toxin removal process in the body; thereby affecting blood pressure. A massage chair can do all for you.

d) Reduced muscle spasm: A massage chair offers the same benefits as you would experience after having a good massage from a licensed therapist. You will get great relief from stiffness and tightness in the muscles and spasms will vanish.

e) Enhanced endorphin levels: Endorphins are known to be natural pain relievers of the body. A massage therapy is a wonderful way to increase the body’s endorphin levels. A massage chair is extremely helpful in this regard.

f) Enhanced healing: A massage chair enhances blood flow, thereby increasing oxygen transport to your body tissues. Oxygen is vital for healing process in the body. A powerful massage via a massage chair will help you heal better and quicker.

g) Enhanced posture: People suffering from muscles skeletal pain have poor posture. This posture can be devastating for bones, support muscles and ligaments. This posture can be effectively reversed by a massage chair session. The session will help you stand straighter.

h) Feeling of well-being: A session in your massage chair can help you develop a general feeling of well-being. This in turn, enhances blood and lymph flow, posture of your body, muscle function and endorphin levels.

Purchasing a massage chair can provide you a healthy body and general feeling of well being. However, you should be very careful prior to purchasing a massage chair. The best massage chairs are made of vinyl and other synthetic materials. It can handle constant motion of massage. Understand the warranty policy on the chair prior to purchasing one. Visit a reputed dealer and go in for a research prior to purchasing this chair.

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Wednesday, December 5, 2007

Massage Chairs Should Be Ergonomic And Technologically Advanced

 

The advantage of using a massage chair is that you get to use it anytime, and that is why many people are going crazy about owning one of these useful apparatus. A great place to go shopping for a massage chair is Sharper Image, which is found in virtually every mall in the United States.

You can try out the different types of massage chairs in these stores before buying one. However, it may also be prudent to check out their reviews to get a better picture about various features, before trying one out for yourself. The variety of massage chairs is fairly wide, and you can even use the Internet to look for a review to get a good idea as to what each one is capable of.

The Popular Models from Sanyo

Perhaps one of the most popular massage chairs available today are the models that are manufactured by Sanyo, which are innovative and technologically advanced pieces that are quite unique in themselves. They come with stiffness sensors as well as fitness sensors, and also a massage memory.

I Joy am another manufacturer of massage chairs, and is the owner of the patented “Human Touch” technology. The beauty of these chairs is that they move in three dimensions and have four different mode settings. The popularity of the Human Touch massage chairs is unrivalled, but so too is the cost. They are the most advanced chairs ideally suited for massaging the neck, shoulders and back.

Premier massage chairs are also a good choice, and many people that have used these chairs cannot praise them enough. These models work wonders on the back and neck, and provide relief from aches and pains. They are also much less expensive than some of the other brands, and you can purchase one of these chairs for hundreds of dollars less than what other brands cost.

With more and more people choosing to buy massage chairs, it is little wonder that manufacturers are making them more comfortable, sophisticated and attractive, and these recliners are steadily going through an evolutionary process. Factors to look for in a massage chair include good ergonomic design along with technologically advanced features, such as the ability to target specific points of the body that will help in releasing endorphins.

While many people still prefer the gentle kneading of a trained massage therapist, the market for massage chairs is rapidly growing, and more people are finding them to be a worthwhile investment and a good alternative as well.

Ann Marier a prolific writer has written many informative articles on many health resources. Her latest articles are about the health benefits of massage and saunas
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