Body Back Buddy
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Customer Reviews of Body Back Buddy
Customer Review: Works great...sometimes
Summary: 4 Stars
This allows you to access and massage away trigger points (painful knots within muscles) virtually anyplace in your body). That being said, it can be difficult to find the painful trigger point, and often difficult to massage away the pain depending on the trigger point location. For example, anywhere on the thigh can be easy but near the middle of the back around the lower edge of the scapula can be difficult to find and figure out how to massage.
The Body Back Buddy allows the application of massage pressure, and leverage virtually anyplace once you learn how for that location.
There are books on trigger point massage that would be a very useful supplement to the rather paltry users manual that comes with Body Back Buddy.
Customer Review: Great tool for self massage!
Summary: 5 Stars
This is an absolutely great tool for massaging one's own "trigger points" or knotted muscles.
The "thera-cane" is recommended by many trigger point practitioners, and this is even better in my opinion. It has more options and you can reach virtually any point of your body with this thing and dig into your muscles to help release the trigger points that cause pain.
This thing works, and it's great. Especially if you already know where your trigger points are. If not, I recommend the book by Clair Davies, sold here, the title is something like The Trigger Point Therapy Workbook.
Anyway, this is a great tool. Overpriced, but you really can't get anything like this anywhere else for cheaper, so.... go for it!
Customer Review: It reaches the spot
Summary: 5 Stars
I've been imagining having something like this for some time, it does reach those unreachable spots very nicely. I am finding it to be like exercise equipment though, it sits on the sideline unused a lot..though it does work, and help a lot when I use it!
I bought this one instead of the other brand because it had the extra curve and extra bumps, but I don't think I'll ever use the extra ones because they are so sharply pointed. The rounded end is good enough for me. I'm even thinking a softer/padded add on might be a good option for some people??
I'm sure I'll be using this more as I get used to how to use it. It's a good product for pressure points/ trigger points/ foot reflexology, don't expect a "gentle massage" feeling.
Customer Review: Back pain relief in my own hands
Summary: 5 Stars
After 10 years of considering back pain to be a constant in my life, a chiropractor virtually ended my back pain using trigger point therapy. I hadn't realized how much life I was giving up due to back pain until the pain was gone. Unfortunately, when my back pain came back years later, I found that my new chiropractor did not practice trigger point therapy and the methods he did practice brought only partial relief. It was at this point that I started looking for another answer. The Body Back Buddy Classic has been that answer. Now whenever I get tense, painful knots in my back, I am able to message them out myself with the Body Back Buddy Classic. I find this device to save me much time, money and pain.Customer Review: high quality material, meets/exceeds expectation
Summary: 5 Stars
When I was contemplating whether or not to buy this, one of my main concerns was the quality of the material. I also wasn't sure whether to buy this or the TheraCane.
After receiving this in the mail, I am very pleased with the quality of the product. It is somewhat heavy and the plastic feels very strong and solid to me. It is not cheap toy plastic for sure. I talked to one of my friends who has tried TheraCane as well as this one. He said the TheraCane is too short and due to the bigger curve, it was more wobbly/flexible than back buddy. So I am very happy that I went with this.
It is very easy to use and can be held in any way you like to reach hard to reach places on the back by myself.