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PRELIMINARY WORDS ABOUT MASTER MASSAGE CHAIRS |
WHICH KIND OF MASSAGE? |
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A good massage chair is forever. Well.... not exactly, of course, because everything has an end, but you can get a long-lasting massage chair, if you are careful with your choice. Market is presently offering a huge variety of robotic, hand-simulated massage chairs, and honestly it is not always easy to understand what is the best choice compared to the price. What can you do then? First, consider the manufacturer. Undoubtely, a well known manifacture will give you a more sense of confidence: a long history and a good reputation mean certainly a long experience and therefore a good product. On the other hand, true is that at the beginning nobody can have a "built-in" reputation and sometime we can just decide to trust an unknown manufacturer. Many years ago, I bought a cheap television. I couldn't spend much and I had to choose an unknown trademark. The seller told me that Korean company was just starting producing television after producing... I don't remember what and that it was considered good in its country. Well, after so many years the television is still working perfectly and the producer's name, at that time totally new, is now known wordlwide: Samsung. Again, a known manufacturer most probably will offer you a better warranty contract, or you will be more likely to find spare parts also after many years. But an unknown manufacture is more likely to try and please its customers to get a cheap word-of-mouth advertise and get a good reputation and also a lower amount of work can results in a better customer care. Therefore, what should you do? I think that one of the main point is your budget. You only know what you can spend and how much you can "over-spend" if you find something which really appeals you. An important consideration is that you will be able to find online a wider variety of massage chairs and get a better price than in a store. Also consider which kind of massage you want and which design you are looking for. A luxury leather massage chair is probably going to cost you more than a fabric one, even thougt, right now while I'm writing these words, some beautiful luxury leather massage chairs are being sold for as low as . |
The massage chair movements are studied to resemble human massages to relax muscles and provide pain relief. Lets see which are the kind of robotic massage a modern massage chair can reproduce. Essentially they are the following (in alphabetical order):
Compression - firm, rhythmic compression to warm-up the muscles
Hawaiian - gentle, deep moviments into the muscles with continuous, flowing strokes
Kneading - upward and downward movements to work on pressure points
Percussion - rapid movements which penetrate deep to relieve stiff muscles
Rolling - this massage gently stretches muscles and the back spine
Shiatsu - created to resemble the ancient Japanese method, this kind of massage pushes and stretches the deep tissue.
Swedish - this massage utilizes long, flowing strokes and increases oxigen in blood while releasing toxins
Tapping - the massage is produced resembling hands rapidly tapping muscles to dissipate stiffness.
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