Theragun Pro - Handheld Massage Gun - Bluetooth Enabled Percussion Massage Gun for Pain Relief - Deep Tissue Muscle Massager with Quietforce Technology (Black - 4th Generation)

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In the box, you’ll also find an insightful user guide, packed with step-by-step routines showing you how to soothe all manner of aches and pains. Weighing in at just over 500g, it’s also a good option for keeping in your gym bag or taking to the track. If you’re planning to take your massage gun to the gym with you, consider its weight, portability and battery life. This mini comes with a small round head for general deep muscle massage, a pneumatic head for more sensitive areas, a spinal head for targeting muscles around the spine, or for a dual trigger point massage, and a bullet head for trigger point, localised massaging.

Like our winning HoMedics massager, this shiny new Pulseroll model boasts a heated head, with two temperature settings (45C or 55C) that deliver heat and percussive therapy to your tired, achy muscles. This helps ease muscle soreness by increasing blood flow to the area, which in turn can help reduce inflammation and soreness. This improves your post-workout recovery allowing you to feel better and train harder next time round. Other than the barrel and the ball head, which I’ve found to be indistinguishable, I’ve found each attachment useful and effective in their own right.

second only to the Theragun Mini – see below), so it could easily be taken to the gym with you, when going to the gym is an option. In the age of self-care, this science-backed method increases blood flow and loosens up tight spots – ideal for combatting DOMS and making your rest days work as hard as you do (it's only fair, right? The Recovapro Lite is the ultimate portable percussion massager to help loosen muscle knots and provide instant relief on the go or at home. In this guide, you’ll find a mix of both for all budgets—plus helpful information from a physical therapist and athletic trainer on how these devices can help our bodies.

Its laudable range of massage heads includes a four-finger attachment that mimics a human hand (it sounds creepy, but it’s effective! Whether your body often aches after exercise or you urgently need the kind of stress relief that only a deep-tissue massage can provide, it's well worth investing.

Keep your gun away from your neck (decapitation ain't the aim here, lads) and avoid bone and any sprains. Theragun PRO has been fully redesigned with a proprietary second-generation EQ-150 motor that's 20% quieter -so you still get all of the power with none of the sounds. The curved L-shape handle is comfortable and easy to hold (the curvature means it’s easier to reach your back, shoulders and hamstrings than if it were a straight stick handle). Pulseroll provides the latest technology to improve training recovery, injury rehabilitation, muscle soreness and general wellbeing.

Lifepro's Sonic Handheld Percussion Massage Gun is less intimidating than other heavy-duty massage guns.The HoMedics Pro comes with a carry case, but as it's on the larger side it isn’t the best for on-the-go use. Prior to WIRED, she was an assistant editor at Wirecutter and an assistant in the newsroom of The New York Times. Don't use it on strains or sprains and speak to your doctor first if you have osteoporosis or high blood pressure.

The breakthroughs and innovations that we uncover lead to new ways of thinking, new connections, and new industries. It claims this can "help nourish the body’s parasympathetic mode" to promote rest or increase energy, depending on which function you choose. Like any piece of medical equipment, you have to be careful when using a massage gun,” says Paterson. The bright LED display shows all the essential information, including the amount of force you apply, the active mode and speed, and the remaining battery.While attachments made with plastic can do more harm than good, each Theragun attachment is designed with a safer foam material and shaped for specific areas of the body. The oscillations can also act as a warming modality for the muscles and tissues before the activity. Some of the bulkier options on this list may be too cumbersome to take with you on the go, but there was no such problem with this pocket-sized model from Hyperice. It has features including customisable speeds and guidance on sport-specific routines for warming up, cooling down and targeting aches and pains (such as plantar fasciitis and tech neck).