Massage Gun,Percussion Muscle Massager,Brushless Motor Sport Drill Handheld Electric Vibration Body Massager for Sore Muscle and Stiffness

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Put simply, it’s a handheld device that sends vibrations through your muscle at a high frequency of around 40 percussions per second”, says Jonathan Codling, a physiotherapist at luxury health club Third Space in London. “These vibrations are called percussive therapy, which is based on the principles of massage, vibration therapy and foam rollers.” To use the gun effectively, find an area on your body that feels tight, and start by moving the gun over the bulk of the muscle. “Add pressure as tolerated, but not too aggressively,” Malek says. (Typically there’s a button or switch on the gun to increase pressure.) Stay in one spot for up to 15 seconds or sweep an area for 2 minutes. Some guns even have a monitor connected to an app to direct how hard and how long you should go in different areas.

Hotfiel T, Freiwald J, Hoppe MW, et al. Advances in Delayed-Onset Muscle Soreness (DOMS): Part I: Pathogenesis and Diagnostics. Delayed Onset Muscle Soreness – Teil I: Pathogenese und Diagnostik. Sportverletz Sportschaden. 2018;32(4):243-250. doi:10.1055/a-0753-1884Strength. Some massage guns offer different speed levels measured in percussions per minute, or PPM. ”Higher speeds or velocity will yield a more superficial numbing effect and higher power models will reach deeper into the muscle fibers,” Beldini explained. Noise: 40 dB | Stall Force: 30 lbs | Weight: 2.3 lbs | Customizability: 6 head attachments, 6 speeds | Battery Life: 6 hours | Our Overall Rating: 4.5/5

Hydragun also advises always keeping the massage gun moving rather than leaving it in one place, and not using it in one area for longer than a couple of minutes to avoid bruising. Our expert tester trialled a range of massage guns over a three-week period, using them after a wide range of exercises, from weightlifting and running to HIIT and yoga. They considered how easy each massage gun was to control, how smoothly it moved over the skin and whether the different massage head attachments were effective, as well as the practicality and intuitiveness of each massager's controls and overall design. Massage guns do similar things as massage, but the way they go about it is different,” Malek says. They offer a similar effect as foam rolling and massage. Which you choose may depend on personal preference. The only actually persuasive good-news evidence I know of shows that vibration seems to have a clear effect on flexibility. It appears that if you just add some vibration, even already flexible gymnasts can get a surprising boost in flexibility, 5 6 7 at least temporarily. That seems like a plausible neurological effect on flexibility … and a neat one. It also seems consistent with the modern theory that flexibility is a function of sensory tolerance of stretch, rather than modified tissue 8 — an idea explored in detail in my stretching article.

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For some people, stretching may be more relaxing because of the nonpercussive impact on the muscle, Malek says. And because you don’t need equipment, it’s more convenient.