What can I say, I give excellent back massages. I dont have any formal training or anything, but I have alot of practice and I must just have a knack for it. I give my wife backrubs all the time and have been giving her fantastic backrubs since we were dating. I will also give occasional backrubs to other people when its appropriate. I cant give myself back massages however. I get really tense and sore at work however, and I dont sleep much better. I found myself not walking well and constantly being tense and rigid all day long.

Since my wife gives terrible back massages, I decided to look elsewhere. She hated giving me massages so having her as my own personal back massager was just not going to happen. I really get tense quite alot though because of my job. I did not want to go to a professional masseuse each week, because of the time and expense, and because my wife didnt like the idea. I decided to try out a home back massager.

Buying a Cheap Massager

I didnt really know what to buy, or what was best, so I just bought one of those cheap massagers you see at drugstores and department stores for like 20 dollars. I didn’t really put alot of faith into it working well, but it was cheap so I just bought it anyways. To my pleasant surprise, the back massager actually worked quite well. What my wife would in vain attempt to do to my knotted back,, the cheapo back massager would quickly work through with no problems. I never even read the instructions or anything, I just turned it on and jammed it into different spots in my back and it quickly worked out all the knots.

I was very pleased with the massager, and about 3 months later I bought a more advanced one, which was marginally better than the cheap one. The massagers certainly arent as good as a trip to the spa, but they are definitely the next best thing, and I prefer to massage myself now. I now actually have a large mat that fits into my easy chair and does alot of the same thing as my hand massagers do. Its not quite as focused as the hand massagers, but I dont have to do anything but sit there and relax. If you have tense back or neck muscles, I definately recommend trying one of these massagers, they really do work!