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Chapter 10: All the Right Moves
Whoops, I said that kind of loudly, didn't I? Maybe even some of the gizmo
makers heard. But it's true. Don't take my word for it. Go out in the backyard
and grab a smooth, palm-sized rock. Wash it off, of course. Then have some-
one take a rounded end and gently rub it against your back muscles. Wow!
Feels fantastic, doesn't it?
The truth is that you don't really need these custom-made massage doohick-
eys, but all sorts of neat designs are out there, and some of them, admittedly,
feel quite a bit better than rocks from your backyard. The ones that apply
vibration and pressure are especially effective. Everybody should have at
least one such gizmo in his or her home. But which one are you going to
choose when there are so many shapes and sizes available, as shown in
Figure 10-15? This section attempts to make a little sense of the whole mas-
sage device market for you by breaking it down into three categories:
gravity-assisted gizmos, pressure tools, and mechanical devices.
Figure 10-15:
The choice
of massage
gizmos con-
tinues to
grow.
Gravity-assisted gizmos
These tools utilize your own weight to massage various parts of your body:
*WO 3 Foot rollers: There are many of these, and most of them look basically
like wooden cigars: stubby, brown, and round. Some have grooves
etched into their surface, and others have a series of interconnected
rolling balls. By running your feet over them, you stimulate nerve end-
ings and reflexology points (see Chapter 14 for more on this). You can
even buy sandals with hundreds of tiny knobs on the soles that massage
your feet as you walk.
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