| | Body Back Buddy | 
| Brand: Body Back Company
List Price: $39.95
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Seller: Vitacutters
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Color: Blue
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.5
Dimensions (in): 27 x 2 x 17
MPN: bbb1
Model: 10100000003
UPC: 827912060447
EAN: 0827912060447
ASIN: B0006VJ6TO
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| Features:
| | Can be used effectively over the entire body to treat aches, pains, and sore muscles | | | Alleviates pain and stress due to fibromyalgia and other chronic muscle conditions | | | Apply pressure to trigger points, and along the spine | | | Deep, powerful and strong pressure, that you control | | | Comes with a free 12 page instruction booklet |
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Product Description
This popular design reflects years of feedback from massage therapists, chiropractors, and physical therapists. With 11 therapy knobs, the Body Back Buddy stimulates in between muscles and pinpoints trigger points for a more finely-tuned treatment. Engineered to be lightweight, strong and easy to use. Combines the best of the Body Back Buddy features for those who want the ultimate self massage tool. Overall length is 25 . Comes with a free 12 page instruction booklet. Directions: Hook the Body Back Buddy massage tool over your shoulder or around your side to treat hard to reach areas of the back, neck and shoulders. Hold it comfortably by the handles or the frame so that the therapy knob touches the affected muscle. Push away from your body with your lower or outside hand while guiding the therapy knob with the upper or inside hand. This leveraging technique creates self-directed pressure to the targeted muscle. You can also use the Body Back Buddy to apply healing pressure to many other parts of the body such as your legs, arms, feet, chest and hips. Its versatility allows you to approach each muscle from many angles in creative ways. Since there are hundreds of ways to use the Body Back Buddy, take a moment to experiment and find out what works best for you. Use it standing, sitting, lying down or with a partner. Place the therapy knob on the sore muscle (trigger point) and apply what you consider to be a comfortable amount of pressure. When this muscle compression is released it stimulates a therapeutic response. Pressure preferences vary from one person to another deep and intense or gentle and relaxing. However, only apply as much pressure as you feel comfortable with. More pressure is not necessarily better! Ten to thirty seconds is normally enough time to elicit a therapeutic response in the muscle.
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| Customer Reviews:
 fantastic, beats the theracane September 9, 2010
Avid Reader (PA, USA)
Wonderful tool, it's like the next generation leap from the theracane. I have weak arms and hands and find the theracane difficult to grip and maneuver (have had it for at least 15 yrs. The Body Back Buddy has a flat surface to hold on to and it is much easier to grip as a result, is extremely lightweight but not at all flimsy. The knobs are well positioned and the pointy knobs are a great tool to have as well. This thing is awesome! I'm coming back for the mini to bring it to work!
Got the knot out! August 31, 2010
CS
My husband had a knot/spasm in his back that would NOT go away for weeks, even after physical therapy and muscle relaxers. Out of desperation, he found this product online and decided to give it a try. After several days of working the knot in 5-minute sessions and then resting, the spasm finally subsided and he's back to normal again. This is well worth the $25 or so it cost!
Actually helps with trigger points! August 26, 2010
Michael
This thing has not cured my trigger points but when they get acute this is the tool I go for first. After a few minutes of working the trigger points they usually relax and my pain level drops 2-3 points on the 1-10 scale.
 Not as good as a real massage but does the trick! August 18, 2010
Chris M L (Bothell, WA)
I brought this little guy (actually, it is quite large) with me when I went on vacation to Montana. It was an 8 hour drive and by the time we got there I had developed a pain in my left shoulder blade. I couldn't even pick up my kid. I got out my trigger point manual and went to work on several trigger points with my Body Back Buddy. Within 20 minutes my pain was barely noticeable. The next day it was gone.
Since then I've used this on many occasions to work on the adhesions around my shoulder blades and mid-back. Sometimes I think it would be better if there were little removable rubber pads on the ends of the knobs as sometimes it can be a bit painful. But all-in-all, it works just fine. I'm considering getting the smaller version so I can use it while at my desk at work.
Works as advertised August 17, 2010
Ed Neikirk (California)
I bought this for a knot under my right shoulder blade that burned and ached almost constantly for three weeks. I had been asking my 8- and 5-year olds to elbow my back, but they weren't around half the time and also I didn't want to keep bugging them. This device is easy to use without help. You can easily apply a lot of pressure to a specific point and even move it up and down. So far I've used the knobs on either end for my back. I must have grabbed it 20 times in the first two days. After about 10 days, I noticed a significant difference in the pain level, and now it's gone. Of course, I've done stretching and sat in the jacuzzi a few times, too. Anyhow, I was so miserable that I thought about going to a masseuse, which is great to do but pricey and provides temporary relief (with only one appt.). Ideally, you could see a masseuse a couple times and use this as a supplement. Even alone, though, this device did the trick for me. Regarding the documentation, it comes with a short pamphlet that simply describes where to use each knob. I don't think more extensive documentation for the device itself is needed. If you want to learn about pressure points, then you can buy a book and use this device as the tool.
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