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(More customer reviews)How well a back treatment will work for me depends on my specific problem
Some things work for some people but nothing works for everyone.
Finding what works best for you might take a few tries to get it right.
I had a few problems. Knotty muscles in the shoulder blade area. No matter how many massages I had or how much yoga I did it never went away for long. But both helped. Walking helped quite a bit too.
I had a second problem of extreme tightness in my lower spine between my hip and spine. Those soft tissue knots could not be loosened much by massage, yoga or exercise.
My problems were soft tissue (self diagnosis).
I had some relief with the Lumbar Extender. While it helped it did not loosen the knots much and it was not a cure. It just helped symptoms - but it provided a valuable hint as to my problem with the lower back.
I wanted something that could penetrate deep enough into my muscles to release the trigger points that will in constant contraction. Rolling on a rubber ball got closer top what I needed.
By chance I tried the Maxi Backsie Roller and it was a miracle for me. It actually was a little uncomfortable the first few days (my muscles were so knotted) but I knew on the first roll down my spine I was on the right track. It loosened the tightness in my shoulder area. No more crunchy muscles in that area. Over about 5 days - all tightness was gone. It hit every trigger point a loosened them. While it felt uncomfortable and I had some soreness at first from the trigger points letting go of years of contraction - It also felt very very good in a way I cant actually describe. Not quite a tingle but not far from it. I slept much better after using the roller. I was not just treating the symptom I was having real improvement in health.
My lower back required rolling specific areas for longer periods of time. The roller was hitting very tight mussels that had to be worked with the roller to loosen over a few days. But again as with the upper back I was having substantial improvement and it is not temporary improvement it's real. It's not just the roller alone. I continue to do exercises and yoga for about 20 - 30 min in the morning. The difference is the roller is making the yoga and exercise really work. At some point I expect the roller will become maintenance and exercise and yoga will continue to be part of my fitness.
The roller was such a success and so cheap that I decided to try the Spine-worx. This did not work for me but it clued me in to my true back problem. The Spine works (in my opinion) is primarily a lateral spine alignment tool. If your problem is your spine is curving to the left or right I think you might want to give it a try. My spine is straight and the Spine-Works provided not benefit for my condition. But after trying it I realized why the roller worked for me. I believe I had a problem with the S curve of my back. I believe my posture was contributing to my upper back tightness and the tight muscles on one side of the back were effecting my thoracic (mid back) and lumbar (lower back) areas. When I used the roller and then tried the Lumbar Extender - there was no benefit from the Lumbar extender because the curve had been correctly restored. The Lumbar extender could only help but the Maxi Backsie actually corrected.
All this requires maintenance. If you're the type that wants to take a pill and plop down on the couch - or are searching for a quick fix that requires no effort - keep looking this is not for you. If you have done your homework and have a soft tissue problem that needs some loosening - I recommend the Maxi Backsie over the others mentioned. Start slow and work into it with exercises too and hopefully you will have the same good results. Its worth the $18 the Backsie costs to try it. I found the mini backside helpful addition to the Maxi. But given a choice - put your money on the Maxi.
I have no experience with other non soft tissue related back problems.
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