The simple, effective way to massage your hamstring muscles

For those not familiar with vibration massage this is where the head of a vibration massager is placed over the muscle allowing the therapeutic vibrations to penetrate and have the therapeutic effects shown in this diagram. For details please see The scientifically proven effects of vibration massage: with clinical applications. The advantages of vibration massage are:

1. the vibrations are scientifically proven to have excellent therapeutic effects, and
2. because it’s the vibrations that penetrate rather than needing physical penetration,

• the vibrations can penetrate much deeper to get at the hard to get at spots
• the is usually no pain
• there is far less risk of causing any damage or injury
• there is no special skill needed so you can easily do it yourself.

It is incredibly easy to apply vibration massage to your hamstrings. We demonstrate this in the video below, and have some simple hints and precautions in the instructions section on our website, but basically all you need to do is sit the vibration massager on the part to be massaged and let the vibrations penetrate. You don’t need to press in or move the machine around. In fact that would be counter productive.

Percussion massagers are less effective and more dangerous

As discussed in our article Do massage guns work, having their heads driving in like a jackhammer creates the possibility of doing damage while dramatically lessening the amount of therapeutic vibrations they deliver.

Percussion massagers encourage the wrong techniques

We’ve seen that vibration massagers penetrate with therapeutic vibrations, so you just need to sit the machine and let it do the work. However, because percussion massagers drive their heads into your muscles advocates teach using conventional massage techniques such as pressing in and moving the head around. To use an analogy, if you use percussion massage techniques with a genuine vibration massager it is like a lumberjack swinging a chainsaw like an axe.

The General Purpose Massager

This is our General Purpose Massager. We’ve had them for over a decade and they’re widely used and recommended by professionals across a number of countries. They’re very solid and reliable. The business end delivers strong therapeutic vibrations, and they have an ergonomically designed handle so you can easily use it anywhere on your body. More information

The Ultimate Quad Head Massager

The General Purpose Massagers do a fantastic job, but you’re limited to what’s under the head, so a while ago we built our quad head massager. It has all the benefits of the General Purpose Massager, but you can treat multiple trigger points at once. Another thing we found is that because this is larger and flatter than the single head machine it will sit nicely behind you or underneath if you use it like a chair or cushion massager. If you do that though just make sure you have about the same pressure on the machine as you would using it normally. More information