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Accord­ing to Ros­stat, 17.1% of adults lead an inac­tive lifestyle due to seden­tary work.^one This is detri­men­tal to health. That is why spe­cial mas­sagers for the neck and shoul­ders, which are con­ve­nient to use at home, are gain­ing more and more pop­u­lar­i­ty.

Mas­sagers for the neck and shoul­ders are elec­tric and mechan­i­cal. The most con­ve­nient for home use are small devices with a long han­dle. They help to cope with joint and mus­cle pain, pre­vent the accu­mu­la­tion of body fat.^one

Togeth­er with our expert, we ranked the best neck and shoul­der mas­sagers and dis­cussed how to choose and use them cor­rect­ly.

Rating of the top 10 best neck and shoulder massagers

1. Galaxy GL4942 Electric Handheld Massager

The pop­u­lar elec­tric hand mas­sager Galaxy GL4942 opens our rat­ing. The prod­uct is equipped with a source of infrared radi­a­tion, there are also five noz­zles in the kit. With the help of this mas­sager, it will be pos­si­ble to work out spe­cif­ic areas of the neck or back, adjust­ing the direc­tion and strength of the impact.

2. Beurer MG80 heated massager

In sec­ond place in our rank­ing of the best neck and shoul­der mas­sagers is a mod­el from a Ger­man man­u­fac­tur­er — Beur­er MG80. This is one of the best devices that helps relieve pain and fatigue from mus­cles in osteo­chon­dro­sis. It has IR heat­ing, a set of 2 remov­able noz­zles, and the abil­i­ty to change the mas­sage inten­si­ty set­tings.

3. Hand massager Nozomi MH-103

In third place in our rat­ing is the com­pact mod­el Nozo­mi MH-103, which can be used to mas­sage almost the entire body — low­er back, hips, legs, shoul­ders, back, legs, feet, but­tocks, abs, abdomen and even heels.

The mas­sager reduces pain in osteo­chon­dro­sis, improves blood cir­cu­la­tion and stim­u­lates the immune sys­tem. The ion lamp sat­u­rates the air with neg­a­tive­ly charged ions, which have a ben­e­fi­cial effect on health. If nec­es­sary, the ion­iza­tion func­tion can be dis­abled.

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4. Electric hand massager CS Medica CS-v7

This mas­sager mod­el is equipped with a water­proof hous­ing, so you can enjoy the mas­sage in the bath or in the show­er, using aro­mat­ic oils and anti-cel­lulite prod­ucts. The main advan­tage (and at the same time a dis­ad­van­tage) of this mod­el is bat­tery oper­a­tion, and the charge lasts for 3 hours. The mas­sager works con­tin­u­ous­ly for about 15 min­utes.

5. Casada Tappymed 3 manual massager

The set of mas­sager Casa­da Tap­pymed 3 includes four noz­zles. Thanks to speed modes and sup­port for IR heat­ing, the device effec­tive­ly elim­i­nates mus­cle pain and fatigue. This mod­el can be used to mas­sage the head, waist, hips, legs, shoul­ders, back, knees, arms, neck, feet, but­tocks, waist, abs, abdomen and face.

6. Manual mechanical massager Torg Lines Reflex

Torg Lines Reflex is a bud­get mod­el of a mechan­i­cal mas­sager. Out­ward­ly, it resem­bles a plas­tic roller with spikes, which is equipped with a com­fort­able anti-slip han­dle. For the best glide of the mas­sager over the body, it is rec­om­mend­ed to addi­tion­al­ly use mas­sage oils.

7. Manual mechanical massager Timbe Production (MAZ3215)

This mas­sager mod­el is a tape of ribbed wood­en rollers that are inter­con­nect­ed. The mas­sager effec­tive­ly elim­i­nates dis­com­fort relieves fatigue from the mus­cle tis­sues of the neck, back, shoul­der gir­dle, but­tocks and thighs.

8. Manual mechanical massager ErgoPower ER-1005

This mas­sager mod­el looks sim­i­lar to the pre­vi­ous ver­sion and dif­fers only in that the rollers have a flat sur­face. The mas­sager helps to relieve fatigue and ten­sion from the mus­cles of the cer­vi­cal region, shoul­ders, back, low­er back, hips and legs.

9. Manual massager Bradex KZ 0279n

The Bradex KZ 0279n mas­sager looks like a mit­ten. On its work­ing sur­face there are met­al balls, due to which the treat­ment of the skin sur­face is ensured. The mas­sager helps to relax mus­cles, relieve fatigue, improve blood flow and pre­vent the devel­op­ment of osteo­chon­dro­sis.

10. Vega hand massager

The Vega face, neck and shoul­der mas­sager com­pletes our rat­ing. This device has a com­fort­able han­dle that makes it even more com­fort­able to use. The mas­sager helps to speed up blood flow in the neck area, relieves ten­sion and fatigue, and also pre­vents the devel­op­ment of osteo­chon­dro­sis.

How to choose a neck and shoulder massager

There is a large selec­tion of neck and shoul­der mas­sagers in stores and mar­ket­places. Each mod­el has its own spec­i­fi­ca­tions and indi­ca­tions. When choos­ing, we rec­om­mend that you care­ful­ly study the func­tion­al­i­ty of the prod­uct in order to select the opti­mal para­me­ters for mas­sage.

Char­ac­ter­is­tics of neck and shoul­der mas­sagers that you need to pay atten­tion to:

1. Pow­er type. The device is pow­ered by mains or bat­tery. There are mechan­i­cal ana­logues that are trig­gered by human phys­i­cal activ­i­ty. Net­work devices are suit­able for the home. On the road or to work, it is bet­ter to take a bat­tery or mechan­i­cal option.
2. Equip­ment and modes of oper­a­tion. Pref­er­ence should be giv­en to mas­sagers that sup­port vibra­tion, relax­ing, tap­ping and inten­sive modes. The more noz­zles in the kit, the bet­ter and more effi­cient the mas­sager’s work.
3. Device dimen­sions. Com­pact devices are more suit­able for the road. If you are going to use the mas­sager only at home, you can choose a mod­el of any size and con­fig­u­ra­tion.

Impor­tant! Give pref­er­ence to mas­sagers that sup­port infrared heat­ing. Such mod­els, although they are more expen­sive, have a much bet­ter effect on the mus­cles.

Reviews of doctors about massagers for the neck and shoulders

Doc­tors speak pos­i­tive­ly about the com­plex use of elec­tric and mechan­i­cal mas­sagers for the neck and shoul­ders, as they help to relax and remove con­ges­tion in the mus­cles, improve blood flow, relieve mus­cle pain, and even improve mood and sleep.²

It is dif­fi­cult to argue with the effec­tive­ness of mas­sagers for osteo­chon­dro­sis. How­ev­er, we strong­ly rec­om­mend that you con­sult with spe­cial­ists before buy­ing a mas­sager.³

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Popular questions and answers

The most pop­u­lar ques­tions about the use of mas­sagers for the neck and shoul­ders are answered PhD, ortho­pe­dic doc­tor Ruben Stepa­nyan.