Sitting at your desk for long hours of the day can be particularly strenuous for the neck, especially when you tend to work through your daily tasks without taking a break to stretch. While we could make an appointment to fix the aches in our necks and shoulders with a massage therapist or a chiropractor, wouldn’t it be easier and better if we could attend to the problem immediately at home?
Here are five tools that you can purchase online to help alleviate your neck and shoulder pains when you experience them.
1. THE NECK HAMMOCK
A portable and simple device — the Neck Hammock easily attaches to any door to help relieve your neck discomfort in 10 minutes or less. The head sling for neck pain uses cervical traction to relax and stretch your muscles in the neck and spine.
From pinched nerves to muscle spasms, or any other neck issues, simply lie down and gently stretch out your neck muscles with the Neck Hammock for quick pain relief.
You can get The Neck Hammock at $84.99 here from Amazon.sg.
2. KETSINTENSE MINI MASSAGE GUN
Having been around for a while now, the massage gun is a handheld, rechargeable device that can help relieve sore muscles by thumping away on the tight muscle with its foam massage heads. The idea is to give your strained muscles a way to relax and increase blood flow, removing blood that may have pooled in the muscles — a common occurrence when you’ve had long periods of inactivity.
KetsIntense’s Mini Massage Gun is portable and lightweight with the ability to soothe sore and stiff muscles using their six interchangeable massage heads and 30 different vibration levels for four stages of massage, which includes an intense deep massage to help loosen your stiff muscles.
You can get the KetsIntense Massage Gun at $108.80 here from Health Kets SG on Shopee.
3. SPIKY MASSAGE BALL
Despite its odd shape, the Spiky Massage Ball has become a popular tool for those looking to perform self-therapy for their sore and stiff muscle areas. The spiky balls work on the muscles directly, by targeting trigger points to reduce muscle tension and improve blood flow.
By applying pressure and specific movements to the trouble-spots while seated or lying down, this tool can help encourage your muscles to relax and subsequently improve your range of motion, giving you overall pain relief.
You can get a Spiky Massage Ball from $4.50 here via Univerge Sports on Shopee.
4. HOMEDICS NECK AND SHOULDER MASSAGER
Ease neck aches and shoulder tension with the HoMedics Neck and Shoulder Massager — a portable massage device that utilises heat and a vibration massage technique to help address the stiff feeling around your neck area.
The padded massager fits snugly around the contours of your neck and has looped handles on either side for you to adjust the intensity required for targeted treatment. You can choose from the two settings available, starting with low, soft vibration for dull aches or an increased strength option with heat to soothe and comfort.
You can get the HoMedics Neck and Shoulder Massager with heat at $72 here from LookFantastic.
5. MICROWAVABLE HEATING PAD
After applying an ice pack (or a pack of frozen peas) to a sore neck for 15 to 30 minutes, it is recommended to add a heat pack over the affected area to help loosen sore, tight muscles. My Heating Pad’s microwavable heating pad is designed to sit on your shoulders to provide warm relief around the upper back, neck and shoulders area.
Filled with a blend of rice and flax seed, the pad weighs approximately 3.5 pounds (1.6kg) to give you natural pressure for enhanced heat therapy that you can experience while unwinding after WFH hours in front of the TV.
You can get the Microwavable Heating Pad at $42.18 here from Amazon.sg.
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