DaVinci Tool Red & Blue -USA Made- Extra Firm Neck Tension Relief & Pressure Point Massage Tool - Occipital Release Tool - Cervical Traction Device- Suboccipital Release Device - Neck Stretcher

Easiest $22 I’ve ever spent. This is by far the most effective solution for muscle knots I’ve found other than professional help, chiropractor, massage. I’ve had limited success applying pressure with tennis balls, corners, canes, stretches. A friend of mine introduced me to the DaVinci Tool. Within 10 seconds of laying my back/shoulders on it I knew it was going to work for me. I felt some sensations I’ve lost return to my right hand. Instant order.I’ve been dealing with muscle knots that have been affecting my ability to play instruments for about two years after some stress injury/strain. This tool means a lot when it comes to continuing what I love to do as well as general wellness. My shoulder hasn’t felt so good in a couple of years. The tool is good quality and light weight. Definitely well designed, every side serves multiple purposes.Find some good stretches that work for you and give this tool a try. I will be recommending DaVinci Tool to a lot of people. Thank you for providing me some much needed relief at long last!

So your wondering if this piece of rubber is worth the money? Well it depends what's wrong with you. There is no substitute for a good chiropractor, but if you cannot afford one/have been let down before like I have by others, this product might be a shadowy glimmer of hope for you. This product should not be intended to be used more than once a day, and should only be used as an alignment tool only as necessary. With that being said. For those of use that have alignment problems caused by stress that leads to short tense muscle pulling out vertebra out of whack this might be the solution your looking for.What causes short tense muscle and do I have it?Stress, as you hear on TV takes it's toll on our bodies, especially extended periods of high stress. Naturally, when stressed our bodies get in that fight/flight mode that never seems to go away which in theory leads to teeth grinding (instinctively clenching our teeth for protection against a brutal attack), clenching our fists and muscles we don't even know we're using (especially the back). Again, I am no doctor although I have had years of personal experience in this department, but if you find yourself arching your back and/or self adjusting ("popping") your back, this could remotely be a possibility for you. In this case, professionally and personally adjusting your back all the time could aggravate the situation and lose that stiffness our backs need to stay in place (since cracking our backs is NOT natural).It should also be noted that sitting, overdeveloping muscles, or being in certain contorted stances/positions may also lead to short muscle development. (All of which I have done)What does this product do?For me, I use this product to penetrate deep stiff muscles in my back with contribute to my upper back problems. This product is no joyride and for me is extremely painful, but I find this tool to be extremely effective in loosening my tight stiff muscles in the back. Short muscle is never good. That is why it is recommended that you stretch before you run, lift weights, or perform yoga to relieve stress (stress = short muscle remember?). Yoga is the safest and most widely accepted form of stress relief for which there is no substitute, but there are deep spots in our bodies (like for me in between my left shoulder blade and spine) that yoga is ineffective. This tool digs it's way in there and stretches those "trigger points" or short muscle and not only relieves the pain after a short period of agony, but also helps nurture the spine to go where it's supposed to winning that tug of war battle between short muscle and the natural position of our bodies.Final thoughts:If you have already consulted a doctor, ask that specialist if this product is right for you. Adjusting your back too often will cause more problems than you started out with, and the primary use of this product is for trigger point and short muscle stretching and releasing. As with everything common sense dictates this tools effectiveness, and for me it's worth is considerable.

So far, I've used the softer (red) of the two. I'm a (retired) massage therapist and have issues with tight neck muscles. This works good for placing (while lying on your back) immediately under the skull to help release, stretch, relax those muscles. This will give most people a good bit of relief from normal everyday tightness from reading, looking at a computer, muscular-tension headaches, etc. You can also position this lower down the neck. still why lying on your back, to stretch out the muscles that attach to the spine all the way down the neck. I found it a bit hard to position correctly for use on the upper back, however. A handle or strap might be a good addition for making positioning easier. It gets easier to use it at the lower level (lumbars) but the red one started to bend slightly when I started to ease my body weight onto it so I ceased. I haven't tried the blue one yet but suspect it will hold up better under the weight - but may feel uncomfortable due to its more rigid makeup. Due to small size, it really was uncomfortable using around the hip joint - a softball still works better for me there. Due to the triangular shape, the stability makes for a good way to put pressure on the bottom of the feet. I would use this for trigger point work but not for a relaxing foot massage.

First and foremost, I want to sincerely thank this company for creating this wonderful device. I loved it so much, I purchased another set of 2. I keep 2 in my gym bag permanently now. Trust me when I tell you this, the low reviews for this product is due to the fact that most people have no clue how trigger point therapy works, or how it feels. Thank you again. I love this product!