Handheld Percussion Massage Gun
Posted: Wed Dec 20, 2023 4:52 pm
For the last few years I've been watching the National Football League using Handheld Percussion Massage Guns on the sidelines mostly on players thighs. I figure this is mostly to keep them from cramping up. I'm no athlete but kept thinking this may provide some relief for RLS so I finally ordered one. They cost anywhere from $75 to $275.
After researching what at least some teams in the NFL are using I bought the most expensive one on Amazon, Hypervolt 2 Pro by Hyperice and paid for a 3 year warranty on top. I figured I would carefully unpack it, try it out and return it if I had to. The less expensive ones made by many companies may be just as good, who knows. It came in a day and was packaged well, built solid, quiet and felt great on my thighs. I expect I will be using it on other sore muscles but bought it for RLS.
My RLS kicked in an hour or two before bed and I used it on my thighs. It seems very effective at negating the RLS. I had the speed set at about 1/3 and there is no setting to adjust level but seems about right without beating up my muscles. I used it on and off until bed without having to get up and walk around. I got up in the middle of the night when nature called and used it for a few minutes without disturbing my wife in the next room. Again it felt great and I went right back to sleep, I do feel some residual pain from PLMS as usual this morning but not bad.
So far I'm thrilled and hope things stay that way. My RLS is concentrated in my thighs and on really bad days moves to my forearms. Pain is concentrated in the vastis lateralis muscles (outer thighs) which can get banjo tight on a bad night. I'm on 2 drugs that rule my life, make me feel like a criminal when I get refills and do nothing for daytime RLS. Supplements and a long list of other drugs have not helped over a lifetime, over six decades, of RLS. I know everyone's symptoms are different and don't expect this to be a cure all but am excited to post this and wonder if anyone else has tried it.
After researching what at least some teams in the NFL are using I bought the most expensive one on Amazon, Hypervolt 2 Pro by Hyperice and paid for a 3 year warranty on top. I figured I would carefully unpack it, try it out and return it if I had to. The less expensive ones made by many companies may be just as good, who knows. It came in a day and was packaged well, built solid, quiet and felt great on my thighs. I expect I will be using it on other sore muscles but bought it for RLS.
My RLS kicked in an hour or two before bed and I used it on my thighs. It seems very effective at negating the RLS. I had the speed set at about 1/3 and there is no setting to adjust level but seems about right without beating up my muscles. I used it on and off until bed without having to get up and walk around. I got up in the middle of the night when nature called and used it for a few minutes without disturbing my wife in the next room. Again it felt great and I went right back to sleep, I do feel some residual pain from PLMS as usual this morning but not bad.
So far I'm thrilled and hope things stay that way. My RLS is concentrated in my thighs and on really bad days moves to my forearms. Pain is concentrated in the vastis lateralis muscles (outer thighs) which can get banjo tight on a bad night. I'm on 2 drugs that rule my life, make me feel like a criminal when I get refills and do nothing for daytime RLS. Supplements and a long list of other drugs have not helped over a lifetime, over six decades, of RLS. I know everyone's symptoms are different and don't expect this to be a cure all but am excited to post this and wonder if anyone else has tried it.