Homedics SBM-200H Therapist Select Shiatsu Massaging Cushion with Heat
Posted by admin on June 25, 2010 under Homedics Cushion, Massaging Cushions | 
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This is your massage therapist on demand! Deep kneading Shiatsu massage travels fully up and down your back relieving the tightest knots. With true shiatsu massage at your fingertips, there’s no more need for expensive appointments or schedules to juggle.
In fact, it’s so good that Consumers Digest has awarded the SBM-200H a Best Buy award! The SBM-200H’s state-of-the-art moving Shiatsu massage mechanism travels up and down the back to help knead away deep aches and pains, while relieving the tightest knots. The deep kneading action simulates the hands of a professional massage therapist.
Reviews by Kate McMurry
The Shiatsu massaging cushion is shaped like a chair pad. It is portable and can be placed in any type of chair, including, I would assume, the front seat of a car. You’d need the proper plug adapter, though, because it works by plugging into an outlet, not by batteries. The only caveat for what chair you can place it in comes from the product’s manual. It says to be careful of upholstery, so I put a towel over my padded recliner when I placed the cushion on it. That chair, by the way, was a great choice for using the cushion because I could recline while being massaged. To add to the relaxation experience, the cushion has a convenient, hand-held control which allows you to access with the touch of a finger the three different massage programs the cushion offers: (1) shiatsu spot massage, (2) regular shiatsu massage, and (3) rolling massage. When you choose the latter two programs, you can select movement up and down the full length of your back, or have the cushion focus on your lower or upper back. For all three programs, you can add heat, which amplifies the healing effects. You can also control the width of the massage so it conforms to your particular body size. There is also an automatic timer within the cushion that shuts it off after 20 minutes, but it feels so good, I did it for a full hour the first night. Be careful, though, that you don’t do it too long. The automatic 20 minutes are about right for most people, because you can get, as the saying goes, “too much of a good thing,” and give yourself a pain flare the next day if you have the cushion massage you too long.
I rate this product 5 stars for ease of use and portability, 5 stars for looks, 5 stars for how good it feels, and definitely 5 stars for value for the money. While a simple, electric cushion like this can’t take the place of a human masseuse, I found it felt almost as good as a very expensive, electric massage table I have used in my chiropractor’s office–and a comparable 20-minute treatment by that table costs almost as much as the price of this cushion.
By the way, you don’t have to have a chronic back problem to find good use for this cushion. It would make a great gift for most of the adults on your Christmas list. I plan to give one to both of my children. At ages 19 and 22, they don’t have the middle-aged aches my husband and I suffer, but they periodically get acute back pain from overdoing it in sports.
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