ITB Therapeutic massage Chair Hack From A Buyer!

What Are IlioTibial Bands?

The IlioTibial Bands (ITB) are strips of ligamentous smooth tissue that stretch from the hips all the way down to the knees,

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alongside the outer thigh. It’s comparatively skinny tissue that may trigger fairly a little bit of discomfort, together with outer knee ache (Iliotibial Band Syndrome). The ache could be energetic, notably for runners and cyclists. Which means the ache is overt and current. It may also be latent, which signifies that there is no such thing as a overt ache on the ITB through the course of normal day by day actions, however could be elicited by touching the ITB.

Most folk don’t even know that their ITB is tender till they bump up towards one thing or a therapeutic massage therapist applies stress to the outer thigh throughout a session. Therapeutic massage and stretching are widespread therapies for ITB tightness. The ache could be proper between your hips and knees.

What Does This Have To Do With Therapeutic massage Chairs?

Most therapeutic massage chairs have air cells that compress towards the outer thighs of the consumer. The first objective is to carry the hips in place in order that the physique doesn’t transfer ahead when the rollers cross over the again and seat. They’re principally meant to traction the hips for a deeper curler therapeutic massage.

For some therapeutic massage chairs, just like the previous Inada DreamWave and the Panasonic chairs, the hip air cells additionally dig into the ITB as a type of remedy. However, the hip air cells in most therapeutic massage chairs are bigger and extra broad of their contact protection, in order that they don’t actually “dig” into the ITBs as a lot because the above-mentioned fashions do. They kind of serve the first objective of air cells, which, as talked about beforehand, is to carry the hips in place for the curler therapeutic massage.

If  you might be searching for a therapeutic massage chair that digs into the ITBs, for therapeutic profit, you’ll be upset. There aren’t many fashions within the present market that present the ITB therapeutic massage.

Therapeutic massage Chair ITB Hack

That’s the place our buyer, Rusty McKee, is available in. Rusty despatched an e-mail to me a few weeks in the past with a tip that he found out to therapeutic massage his ITBs, utilizing his therapeutic massage chair. He used to personal an Inada Dreamwave and he realized to like the ITB therapeutic massage it gave him. When it was time to buy a brand new chair, he discovered that the IRB air cells didn’t work the best way that they had in his previous Inada mannequin. His new chair had the hip air cells, however they had been designed for holding the hips in place and never for ITB therapeutic massage. Rusty is a runner and has had a necessity for ITB therapeutic massage, however couldn’t get it from his new therapeutic massage chair.

Reconciling his ITB therapeutic massage expertise together with his previous mannequin with the air cells of his new mannequin, he got here up with an excellent thought! What if might put a foam pad between the surface of every of his thighs and each hip air cells? What if the stress from the hip air cells pushed the froth rollers towards his ITBs? He ordered an extended foam roll on-line to check it. I’ll let him inform us what he did…

I’m so excited to inform you and present you the way…I solved and made the IT band stress 10x… why?… as a result of I can simply alter and put much more stress particularly the place I would like it.  Verify this out:

-Ordered this 3-3/4” foam tube
-Minimize it to round 6” lengthy
-Minimize it down the middle

Then you’ll be able to see within the footage, I could make it as much less intense with flat facet towards leg or put solely the spherical half vertical once more my leg and it may be completely barely painful with nice outcomes.

 

 

 

 

 

Fastidiously discover how every image is completely different and pushes towards the IT band barely completely different.  I really like how I retailer it, as a result of don’t fumble round looking for it and it’s visually out of the best way.

I additionally wish to say that for the final dozens years with my Dreamwave, I all the time thought you simply sit, push a button and calm down.  Effectively, that’s true for many.  However… for sports activities of us and runners like me and others with life’s stress, I’ve realized to not solely use all of the options for adjustment, however simply transfer my again round to get the nodules precisely the place I really feel I want them.  Want I had acknowledged how broader the usage of the chair could be. 

So, there you may have! What an ideal thought. Rusty despatched us one of many 6″ rolls and we’ve it at our AZ showroom to reveal on prospects who’re keen on a greater ITB therapeutic massage. You’d be stunned how widespread this ITB drawback is.

I hope you discovered this tip useful. I certain did!

Thanks, Rusty.

Dr. Alan Weidner