EXPERT VERDICT: Massage guns allow you to apply strong pressure on muscles to ease tension and provide pain relief, but they can be uncomfortable because of this pressure. Nevertheless, they numb the pain by relieving compression on nerves from the tense muscle, so massage guns are effective at short-term relief. EXPERT VERDICT: There are lots of questions around muscle knots — and some in physiotherapy research question if they actually exist. So this device can offer therapeutic pain relief — but self-massage is not easy, as it is much harder to relax. EXPERT VERDICT: Muscle rubs like this can certainly provide localised pain relief, and the ibuprofen in them acts as an anti-inflammatory.

Source: Daily Mail September 14, 2020 21:40 UTC