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4.5
It's big, it's bulky, and it's a little bit weighty, but not heavy. Don't let that stop you! Oh my goodness! I wish I had gotten this a long time ago.My daughter, the Nanny, sometimes complains that her hands hurt from the work that she does on the job and at home. I thought this might relieve her hand stress a bit, she's developing my arthritis and has a few trigger fingers too. Trigger fingers! So annoying. She's been getting cortisone shots for the triggers. Not me, nope, never! The shots are very bad if you have arthritis and/or weak bone density (and I do, she is probably going to have the same). I've always had extremely physical jobs, and my hands did most of the hard work. I thought, why not get me one too, so I did. Heaven in a box! I just had carpal tunnel surgery and I'm going to need it on the other hand too. I can't, and it is recommended, to not use this on a healing hand. Wait at least 53 days. Yup, that's the medical science on surgery wounds of any kind. My doctor told me, as he shook his head at the odd number of the determined 53 days. On to my review ...I can't express how good this machine feels during and after the massage. It runs for 10 minutes per program, and the suggested advice is to use it only 30 minutes maximum per session. The massage is strong, maybe too strong for delicate people, especially children, unwell people or fragile seniors. I'm 73, 5' 93 lbs, but I have a tough constitution and I'm generally healthy. You will absolutely want to remove all hand jewelry because the massage will bury it into your skin.My hands get cold easily and, Honey, the heat is awesome. It isn't just warm, it's real heat. As a former gymnast, I can see how this machine could be very helpful to athletes, such as football players, weight lifters, and other activities that depend on hand use, gardening, construction, long driving, so many activities. We tend to ignore the wear and tear on our hands. Don't do that! Get this machine! You'll love the difference it makes.I mostly use mine at bedtime when I'm watching my soap and winding down the day. This is about the only time that both my hands aren't busy. Interestingly, the massage seems to calm me into my sleep mode.The bars at the top of the massager indicate the strength of your selection. I haven't figured out what the settings button is for. I've read the literature several times, no mention on the settings. As far as I can tell, the settings button just balances the visual appeal of the controls. I dunno'. It's USB charge powered and seems to run for 3½ massages per full charge. It does have a charging indicator.There's a lot of good reasons to get this machine. Most of those reasons you don't even realize. Our hands do everything we do! This is a great machine. I didn't look at the warranty. Why bother? Warranties always expire the day before you need it.I'm convinced that I can make something up out of the blue and Amazon will sell it. This is one of those things. I knew there were products called hand massages, but they only vibrated. I didn't know there was an actual hand massager that actually did something. Here it is, an actual, benefit producing, feel good, hand massager.
