FIND YOUR Are you ready to bring a professional massage into the comfort of your home? A massage chair is your ticket to pain relief and peace, but not all chairs are created equal. So, take a seat, and let’s explore the top insider tips for selecting the best massage chair for you!
BRAIN BOOST Guard Your Mind, Ignite Your Life The fast-paced modern lifestyle many subscribe to nowadays has lasting effects on our mental health — from broken sleep to chronic multitasking. A graduate student at the University of Arizona has ideas for protecting our brains from stress created by life’s hustle. Emily McDonald, a doctoral candidate in neuroscience who posts health advice as EmonTheBrain on TikTok, lists these three things to avoid. AVOID YOUR SMARTPHONE WHEN YOU WAKE UP. The brain is highly suggestible upon awakening, and “the content you consume … will have a greater impact on your mindset,” says McDonald, who is also a mental health coach on top of her doctoral work. Studies show that while waking up, the brain transitions from theta waves, a deeply relaxed, inward-focused state, to alpha waves, which promote alertness. Reaching for a smartphone to look for texts or other content often triggers a dopamine release in the brain, encouraging the user to repeat the activity. If this occurs first thing in the morning, it can disrupt your dopamine levels for the rest of the day, leading to a continuous need to check our phones. RESIST NEGATIVE SELF-TALK. Repetitive thoughts about ourselves get wired in over time, and “what gets wired in is what we manifest,” McDonald says. A 2021 study in Scientific Reports shows that brain scans of people who recite scripts expressing self-respect and self-confidence exhibit stronger connectivity in regions associated with motivation. However, it’s important to note that positive self-talk can also trigger overconfidence, leading to impulsivity and inaccurate responses on cognitive tests.
THE RIGHT SIZE Massage chairs aren’t one size fits all, and to gain the benefits of massage, you need to find a chair that fits you properly. The best way to determine this is to try out a massage chair before you purchase it. When you sit in the chair, you will quickly know if it’s a comfortable fit. Do the rollers reach the top of your neck? Do your knees feel too high? Do your feet fit in the foot massager? Every chair comes with weight and height recommendations, but even that doesn’t guarantee the best fit. I always recommend going to a store where you can test out models rather than purchasing them online and going off guesswork.
THE CORRECT INTENSITY Air cells and roller mechanisms control compression and the various massage modes inside the massage chair. You can adjust the
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“After trying several massage chairs in the showroom with the guidance of the manager, my husband and I found the perfect chair that suits both our needs. The ability to change pressure and compression is great as I don’t love a lot of pressure for my massages compared to my husband, but this chair also gives my husband the perfect calf massage he’s been looking for. The only improvement I would have loved to have is the ability to save the customized settings for each person so you could select your profile and it adjusts settings to your prior chosen preferences, this chair requires you to adjust settings each time it’s turned on. Hence my rating of good not perfect, but overall we are very happy with our experience with this chair and company. Highly recommend!” —Rachel “Purchased a used, like new i9Max Special Edition after having owned a Luraco i7Plus for past five years. The new chair is everything I expected and then some, so much more refined. It gives a complete massage and shows how much Luraco has continued to refine their product. However, I am also SUPER happy having purchased from Michael Nguyan at Massage Chair Relief. The chair was packaged, shipped, and delivered in MINT condition, and he has been superb pre-, mid-, and post-sale. OUTSTANDING customer service.” —Lee
AVOID HIGHLY PROCESSED FOODS. “There is plenty of science
to show that what we eat affects our brains,”
McDonald says. An eight- year study of 10,775 people
showed that the cognitive functioning of people who ate highly processed foods, including hot dogs, pizza, pastries, white bread, cakes, and instant noodles, declined 28% faster than that of people who ate more fresh and unprocessed foods. A diet of highly processed foods speeds the
aging of the brain, which no one wants.
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