If you want to get a quality massage in the comfort of your own home, the best way to do it is to buy a quality massage chair. While it’s clear that the best 3 massage chairs on the market are the Idana Sogno Dreamwave, the Osaki OS-4000 Executive Zero Gravity, and the Panasonic EP1285KL Urban, it’s not that easy to figure out which of them is the best for you. To be able to make a choice that you won’t regret later from these top 3 best massage chairs on the market, read the following lines to see them compared to each other in order to determine which one suits your interests best. When it comes to massage options or better said to how many different types of massages the massage chair comes with, there are either pre-set options or manual options that you can choose from. The Panasonic EP1285KL Urban is a top rated massage chair that offers 4 pre-set programs that include Shiatsu, Swedish, Quick, and Chiro Mode, and 8 manual operations that include Knead, Swedish, Soft Shiatsu, Tapping, Hawaiian, Compression, and Full & Regional Roll.
The Osaki OS-4000 Executive Zero Gravity massage chair offers 6 auto-programs to choose from which include Demo, Therapy, Relax, Smart, Healthcare, and Circulation, and 3 manual options that include full-body, partial, or fixed massages. The Inada Sogno Dreamwave takes the cake when it comes to massage options to choose from between the 3 models, offering 8 pre-set massage sessions that include Full Body, Youth, Morning, Night, Full Body Air, Stretch, Quick, and DreamWave, and when it comes to manual massage options, it offers a multitude of possibilities, being able to make over 1000 massage combinations in this mode. If you compare the 3 models with each other from the point of view of the features that they have to offer, the Inada Sogno Dreamwave is the winner again, having 8 amazing features that make your experience using the massage chair a unique and unforgettable one. These amazing features include Side Press, Shiatsu Point Locator, Full Arm Massage, Adjust to Body Size, Neck and Shoulder Air Massage, 3-D Massage, the best massage coverage on the market, and Calves and Feet Shiatsu.
The Osaki OS-4000 Executive Zero Gravity massage chair is second after the Inada Sogno Dreamwave when it comes to features, having features that include 2 Stage Zero Gravity, Computer Body Scan System, True Ergonomic S-Track, Foot and Calf Massage, Arm Air Massage, Hip and Lumbar Massage, and Shoulder Airbag Massage. When comparing them to each other strictly based on the features that they offer, the Panasonic EP1285KL Urban massage chair has the least to offer, the features of this model including the Air Ottoman System, Deep Neck/Shoulder Massage, Leg Stretch, Auto Recline, Acupoints, and Massage Therapist Techniques. The price of these massage chairs is equally important to the massage options and the features that they have to offer because not all people can afford expensive models. This being said, we can start comparing the prices at which the 3 massage chairs come. The Inada Sogno Dreamwave massage chair is the most expensive model of the 3, and the price for this model is $9000, which might be over the budget of some people, but in its defense, we already established that it’s the best when it comes to features and massage options, therefore it was expected for it to be the most expensive as well.
The Osaki OS-4000 Executive Zero Gravity massage chair is second in this top, costing $4400, and the Panasonic EP1285KL Urban is the cheapest of the 3 models, costing $2700, but as we mentioned before, it’s expected of these model to have the price tags that they have, because they are the best out there. Alleviating pain shouldn’t be a pain in the neck. Human Touch makes it easy to target and relieve trouble spots. Can’t decide which wellness solution is right for you? Tell us what you like and want, and we’ll recommend the perfect options. I use my Human Touch massage chair almost every night before going to bed to massage away sore spots and relax me for a good night's rest. It was the best investment I have ever made." I have Fibromyalgia and am in constant pain. My Human Touch massage chair makes my life much easier, allowing me to work through the pain I live with and finally relax." Before I purchased my Human Touch massage chair and ottoman, I was taking a lot of medication to alleviate my constant pain.
Within a week of getting and using my chair and ottoman, I started noticing a big reduction in pain and increased mobility." I suffered a terrible back injury surfing in Kauai many years ago and it’s never been right ever since. Getting massages in my Human Touch massage chair has really helped me in many ways." With my Human Touch chair I’m able to prepare my mind and body to perform at peak levels, which can easily translate to a couple strokes – often the difference between winning a tournament and missing the cut." I’ve been using and promoting Human Touch products for 15 years. It’s the only massage chair brand I use and offer in my practice. When patients recline in the Human Touch Perfect Chair, it immediately de-loads the spine, taking all the weight off spastic discs and muscles and alleviating pain."Let friends in your social network know what you are reading aboutTwitterGoogle+LinkedInPinterestPosted!A link has been posted to your Facebook feed. Deepak Chopra says he never feels stress.
He wakes up at 4 a.m. daily and meditates for two hours. Then, he writes for an hour before going to the gym. The famed 66-year-old holistic health guru takes no medicine. He's never had surgery. And he's never been hospitalized."This is embarrassing," he says, "but I do not get stress."Even then, he has made millions off the unrelenting stresses from which the rest of us suffer — linking his name to everything from stress-busting techno gadgets to spiritual retreats. Few things, it seems, are more stressful, or expensive, than trying to shed stress.VIDEO: Chopra on meditation, spirituality and war. Savvy marketers have discovered that almost as much as the quest for eternal youth, consumers are in relentless pursuit of eternal calm. To thousands of marketers that sell everything from stress-reduction drinks to stress-reducing apps to noise-canceling headphones, stress is a six letter word spelled: p-r-o-f-i-t."We're entering the dawn of the super-stress era," says Ann Mack, global director of trend spotting at JWT, an ad agency that picked "super stress" as one of 2013's most highly charged trends.
"Since it's become a cost issue and serious medical concern, you'll see more efforts to prevent or reduce it."Little wonder in a nation that could be the world's poster child for stress. Last year, some seven in 10 Americans said they regularly suffered physical symptoms due to stress, and 67% said they regularly experienced psychological symptoms because of it, reports the American Psychological Association. In a still-recovering economy, it's no surprise that the top three causes of stress last year were related to money, work and the economy, reports the APA."We're just not very good at dealing with stress," says David Ballard, the group's assistant executive director for organizational excellence, who assists with its annual Stress in America survey. But consumers can't necessarily buy their way out of stress, he warns. "Anytime someone is trying to sell you a product to reduce stress, that's a red flag," he says. "They have another interest in the matter: to make money."There is plenty to be made.
No one tracks the money shelled out on de-stressing as an industry — the definition is simply too fuzzy — but some of that cash is well-spent. Ballard points out the potential benefits of yoga, for example. Yoga, alone, is a $6 billion business and ranks as one of the 10 fastest-growing industries, according to IBISWorld Industry, a market research firm.On a much smaller — but faster-growing — scale, relaxation drinks were a $521 million industry in 2011, reports Nielsen, but growing at a 20%-plus clip. Luxury massage chairs are a $250 million industry in the United States, estimates the largest U.S. distributor of such chairs. And therapeutic massage is roughly a $13 billion industry, according to Massage Envy, the nation's largest therapeutic massage chain.One cultural anthropologist finds the marketing of this trend laughable. "You can't buy un-stress just like you can't buy love," says Robbie Blinkoff, managing partner of Context-Based Research Group in Baltimore. "Unstressing is easy and inexpensive — sit still for 10 minutes every day and breathe.
It will do wonders."He says that simple meditation — which costs nothing, of course — can be the best way to de-stress. And he's very clear about recommending that option, above all else, as the best way to chill out. He notes, though, that many people prefer to be held by the hand and led there, even though they could get there on their own for free.Enter, the Dream Weaver. To be more precise: The Deepak Chopra Dream Weaver Light and Sound Mind Machine. This is a $299 device — worn like a pair of goggles — to help folks relax. The techie goggles — to be used only with eyes closed — mix a variety of light and sound pulses to help users "reach a beneficial state of consciousness," says David Mager, the inventor of the device. Users "see" a kaleidoscope of colors and dream-like images. A far-less expensive Dream Weaver app for iPhones is due out this summer."There are many paths to the top of the mountain," says Mager. But Dream Weaver, he notes, "is the turbo elevator to get there."
Brett Belcastro says he happily, and regularly, rides that elevator."Stress is something I've dealt with a majority of my life," says the 37-year-old audio visual producer from Atlanta who travels around the country as a high-priced DJ. Belcastro, twice divorced, says he has suffered at different periods of his life from depression, anxiety, ADD and OCD. "I'm passionate about relieving stress," he says.Then, in March, his girlfriend's father recommended Chopra's website. Since then, says Belcastro, "I started to consume anything Deepak."He attended a $2,100 "Seduction of Spirit" seminar in Carlsbad, Calif., at which Chopra spoke. And, to aid his meditation, Belcastro purchased the Dream Weaver and at least 15 different downloads for it at about $15 a pop. Each download features different sounds and imagery — like the sounds of a rain forest or the image of flicking lights after the sound of thunder.He's not shy about wearing them while traveling, even on airplanes. The biggest skeptic is his mother.
"She just laughs at me," says Belcastro. "She figures that anyone wearing goggles with lights flashing in his face must be strange."He doesn't mind that. Since using the goggles while meditating, he says he dropped a 10-year habit of smoking marijuana. "I can finally meditate without being dependent on a substance."Other stress-busting outlets attracting consumers:•Sit & de-stress. Some folks are spending up to $8,000 for luxury massage chairs specifically made for massage and relaxation. At the very highest — and priciest — end of the category is the Sogno DreamWave Massage Chair, a Japanese-made luxury chair distributed in the U.S. by Inada.At first glance, it looks more like something you'd expect to find Capt. Kirk comfortably seated upon while guiding the Starship Enterprise. And it's got a space-age-looking remote. Last year, Inada sold more than $20 million worth of them in the U.S., says Cliff Levin, president of Inada USA.Some people get the chair because their jobs have physically worn down their bodies, he says.
But others, "who have everything," and who already enjoy regular spa treatments and massages, view this chair as "special luxury," he says.The chair is programmed to do different kinds of massages, he says, all designed by Japanese massage experts. There's also a cheaper $5,300 model that's smaller and doubles as a rocking chair.They jumped 45% last year, and this year company sales will grow about 25%, says Levin. To those skeptics who say the chairs are a waste of money, Levin replies, "They haven't tried one yet."Savvy marketers looked at the $8 billion energy drink and shots markets and asked themselves: What else can we do to cash in?Enter, the relaxation drink. There are still no giants like Red Bull or Monster, but consider iChill and Slow Cow.Slow Cow, which began in 2008 in Quebec, got early name-recognition when Red Bull filed a lawsuit — which it won — because Slow Cow''s logo was so similar to Red Bull's.Slow Cow agreed to change its logo, even as it reaped tons of free PR.
A bottle, which fetches $2 to $4, contains eight "natural" ingredients including L-Theanine, a relaxant commonly found in green tea."Relaxing doesn't mean sleeping on the couch," says Kasper Hansen, executive officer for international development of Boisson Slow Cow. "It's about a state of mind."Consumer Reports recently studied a handful of relaxation drink brands to see whether their ingredients were accurately presented. Even then, says Maxine Siegel, the consumer group's food and sensory manager, "We don't really know if any of these are going to do anything for you — so you might want to save your money." •Nix the noise. Executives at Bose won't say how many noise-canceling headphones the company sells. But the category itself is growing at a double-digit pace, says Sean Garrett, vice president of the Noise Reduction Technology Group at Bose.It's all about consumers wanting to control their environments. "If I can control the noise around me, I'll have a better experience and be more relaxed," says Garrett.While its most popular model is still the $350 Quiet Comfort 3 headphone, it recently rolled out $299 noise-reduction earbuds that are worn much like iPhone earbuds.
Getting a massage used to be a luxury. Massage Envy, based in Scottsdale, Ariz., appears to be on the way to changing that. With 892 locations in 47 states, its membership is now about 1.4 million, says Chief Financial Officer Greg Esgar."We took a luxury and made it part of a normal health and wellness plan," he says.Members sign one-year contracts at about $700 annually to get a massage or a facial every month — though the massages can carry over to the next month. About 70% of the customers are women, says Esgar, though it's working to attract more male clients."Whatever stresses people are going through," says Esgar, "sometimes that massage can be the best hour they've had that month."Then, there's the Ostrich Pillow.That's a $100 pillow that, much like it sounds, allows people to go into instant ostrich-mode. It fits over the head, with a small opening for the mouth and nose — and an ever-so-slight opening for eyes. There's even two side openings in which you can tuck your arms, so you can comfortably place your head down on a table and nod off.