How to read a massage gun spec sheet
Two numbers decide whether a percussion device works, and most listings publish neither. What amplitude and stall force mean, what the evidence supports, and where not to point the thing.
Buying guideFix the Pain
Neck pain from desk work, and the fifteen minutes I'd spend on it
Pain0 brands that have paid for a mention
4 questions every article has to answer
1 writer, no medical reviewer to hide behind
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Where I draw the line
Health writing mostly runs on
things nobody checked.
One person with a laptop and a library card, not a clinic. That limits what I can say, and the limit is worth being explicit about.
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No cure language
Tools manage symptoms. I can describe a routine that helps you feel better. I can't tell you it fixed anything.
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Commission never sets the order
The foam roller piece recommends a $25 roller. Foam rollers pay almost nothing.
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No borrowed authority
There is no medical reviewer here, because I couldn't get one to sign off on a blog. Inventing one would be worse.
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You get the caveats
Where the evidence is thin I say so in the sentence, not in a disclaimer at the bottom.
If something already hurts