PSO-Back Muscle Release Tool & Deep Tissue Massager for Self-Massage - Relieves Muscle Tension & Back Pain - Full Back Stretcher (Night Black) - Perfect for Home, Office & Post-Workout Recovery

I want to begin by saying that I also bought the hip one (Pso-Rite) at the same time and never had any intention of keeping both. I’m keeping both.I can’t really afford $80 for a piece of plastic, either, but how much is it worth to get a little pain relief? Some days I’d give anything and everything just for a few minutes of relief so while I wasn’t terribly convinced this would work for me (I had spine surgery last year), it was definitely worth a shot. Maybe I have muscle tension along with the nerve pain, I don’t know, but this helps- a LOT!!I will say that I think it’s a terrible idea to get on the floor with this thing on Day One, though. Anyone who’s been in pain for a long time probably isn’t in shape enough to hold themselves up hovering over this contraption for long, and in my case, was worried that if I did put too much weight on it, could break my fusion/hardware. Nah, just put it on the back of your couch or easy chair and lean on back (lol @JusRay). Easy-peasy and SO much safer than falling on it!I tried the floor thing. It didn’t go well. Nothing disastrous, I just couldn’t lower myself onto it evenly or in a way that didn’t feel like a trip to the emergency room was imminent. I put some throw pillows over each end and that helped but I didn’t feel like I had made much progress. I put it away and thought I’d try again in a day or two. Then I went to the kitchen and got on my step ladder and for the first time in over eight years, my right side didn’t hurt! My left still hurt, but I hadn’t put any weight on that side bc my left arm is too weak to hold myself up on that side. I was shocked! I hadn’t even done the muscle exhaustion thing!Now if you don’t know, the goal is to dig these ridges in a little and find a super tender spot and grind into it until the muscle gives up resistance. It hurts! A LOT! But if you can outlast the fight, all that tension goes away and you’ll get some relief. Of course, there are almost always more spots so I do as many as I can stand in each session (2-4, mine are super stubborn and take forever to give up), but once you get them all done, it takes longer and longer for them to come back. Then it’s just maintenance and you’ll only have one or two to get you feeling like new again. Yeah, I didn’t do that the first time and it still helped! Which is good, bc the hip thing hurts even more!I can’t decide which is more valuable (this Pso-Back or the Pso-Rite) but I’m lucky because I don’t have to. I did the Affirm payments plan to get these to my house so I could decide which to keep but now I guess I’ll just make the payments bc I love them both WAY too much to part with either! The good part of it just being a piece of hard plastic is that I think they’ll last a lifetime and I’m not getting any younger. I can’t tell you how many times I wish I had something I could grind into a knot in my back and now I do, forever! I’m not gonna lie, I kinda want to try the neck one now, too!