- So Brad and I gonna help you decide which is better,
a massage gun,
- Yes.
- Or massage hands.
- Yeah, well, we're looking at these hands,
I can decide that.
(laughs)
- Well, anyways we'll be right back with that information,
♪ Bob and Brad, the two most famous ♪
♪ physical therapist on the internet. ♪
- So Brad, this is a, was a semi experiment,
- Semi?
- Not.
- A partial?.
- Anecdotal.
- Okay.
- So in our clinics, we used to do massage guns
and the PT assistants would do massages.
- Right So...
- With their hands
- Yep. Work those muscles, their hands are the gun and...
- Right.
- What was the consensus?
- So after a few sessions, we'd asked them,
what did they prefer.
- [Both] The drum roll.
- The drum roll.
- It was the gun,
believe it or not.
- Yeah.
- I was surprised.
- Yeah.
- Were you?
- Yeah,
(laughs)
- Doesn't say much about her.
- Yeah, our therapist.
- If you're a professional.
- Right
- Massage person.
- [Both] You probably.
- Take some...
- You probably could do better.
- Yeah. But anyways,
- So in addition to that, we're going to do a giveaway.
- Yeah.
- And we wanted to do the, our, my favorite gun.
- Yeah.
- The Q2
- Q2. It's like R2D2,
- Like QD,
- Yeah. QD
- It is a nice little gun.
- It really is. It's compact. It's very powerful
- Mmm hmmm.
- For being a small gun.
- Yes.
- It's easy to hold.
- Yep.
And it's got all these heads.
- Right.
- Yep. Pop on and off.
- Right now it's only 69 bucks.
- 69.
- With a coupon.
- Yeah. Buy it before midnight, tonight.
- Right
- Just kidding. Anyways.
- Four, 4.7 stars on Amazon.
- Yes. A lot of stars.
I wonder what happened to other 0.3.
- I've given away at least 50 of these.
- Yeah. Yeah. Good.
- To family and friends.
- Yeah. That's...
- I got that big a family. Not that that's in
- He does, what 12 brothers and sisters.
- Right.
- Right. Every Christmas.
- All right. Now we're gonna name a few cons
of massage guns.
- Sure.
- Okay. Number one. It's hard to apply to your back.
- Yeah.
- But so is massage,
- Right
- You can't massage your back.
- Right. But yeah. You can get back there,
but it's not very comfortable.
- Well it's the neck.
- On the arm,
- Brad.
- Oh yeah. You need to avoid these percussive massagers
on your neck, you know. It just,
- It just pounds.
- It's too aggressive.
- The bone's right there.
- I always say from, from here on up, just avoid it.
Not in the face, the head or the neck.
- Or the brain.
Okay. Wanna avoid nerves and arteries.
- And lymph nodes.
- Yeah. Good point.
- Yeah. Yeah. So that's, you know,
- Under the arms.
- Under the arm.
- In the groin.
- Yep. In that crease right there.
- Behind the knee.
- Yep. Yep.
- But I wouldn't use massage guns also on numb areas,
that lack sensation.
- So like if you've had a stroke.
- Right
- And you have some numbness,
or maybe you have sciatic, you may have numbness.
- Right
- You don't wanna, because you, you need feedback,
so you know you're not going aggressively.
- Exactly. Exactly.
- So you don't hurt something.
- Don't use massage guns also if you're on blood thinner.
Check with your doctor.
- Right. You could end up bruising.
- Right.
- And just having,
- And bleeding.
- And get, yep, internal bleeding that's superficial.
Ecchymosis is no good.
- Don't use a massage gun if you have inflammatory disorder.
I think of like rheumatoid arthritis.
- Sure. Yeah, and,
- You'll probably upset it.
- Yeah. You know,
especially if you get it close to the joints.
- Right.
- And even though if you have the soft airhead
like this one, you can, but
you don't wanna irritate things
when they're already irritated.
- Yep. And I would be careful around varicose veins.
- Yeah. Yep. It's gonna be aggressive on that tissue.
- Okay. We'll go over some of the pros now.
- Pros!
- Some of the pros. Number one, Brad.
- Yes.
- It never says no.
- Oh, the gun?
- Right.
- Unless you forget to charge it.
- Right.
- Make sure you charge it, and you got your full charge.
- It doesn't get tired.
- There you go.
- If it's charged,
- Right.
- It can, if you give it as a gift,
and again, I give it a lot.
- Yes.
- People are always happy.
- Yeah.
- It's a universal, yes.
- Yes.
Yeah, and these little ones are just so cute.
- Right.
- And that you can hold it in your hand,
for older people,
- Right, absolutely.
- Big advantage that way.
- And put it in your purse.
- Yeah. Well, yeah,
- Or pocket,
- There you go.
- And, you can use it on multiple areas.
- Well, we've discussed that already, Bob.
- Oh yeah. How about, the entire family can use it?
- Well, I wouldn't let the three year olds use it.
- Baby.
- Yeah.
- It feels great on sore muscles.
- Oh! It does.
- It works well for pre stretching.
- Yep. Gets the circulation going.
Gets in, and really works things well,
and it just feels good, you know.
- And the final thing, Brad.
It's a one time investment.
- You're right.
- I mean, after you've got it paid for,
it keeps giving, without costing.
- That's right.
I gotta admit, it probably isn't gonna last 50 years,
but you'll have plenty of massage use out of it.
That's for sure.
- All right.
Brad and I can fix just about anything.
- Oh, that's right. Except for...
- A broken heart.
- That's right. Look at that.
- Wow!
- Almost did it.
- Bravo.
- Be careful, and have fun.