In this video I'm going to give you my honest physical therapist review of the vibration knee
Massager with Heat. Now this reads here heating knee pad. But this device provides vibration as
opposed to compression. But tell you all about it and give you my honest opinion
about this device in using it for your knee problem. My name is Dr. David Middaugh. And I'm a
specialist physical therapist with El Paso Manual Physical Therapy. And this channel is dedicated
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week. So let's open this and see what's inside. And I'm also going to show you how to put it on
and how to use it. And if you want to buy one for yourself, we've got a link to find this on Amazon
in the description below. So you can go check that out for yourself. It's an open the device here,
box opens just like that. And we've got a pair of knee sleeves here and the charger cable which
can charge both simultaneously as well as power them without having to charge. And then
we've also got the instruction manual here very simple and straightforward to use. Let me show
you these devices here and what they look like up close, you got a pair of the knee sleeves,
and they just simply have a heat button and the vibration button on each one. They're identical.
While they're inverted one, you know one's left one's right, I don't think it matters which one
you put on which side you just slap them on. But then here on the bottom here,
this is a cable sticking out. For the battery pack. Here's a battery pack. So you would plug in
the charger cable, I've already charged this
to each battery pack and you can charge them simultaneously
just like this. So there's your two charger, packs, cable, I'm sorry. So there's your two
charger packs. And then you would plug this into the wall to charge the devices. Or alternatively,
you can just plug the device straight in with the cord right there. On each of the devices,
it's got this cord, so you can attach it to the charger cable. But if you wanted to just
run power straight from your outlet, you would set up the device like this and get this on your
knees. But I'm going to show you how to use it with the charger packs so that you can at least
move around a little bitter, right, you wouldn't really want to move too much with this with this
device on your knees. But at least you're not tethered to, you know, a cord and a wall.
So simply you would put these packs in the little pocket that's sewn in, and just make sure that the
port is facing upwards so that you can access the port and get power. So you take your cable
that that are included there and you plug it in to the port right there. And then to the supply port
the power supply port on the device as well. And you would do the same for the other side.
Really simple setup. there and write their name. Now you're ready to go. It's already
turning on blinked right there. So let's get this on and show you how it works.
So I've got my two knee braces here with vibration massage, and it's got three straps in the back.
And I found the straps to be a little short for my legs for the girth of my legs, but I made it work.
So you can feel some lumps in there where the vibration machine is to that should be
on the front of your knee. And you just going to wrap the top knee for the top strap around
the thigh first above the knee. Then I like to go to the bottom one. The middle ones kind
of hard to get without getting the top and the bottom first. And then you get your middle strap
here over and around. There's little extra material there to as a flap to reach on to.
And now I can tell you that these little things right here, the machine in there the vibrate,
you kind of have to get them in the right spot so they're not directly on your bones. Otherwise it
could be a little uncomfortable. But if you just shift it around a bit and twist or move it up
and down then it'll get comfortable after that. So let's do the same thing on the other side.
Get the top knee strapped in first the top strap in the bottom strap.
We go and it should be snug. You don't really want to have my slack on this because
it's not going to compress you so you're not worried about the straps. dusting off.
There's no air bladders in these. So there's the vibration devices. And then all you're going to
do here is hit the vibration button. So you can hold them down, it says for three seconds and the
instructions that took like a second and a half, and they're red right now, the lighting here might
not show that the best, but they're lit up red, and they're going full power. If you tap them,
once they turn blue, that's the next mode. So they're, they're vibrating,
and then they stop the vibrating and then stop. Going to tap them once now they're green.
Now they're vibrating and stopping, but with a longer break, and the vibration is happening
right here, right into the machine over my kneecap. It's kind of on the sides of each
of my kneecaps right here. Now let's turn on the heat. So I'm going to hold the heat buttons down.
And this one turned on, but this left one didn't. There it goes, it turned on now I just
didn't press it hard enough. And it's on read and this thing heats up pretty quick. It just takes
a few seconds, maybe like 10 to 20 seconds at most to start feeling the heat and then
it gets going even more. And it hasn't been too hot for me that I'm worried about sweating, or
it's not uncomfortably hot. But just like with the vibration, you can tap the heat button. And it'll,
it'll use a different intensity. So now it's it was it was red, when I first turned it on,
now it's blue. And then now it's green when it's happened again. And if you tap it again,
it goes back to red. So if I remember correctly, the red is the most intense blues in the middle.
And then green is the lowest intensity. So I'm going to tap the vibration modes back on. And
when it's red and vibration, it's just going constantly vibrating, no brakes whatsoever.
Now to turn off the device, you're simply going to hold the buttons down on each side. Because you
could use this without vibration, you could just use the heat, or you could just use a vibration
you could do both simultaneously, like I did. But you do have to power off each feature at a
time. So the vibration has to be powered on and off individually from the heat so that you can
control both of those. Let's talk about the pros and cons of these devices. For pros,
I definitely like that they come with a battery option so that you're not tethered to a wall like
that it's a difference in station than some of the other neat massages that we've reviewed out there.
This one does not have compression, it offers vibration. And for some people, they may enjoy
that over the compression. The compression for me does feel a little restrictive at times.
But it just it provides a different input to the nerves around your knee and can
allow your body to feel a little bit different for a short amount of time,
I love that you get a pair of knee straps so that you don't have to spend time on one and then
take everything off and put it on the other side. So it's definitely a pro. And the controls are
really simple and easy to use. There isn't any complexity to them whatsoever and did not find
any information about the battery life of this, I never really ran out of battery power. I used it
for 30 minutes on my knees while I was getting some other work done on the computer.
And it kept going I didn't have it on full blast on both the vibration and the heats. So I can't
tell you how long it would last if you let it go with without stopping constant vibration,
and the highest temperature of heat. And just to give you the temperatures with the lights,
because it does give you that information here in Celsius, the red light means it's giving you
a 65 to 75 degrees Celsius temperature, blue light would be 55 to 65 degrees Celsius and green light
would be 45 to 55 degrees Celsius. Now some cons to this device is it's kind of interesting how you
have to fidget with this little thing right here and has the little pocket battery pack here. And
I also wish that they offered compression with the vibration. Otherwise, you need to
buy a whole different sleeve, I have yet to find one that offers vibration, compression and heat
all together in the same device. That would be pretty nice. If anybody knows of a device out
there, please drop it in the comments so we can review it, we'd love to check that out.
And to give you my honest physical therapist opinion about this. Overall, I like it, I think
it's a great alternative to using pain medications to getting an injection. And it may delay you from
seeing the doctor as long as you're working on some long-term solution because this is only
going to be short term pain relief, then I would consider using this you just have to remember that
this is not going to cure a cartilage problem and arthritis issue or any sort of ligament or
tendon problem that you might be suffering from in your knees. This is designed to just buy you
some time some short-term relief, and maybe avoid taking some medication that's going to damage your
organs like your liver, your kidneys or something else. I like it. This is natural. If you're not
putting any chemicals into your body, and it's quite portable, they're relatively small. You
can pack them away if you need to take them on a trip or take them over to a friend's house
so that you can get some relief. I hope this video was helpful for you. If you'd like to please give
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