Hey everybody it's Doctor Jo, and it's
product review time again. The folks at
Wizard of Health sent me their muscle
wizard. So let's get started.
So what I really like
about this product is it's a super
simple but effective product. It doesn't
have a whole lot of bells and whistles,
but it's got what it needs.
So basically it's a very strong sturdy
strap, and it's got these knobs called
the wizard fingers. They help with
trigger points and to release tension
throughout your body, but what I like so
much about it being a strap is a lot of
times you have these little sticks that
are trigger point sticks which are fine,
but sometimes you have to get yourself in
awkward positions. You have to really use
your arms to get a lot of pressure on
those trigger points, and this strap
makes it so you can use your whole body
to get that trigger point, so you don't
have to put your body and weird strange
angles and make something else hurt to
make something feel good. So I'll show
you a couple things that you can do with
it and that I really like. This piece
here is usually where you're pushing
into to get the pressure so that just
kind of protects if it's your knee or if
it's your foot. It also has a nice clasp
here so you can maybe if you're getting too much
pressure, you can undo it, or you can
easily clasp around your body here. And
then both ends are adjustable, so it makes
it really easy to get the right amount
of length that you need.
So to start off, you want to take the
wizard fingers and put them where your
trigger points are. So a lot of times you
don't have to work very hard to find
your trigger points, you can feel them, most
of the time people can go right to it take their
thumb right to it. Your therapist might
be a little is that the spotlight oh
yeah that's the spot. So there's a
whole bunch of them, so it allows you to
get a pretty wide area. So if I was
having some trigger points in my mid to
low back, what i would do is place it
there. I'm just going to put it
completely across my
the my back to get a whole bunch of
different spots. Now this is going to
come around your knees, so you can see
here it's just a little bit too long, but
this works really easily to make it
tighter on each side. If you pull it up
just a little bit and then pull that way
it works well. Instead of keeping it flat,
make it perpendicular to the pull and it
pulls pretty easily. So then I'm here I
can be in a nice relaxed neutral position.
As you can see, my heel is up as I bring
my heel down it pushes forward and puts
some pressure on those trigger points on
my back, and the reason I like this so
much is because I'm just basically
sitting here. I'm not having to twist and
turn and take something and pull it,
which is fine if you have that, but this
allows you to have really good posture
and not stress out other muscles. And
then not only that, but this with my knee
and my leg which I'm putting the
pressure, is a whole lot more pressure
than what I could do with my arms. So
just this right here is a nice amount of
pressure on those trigger points, and a
lot of times with trigger points you
really want to hold them for about a
minute to a minute and a half, and
sometimes you're just doing it with your
hand or if you're pushing it with your
fingers they get tired out very quickly,
and you can see I've been talking this
whole time and putting pressure on. It
feels really really really good.
So another really nice one, if you've got
some tension along your neck that trap
area, you can take these wizard fingers
pull them around your neck here, and then
just bring this out in front of you. So
this one is a little more sensitive
area, and probably don't want to put
quite as much pressure on it, so your
arms are going to work fine, but you get
to use both arms to get that pressure on
there and get those trigger points.
This is super comfortable, it feels
really good, and then just relax or you
can hold it there if you want to get a
little bit more tension in there. Tighten
that strap up a little bit so you have
some bend in your elbows to give a
little bit of pull. And again you can see
you know I'm pretty comfortable in this
position. I'm not stressing out my
arms a whole lot, and then you're just
putting some pressure there and holding.
And that that feels really good. A lot of
times those trigger points in the neck
area that cause headaches get really
really tight, and so this is really nice
to help loosen that up as well.
Also if you wanted to get maybe your
levator scap one, which is when you hold
a lot of stress up this way, you got that
trigger point there, or in that same area.
If you wanted to do a first rib mob, it
would be right in this area, so you
almost put it like you would put a seat
belt across your body, and then you can
take it here underneath your leg put it
right on your thigh underneath by your
knee. And so again my foot starts up, and
then I'm just pushing that heel down to
the ground. So the heel starts up and
then pushing out and that just puts a
lot of nice pressure on those trigger
points back here with my levator scap is.
And/or like I said maybe if you have
some first rib issues where you want to
get that first rate back down, take some
numbness/tingling out of your arm, you can do
that and then you don't have to pull the
strap down with your arms or push a ball
into that spot. You can use your leg
where I'm not stressed out and there's a
lot of nice pressure right there it just
kind of makes me go
"oh yes." It's one of those hurt so good. You
never want it to be painful, you want to
be comfortable, but kind of that
oh yeah it's getting the spot but it's
not pain-pain, it's that good kind of
pain, getting that that pressure point,
that trigger point out of there. So that
one's really nice as well. So those are
the main spots, but you can also if you
just have some tension and maybe like in
your quad muscle, it's really
tight so you can do, lay it like this.
Make it nice and tight here,
and then do kind of the same thing,
except this time your foot's going to
start down, and then you push your heel
up and it's putting that pressure on the
quad muscles there. So if you got some
really tight muscles in general, or if
you do have some some point tender spots,
you can put it right on there. And again
as you can see I'm just lifting up my
heel, but that's putting more pressure
than even probably if I put my elbow into
it, so it really takes the stress off of
your body and allows you to get those
trigger points in those tender spots
without having to do much work. And you
can see that I'm nice and relaxed.
I'm comfortable,
whereas if I was even doing a trigger
point release to a patient, I would, my
hands would be worn out by now, or I'd be
tired by now. But this is not only a
great use for home, but therapists use
these kind of things in the clinic all
the time to save our bodies so we can use
proper body mechanics and not hurt ourselves. So
I think this is a super super great
product, like I said it's it's simple but
efficient. You know there's no motorized
parts, it's just these wizard fingers
that are nice hard knobs to get into
that trigger point, a nice solid strap,
and a comfortable little cushion here to
whatever body part you're pushing with,
so it keeps it nice and comfortable, and
then it has the clasp for the release
and connect, so you can get around spots
or maybe get one of those spots and it
is a little too much, you can just
release it really quickly with that.
So there you have it, if you have any
questions leave them in the comments
section. If you'd like to find out more
about the product, you can go to
MuscleWizard.net, and if you're interested
in purchasing the product, you can go to
our website at AskDoctorJo.com/wizard
So remember, be safe, have fun (get
those trigger points), and I hope you feel better soon.