Chattanooga 00-4502 Soft Tissue System, Occi-Pivot

Helps my neck!

I've had neck/shoulder and headache issues for YEARS thanks to a rather nasty horseback riding accident. Ongoing medical treatment has helped but I've looked in vain for something that I could use at home to hit "that spot" on my neck and lower cranium. Most massage devices are far too wide set, or are handheld and if I have to hold it against my neck that defeats the purpose of trying to relax the muscles in my neck and shoulder. This little device is stunningly simple and effective. Lay down on the floor or bed, prop you head on it and position as is most helpful and then just lay there and let gravity and the weight of your own skull do the work for you. Yes, it will hurt, but that's the goal because you are hitting trigger points (so a "good hurt"). When you are done (even just a few minutes can make a difference) I can only describe the feeling as "floaty" or like water is pouring down my neck. This thing precisely hits the same spots my massage therapist can work on so easily, plus it costs a lot less and I can use it whenever I need to. I won't stop seeing my medical professionals but it so great to have and effective an in-home trigger point therapy option when a nasty headache decides to strike!

So far, still getting used to this. It does feel like myofasical release massage at the Occipital ridge area at base of skull. One simply lines up the fingers on it on the neck tendons at base of skull or just under skull. I showed this to 3. Medical professionals and all three were familiar and recommended it. (Occupational therapist, Chiropractor, functional neurologist). They showed me the straight edge goes toward top of head while curved edge goes toward one’s back. The instructions aren’t very good and it is hard to figure out which way it goes. At first it hurt, it g=feels hard as a rock! The first few days I started at 30 seconds and then increased it. After the second week I could handle 20 minutes but if neck was really tight I take a hot long shower afterwards too. I think it is helping as I am taking fewer butabital/asprin tablets, maybe 1/3 less. That medicine relaxes my tight neck and helps my headaches ease if taken early enough...most of the time. I suffer from cervocranial migraines nearly daily and also occipital neuralgia. I have TMJD which makes my lymph glands swell too. As we are planning a flight, my ear pain is always severe. I was researching TMJDhelp and flying and came across this. ENT said pressure isn’t fluid in ears but is caused by TMJ/. I am hoping regular use of this improves my symptoms. It isn’t the same as massage for myofasical release —not as gentle and spot on—but I can tell it does help in a similar type of way.

One of my favorite items for bad neck pain, occipital migraine. You can feel the blood circulating over your scalp.

This can release tension if you have the perfect neck length to fit it. If your neck is too short, over time this actually causes a forward fold, might add more tension. If its height was adjustable, I think it would work well for everyone. It’s also stiff, although it looks rubbery. That’s good for acupressure release work, but a little softer would make it more comfortable for longer use.

It was as advertised and same as my PT uses.

Wow amazing, I have been suffering for 10 years with the occipital muscles being so tight they Cause my nerve to pinch in my neck behind my right ear. Like constant electrical impulses that make me not want to do anything outside the house. The only thing that helped me was chiropractor. Now that I got this I don’t even get tight anymore!!! I use it for 10 min a day in 3 different angles and it does 100 percent work!! Also I recommend heating pad for 10 to 15 min in the am if you can and I lay with an ice pack or head wrap thing from amazon at night before bed watching tv. I was about to get an epidural last week and this was my last hope before shots. I’m doing amazing Buy it and don’t look back!

I would highly recommend this product!! I work as physical therapist assistant in an outpatient clinic and we treat headaches/neck pain all day long. The feeling this product gives is the same as a therapist providing a manual sub-occipital release or mechanical cervical traction. I personally suffer from headaches/migraines and found great relief! It’s so easy to use and definitely a holistic option when it comes to headaches! The product itself was very firm (I was afraid it was going to be flimsy and wouldn’t hit trigger points), and very sturdy.