I am an independent person & am writing this in the hope that my experience may help others suffering with this debilitating condition. I am not a doctor.Some months ago I developed somatic tinnitus (ringing in the ears). This is unlike other forms of tinnitus in that it results from other things going on in the body as opposed to the hearing structure itself.Like many, I'd gone down the route of ENT specialists etc finding no answer. The condition though not life threatening can affect your life severely - the constant noise affects sleep, mood etc.By accident, I discovered that my tinnitus was clearly related to muscle tension in my back & shoulders. I wasn't in pain & didn't know I had it. Effectively the tension had built up, running up into my neck & jaw & ... MoreI am an independent person & am writing this in the hope that my experience may help others suffering with this debilitating condition. I am not a doctor.Some months ago I developed somatic tinnitus (ringing in the ears). This is unlike other forms of tinnitus in that it results from other things going on in the body as opposed to the hearing structure itself.Like many, I'd gone down the route of ENT specialists etc finding no answer. The condition though not life threatening can affect your life severely - the constant noise affects sleep, mood etc.By accident, I discovered that my tinnitus was clearly related to muscle tension in my back & shoulders. I wasn't in pain & didn't know I had it. Effectively the tension had built up, running up into my neck & jaw & it was this tension which was related to the tinnitus.I was working on it on my own with stretching, general relaxation & stress management which was making a difference but after my brother bought a theragun, decided to give it a go.I can say that after a few days of using the theragun 2x a day (as I get up & go to bed), the effects have simply been life changing. For the 1st time in months I am now getting sustained periods of silence & any fellow sufferer will understand the relief that provides.Again, this is my own experience but if like me, you have not found an answer to your somatic tinnitus through ENT, nasal sprays etc, you may want to give this some consideration.

I may be in my fifties now, but I keep an active lifestyle. I exercise six days a week, mixing between weightlifting, boxing and regular cardio. I suffer from chronic back pain and, at my age, a new pain often appears out of the blue. Among the different pain relievers I reach out to, the Therabody Theragun Prime has quickly become my favorite not only for its effectiveness but also for its preventive uses.This Theragun Prime looks great in green; Therabody calls it Adventure Green. Out of the box, it feels sturdy and well built from the overall feel when you grip it and the balanced weight. It comes with a nice pouch with the same green color. In addition to the attached standard ball, three additional attachments are included in the package: a dampener, a ... MoreI may be in my fifties now, but I keep an active lifestyle. I exercise six days a week, mixing between weightlifting, boxing and regular cardio. I suffer from chronic back pain and, at my age, a new pain often appears out of the blue. Among the different pain relievers I reach out to, the Therabody Theragun Prime has quickly become my favorite not only for its effectiveness but also for its preventive uses.This Theragun Prime looks great in green; Therabody calls it Adventure Green. Out of the box, it feels sturdy and well built from the overall feel when you grip it and the balanced weight. It comes with a nice pouch with the same green color. In addition to the attached standard ball, three additional attachments are included in the package: a dampener, a micro-point and a thumb attachments made to treat different body areas. I had to learn to apply quite a bit of force to remove the attachments. The first time, I was afraid I was going to break it but I got used to it in the end. Barely a half hour charge and the battery was full and my Theragun Prime was ready to go.It can be used with or without the Therabody app. Personally, I like the app; it provides useful recovery and preventive routines, and also good demos. You can establish your own routine right in the app. It connects through Bluetooth and it has been reliable. I’ve been using the Theragun Prime daily to alleviate my lower back, all the other pains creeping up from time to time. So far, it’s been effective and the provided routines in the app have helped in preventing additional pain discomfort. The minimum setting is my favorite setting and quite powerful, but it can be set much higher depending on your needs. I like the fact that it is not very noisy even at higher settings. Using it everyday for an average of 10 minutes a day, the battery lasts quite a long time. I choose to charge it weekly.Overall, the Therabody Theragun Prime has been performing solidly on a daily basis. It has really helped me alleviate my chronic pains and surely has helped prevent more discomfort. If I take good care of it, I’m confident it will last a long time, and I would recommend it to any athletes, active individuals and those in need of pain relief and prevention.

I picked the Theragun up for my wife and I. She is a school teacher and spends a lot of her day standing and walking around the classroom. She often complains of lower/upper back pain and sore legs (mostly calves), and I was looking for an ergonomical device that was easy to use, had multiple speeds and attachments, and was cordless.The Theragun works wonders. It comes with four attachments, a dampener which reduces aches and pains for tender areas, a standard ball to use for reducing tension, a thumb attachment which is best for the lower back and easing painful knots, and a micro-point, which increases circulation and helps with recovery. My wife and I mostly used the dampener and the standard ball, and I have used the thumb on her back several times to loosen ... MoreI picked the Theragun up for my wife and I. She is a school teacher and spends a lot of her day standing and walking around the classroom. She often complains of lower/upper back pain and sore legs (mostly calves), and I was looking for an ergonomical device that was easy to use, had multiple speeds and attachments, and was cordless.The Theragun works wonders. It comes with four attachments, a dampener which reduces aches and pains for tender areas, a standard ball to use for reducing tension, a thumb attachment which is best for the lower back and easing painful knots, and a micro-point, which increases circulation and helps with recovery. My wife and I mostly used the dampener and the standard ball, and I have used the thumb on her back several times to loosen up knots and work on pressure points with wonderful results.And the results have been fantastic. Over the course of a work week, my poor wife’s calves become extremely tight and sore, due to all the walking and standing she does at work. She’s constantly having to do special stretches to try and loosen things up at the end of the day and get rid of the soreness, but it is always back the next day. She began using the Theragun for five minutes on the low setting on the back of her calves with the dampener attachment, and what a difference it has made! The sore and achy muscles disappear and she doesn’t have to sit down and rest her legs as soon as she gets home. She’s also found that the soreness has lessened as she has used the Theragun.For her back, the thumb attachment has been excellent. She has these knots that develop, particularly on her upper back near her shoulder blades, that results in a sore upper back and can affect her sleep. She’s been using the thumb attachment to loosen these knots up (I actually end up applying it for her to reach them), and she’s found that she gets better sleep.The standard ball attachment provides a very relaxing massage, and at the end of a long week really does help the tensions disappear. I’ve found that applying the Theragun with a light touch on the shoulders where they connect to the neck has been extremely effective with lessening tension and stress.The app on occasion suggests a course of massage treatment that is very beneficial, such as one focused on an overall back treatment that can be performed by the user (don’t have to have a second person to help). The app suggests what attachment to use, provides video on where to apply, and counts down with a timer for each part of the back.I do have a couple of beefs with the Theragun. First, using the app requires the user to input personal information and create an account with Therabody. There should be the option to use the full capabilities of the app without having to create an account and providing personal information. Second, the app is not real user-friendly when it comes to selecting treatment protocols. There are suggested treatments that pop up in the app, but searching for the treatment that we might want at any given point was difficult for us. Instead, we ended up just ‘freestyling’ since we couldn’t find a treatment protocol that we wanted. And third, the Theragun does not come with a power supply/wall plug to charge it, just a USB C to USB C cord. I don’t have any spare wall plugs/PC ports with a USB C port, so I was having to charge the Theragun with a plug/cable intended for other electronic devices. Not a big deal, but I had to unplug things just to charge the Theragun. A wall plug included in the box would have alleviated this issue. Or at least one that was USB A to USB C.But overwhelmingly, the Theragun is a great device. We are just using it as a couple of amateurs, looking to relieve the aches and pains of long work weeks and the tensions that come with life, and it has really impressed us in use. Highly recommended.