TheraNeck 4-in-1 Neck Massager

It’s 5pm, you lift your head from the screen and your neck doesn’t follow. You roll your shoulders, you knead the trapezius with one hand, you hear something click. Ten minutes later the tension is back in exactly the same spot. The TheraNeck doesn’t just massage: it opens the neck back up. You lie down on it, and the weight of your own head does the work.

Four actions, one area

• The stretch: the curve of the support gives your neck back its natural hollow, the one that eight hours at a screen flattens out. Nothing to force, nothing to hold.
• The acupressure: the raised nodes press either side of the vertebrae, where your fingers never hold on long enough.
• The heat: it prepares the muscle before the stretch. A warm neck opens; a cold neck resists.
• The vibration: steady pulses from the built-in module, which you set directly on the device.

Ten minutes, lying down, doing nothing

Put it on the floor or on the bed, lie down with your neck settled into the hollow and your arms by your sides. Keep the first few sessions short: the sensation is strong at the start, and becomes comfortable after a few days. In the evening in front of an episode is the best moment — you are not losing ten minutes, you are putting them to use.

A comfort device, not a medical device. If you have persistent neck pain, a disc problem, or have taken a knock, ask your doctor before using it.