TrioPulse

The upper back is the one area you can’t properly massage yourself. You reach the trapezius with your fingertips, you press for three minutes, and it is your arm that gives out before the muscle does. Your neck, meanwhile, is exactly as tight as it was. The TrioPulse solves that arm problem: you settle it behind your neck, you pull on the strap, and its three heads press for you — for as long as you like.

Three heads, one strap, no cables

• Three silicone massage heads: they work the neck and the trapezius muscles at the same time, on the points your fingers never hold long enough.
• An adjustable strap: this is what controls the pressure. Pull harder to press deeper, let go to soften it. You decide, second by second.
• Cordless: nothing to plug in, no cable trailing about. Wear it on the sofa, in your desk chair, or standing in the kitchen while the kettle boils.
• Controls on top: the buttons fall under your thumb, so you never have to take it off to change a setting.

The right moment to use it

At the end of the day, when the tension has already set in — or before a long session at the screen, so you start with a loose neck. Begin gently: the first time, pull on the strap only a little. We all tend to press too hard on day one, and feel it the day after.

Three colours

Red, Purple and Green. A device left on the arm of the sofa gets used ten times more than one shut away in a drawer: pick the colour you will be happy to see lying around the living room.