I mentioned on my blog entry about the HT-7120 that I would talk next about the HT-7450, which is the Human Touch contribution to the anti-gravity massage chair market. Human Touch has always had the “Perfect Chair”, which is an anti-gravity chair, sans the massage features. Well, now they have integrated the anti-gravity function with the massage features that they are so famous for in their long line of massage chairs.

The whole idea with the anti-gravity is to not just recline your body, but to actually “tilt” it back so that you are seated in a position where the pressure on the lumbar (low back) discs and joints is minimized. A lot of back pain is made worse by the effects of gravity on the discs and the joints of the low back. I have seen it many, many times in practice. This is why the inversion therapies are so popular with so many low back sufferers. This therapy has worked moderately well for conditions like facet syndrome and herniated discs. Well, now you don’ t have to hand yourself upside down screaming for someone to set you back up straight…now you can just recline on the new HT-7450 and get much the same effect.

Now, here are some other features of the new HT-7450:
1. massage intensity adjustment.

2. calf width adjustment on the ottoman.

3. dual lumbar (low back) heaters.

4. seat and thigh massage.

All of these features are also on the new HT-7120 model PLUS the anti-gravity feature.

You see, the HT-7120, like most massage chairs has the back recline and the ottoman raise. What the HT-7450 does is have the whole chair tilt backwards, in addition to the standard reclining features.

You are going to see a lot more of the anti-gravity chairs come out into the mainstream massage chair market, as this is all the rage now in the industry. Sanyo has it’s new 7700 model which also is anti-gravity. But, the price tag on the 7700 is about $1000 more! Both great companies, but with significant price differences if you are just looking for the basic anti-gravity feature.

If any of you have one of these models or are familiar with other manufacturer’s competing models, please feel free to add your comments to this blog. We’d love to hear from you! By the way, we just received one of the new Omega Montage Elite massage chairs in our clinic/showroom. This is a honey of a chair and quite a bit larger than the HT-125 which sits beside it in our clinic. I can’t wait to learn more about this chair and let you know about it, too.

Dr. Alan Weidner
www.massage-chair-relief.com

It has been a while in the planning, but we are pleased to announce that we are opening our brick and mortar showroom next week. We have split our clinic into two parts, the clinical treatment side, and the massage chair showroom side. We will be carrying 7 models in the showroom: HT-125 (which is a good representative for the HT-135 and HT-136 as well, since it is the same chair but with different aesthetic touches), HT-7120, HT-7450 (anti-gravity massage chair), HT-1650 (my personal favorite), Panasonic EP30003, Sanyo 5000, and the Omega Montage Elite.

The Panasonic EP30003 and Omega Montage Elite are new additions to our business. They will be up on the website within the week. You can learn more about them at that time. The Omega Montage Elite will replace the Omega 5000DLX, which is being discontinued by their manufacturer.

This is a pretty good range of chair models, as far as prices and features go. Of course, we carry more models than these on the website…but working with these models for our general public will create a baseline for us to work from when getting to figure out the needs of each individual client.

I am so excited about this showroom. One of the great advantages of having this showroom is that we can give more specific attention to our local clients. We can also provide GE Money financing programs, among which is a 90-day same as cash plan, which will make affording a massage chair that much more feasible for everyone.

We will plan a grand opening during the first week or two of December and will put video footage of the event on this website. It will be so great! We are all so excited. Thank you all for your support of our business. We are one of the top online retailers in the world, and now we can create a real-life experience for our clients and become a larger part of the offline massage chair market. If you live in Salt Lake City or if you are visiting Utah, please feel free to contact us. We’d love to have you visit our new brick-and-mortar showroom.

I’ll keep you posted about the actual date of our grand opening.

To your continued health,

Dr. Alan Weidner
www.massage-chair-relief.com

Human Touch has come out with a new massage chair that I absolutely adore! The new HT-7120 massage chair is like a glorified HT-125/135/136 model. It is a bulkier, richer looking chair than the other models I just mentioned. On top of that, it has a few features that the older models don’t have.

1. Massage intensity adjustment. I have seen a few of my patients sit on my HT-125 and ask if we can make the massage less intense. The only way we could make the massage less intense was by putting the “dampening” pillow under the patient’s back (it comes with the HT-125/135/136) or by reclining the massage chair at a lesser angle. Now, the HT-7120 has a massage intensity adjustment which allows the chair to cater to all sorts of pain tolerances.

2. Dual lumbar heaters. I have always wanted to have heating pads on the backs of my patients when they are on the massage chairs. Now, we have it…built in!

3. Adjustable calf massager. Of all the features that massage chair has, the calf massager is probably the most controversial. I say controversial because folks either love it or hate it. The adjustable width now opens up the possibility of the calf massager assisting more folks because the level of comfort can be adjusted. The adjustment is right on the ottoman so you can just lean forward and push the “+” or “-” button to make it wider or narrower, respectively. A great feature!

There you have it. The HT-7120 is a great chair. It comes in a black or beautiful dark chocolate color. The dark chocolate color looks kinda like a deep red color. I love that color. This chair also comes with a 3 year warranty. You can check out the chair here:

http://www.massage-chair-relief.com/human_touch_ht7120_massage_chair.html

If you have this chair or have had any experience with this chair, or if you have any questions, feel free to add your comment to this blog.

I will discuss the anti-gravity HT-7450 chair next time.

Dr. Alan Weidner
www.massage-chair-relief.com

I am so happy to announce that we finally have a blog up for this wonderful site. I’d like to thank Aditya and his crew at Wildnet Technologies for putting this beauty up for us. This will be a forum for me to add new information, insights, or news about the massage chairs we carry, our site, our business, new massage chairs, chairs we are dropping, and anything else I feel I want to talk about. This will be a great forum for updating everyone of our visitors and clients about our business and industry.

We, at www.massage-chair-relief.com, are going through some wonderful changes over the next month or so and I will keep you updated as to the progress and rationale of our changes. I am so excited about this industry and the amazing products that we provide for you, our precious clients and visitors.

We also added a couple of new chairs over the last month and will be adding 2 or 3 more over the next few weeks, too. I will go over each chair on separate posts so that you can become familiar with them and learn why I love them and why we are carrying them on our site.

We have dropped some chairs, either because they were discontinued or because they did not serve the greater good of you, our all-important visitors and clients. We’ll discuss the rationale for dropping them too.

The bottom line is that I am so dog-gone excited to have this blog up so we can stay in closer contact during the buying process. Have a fantastic day!

Feel free to comment on this blog, too.

Dr. Alan Weidner
www.massage-chair-relief.com