Manual settings allow you to choose between point, zone, or whole-body massage.
When you first turn on the chair, it will typically be set to whole-body massage, meaning the rollers travel up and down your back.
If you select Point, you can move the rollers to a specific location and have them focus on that particular area. For me, I like to use this setting on my suboccipital muscles—the small muscles at the base of the skull that help connect and support the skull and neck.
If you experience headaches, particularly what are commonly called stress headaches or cervicogenic headaches, focusing the massage on this area can be especially helpful.
Some people experience migraine-like pain that may be associated with stress and tension around the head and back of the neck. In those situations, I may use the point-massage setting to target a specific area.
You can also select Zone. Different massage chair manufacturers may use different names for these settings, but generally, the options work like this:
- Point: Focuses the rollers on one specific spot.
- Zone: Focuses on a broader area, typically around a six-inch range.
- Whole Body: Moves the rollers throughout the entire back.
Personally, I’ll often select the neck area and use the Point setting to focus the massage directly on my suboccipital muscles.
Anyway, I hope you found this video helpful. I’m Dr. Alan Weidner from Massage Chair Relief, and I’ll see you in the next video. Bye-bye.
