My Experience of Using the OSIM ISymphony Massage Chair

My wife dragged me along to an ideal home show - Ithumbs and palms were being used on my back.
don't want to sound chauvinistic but I can't standBut the best was yet to come. You see the
window shopping for wallpaper and garden chairs -iSymphony gets its name because it plays music
however, I'm glad I went as I got to try out theduring the massage. However, it just doesn't play the
iSymphony massage chair from a company calledmusic; the music actually determines the sort of
OSIM. I've sat in other robotic massage chairs somemassage you get. If you choose to play rock music
years ago and never liked them but this chair reallyyou get a very aggressive and intense massage
did make me want to buy one.whereas slow classical music will give you a much
The chair itself looked like something out of Starmore gentle massage. It's incredible; the massage
Trek, with its metal foot rails and the mostsynchronizes with the music and it's all automatic.
complicated looking control I've ever seen. However,Although not at the show, the sales lady told me
from the moment I sat in it I began to relax, it wasthat there's an audio visual model called the
so comfortable. But I hadn't seen anything yet.iSymphony AV. I'm not sure I'd want this version as I
The kindly sales lady operated the chair for me andquite like to close my eyes when having a gentle
briefly explained some of its key points. Anyhow,massage.
before I knew what was happening, the chair firstAlso on the stand was the iDesire chair. Apparently
locked my lower legs in its calf massager. It thenthis is one of the world's best. It comes with foot
began to scan my back using, I was told, infraredand arm massagers and a whole heap of massage
probes. During this phase the chair automaticallyprograms, air bags, rollers and so on. I didn't try it out
moves the internal massage rollers to perfectly fitthough; I thought it looked a little too scary for me.
the contours of your spine - quite incredible.And besides, it didn't come with the music therapy
It then began the massage. The massage I receivedsystem.
was one of the 5 Healthcare programs - I can'tTechnology really has moved on since I last tried a
remember which one. The massage was wonderful.robotic massage chair. I was never a fan of them
No, I've never been to a real-life, professionalbut after trying the OSIM ISymphony chair I've
massager but the company claims that thebecome a huge fan. I could well get used to having a
iSymphony is a genuine shiatsu massage chair. Thedaily massage while listening to some Beethoven.
lady explained to me what Shiatsu was and, althoughNow, if only I could persuade my wife to spend
I'm certainly no expert, it did feel as though fingers,$3,500 on one.