massage chair

$6,000 for a Healthy Back

More than just the La-Z-Boy for the wealthy, Inada's Sogno massage chair (above) can give you a healthier back -- and shoulder, arm, and fingertip.

The Sogno chair (pronounced "SOHN-yo") was the winner of the CES Innovation Award for 2009, for its impeccable balance of comfort, functionality, and design. Songo, which means "dream" in Italian, can massage over 1,200 square inches of you as you sit in it, including from your shoulder to your fingertip. That's more than any other chair on the market. Doesn't that sound nice? It gets better:

"Every Sogno massage begins with an infrared body scan that compares a user's profile to 106 stored body profiles. Advanced robotics and differentially applied then mimic the hand movements of a human massage therapist, providing the widest range of variation and choreography in kneading, tapping, and sophisticated stroke combinations." -- Inada

$6,000 doesn't seem like too much to pay for an infrared scan and a full-body massage every time you sit down to watch TV. You can purchase the chair from HealthyBack.

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Human Touch Zero Gravity Massage Chair

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Human Touch calls the HT-7450 the world's first zero-gravity massage chair claiming that it basically helps to defy the effects of gravity. It reclines deeply with the back, seat and footrest moving in synchronization to position the body for massage comfort. From there it massages the neck, back and legs. It has an adjustable headrest, a detection system that scans the back and creates a map of individual pressure points. There is an eight-point seat massage system as well as a foot and calf massager and two lumbar head modules. It is being exhibited at CES and has been chosen as a Innovations 2008 Design and Engineering Award honoree in the Furniture product category. It sells for $3999.

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The Rave Massage Chair

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It's not going to win major points from me for design but the Rave massage and music chair has other things to recommend it. It has four pre-programmed massage sessions, each running 15 minutes with automatic shutoff. The Shiatsu acupressure and Swedish massage techniques can be adjusted by intensity, width, speed and direction offering deep kneading, tapping, rolling, spot and partial massages. It also has built-in storage for an iPod or MP3 player with the bass notes synchronized to the vibrations. There are two dynamic, full-range speakers mounted in the back and a music jack in the arm storage compartment. The consumer can plug-in so the music will play right through the chair. When the massage is operating and music is playing, the massage will be synchronized to the beat of the music. It comes in black, brown, gray, green or red and sells for $899.

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