In reply to Simonfarfaraway:
Hi Simon,
It is - just to be clear - a review, without any feedback or influence from the brand itself.
I'm actually quite curious as to why you think it is advertising, because if you'd read the review you'd probably have seen that it had quite a luke warm reception, which is summarised by the following line:
"I am a little unsure as to whether it's worth it"
This is hardly a marketing slogan to fill you with confidence and certainly not something that a brand would pay for us to say (and if they did, I'm pretty sure they'd want their money back).
When it comes to recommending how it's used, I have been very careful to highlight its usage for care and maintenance, which should - in turn - help in terms of injury prevention; however, at no point did I say to use it if you are already injured. If this is the case, go and see a specialist, see what they say, and proceed accordingly.
Whilst I appreciate the sentiment of getting a qualified PT or specialist practitioner to review the product we just don't have the resources to do this. This year has been a tough year for us all and UKC is no exception. I often think people set the bar impossibly high when it comes to the reviews we publish vs. the reviews published elsewhere. Having watched/read a number of other reviews of massage guns online it would suffice to say that very few offer the levels of honestly I've tried to here.