Best professional massage equipment according to redditors

Thanks, Sporkman. Now I know what to get my niece for her birthday.

Best sheets by far. Very soft. Wash well. And hold up!!! Massage Sheets

Find a good bolster for under your knees. Something like they'd use when you get a massage. I just use a yoga bolster since I had one already. I put links in for reference...non-affiliate.

Depending on the day, placement varies, sometimes I have to put it higher up (so it's almost under my hips) & some days it's just right under my knees themselves.

For side sleeping, something like this is supposed to help. I refuse to buy something so silly and have used very firm pillows with varying degrees of success. I used to be a 100% side sleeping but, I really just can't do it anymore.

FWIW, I have a jacked up left SI joint with pain that sounds very similar to yours. I just had a nerve ablation yesterday after a year+ of conservative treatment. I posted about it the night before last if you wanna read anything about it to verify.

I have a back brace as well. I lovingly refer to it as my turtle shell since it goes from literally under my boobs to just above my crotch and is hardshell. It's like a corset. People see it and think it's a medieval torture device but it's so helpful. I use it when the joint is so bothered and my back muscles are so exhausted that they start spasming. However, I couldn't imagine trying to sleep in the thing. The purpose of mine is to give support vertically to give my muscles a chance to chill the hell out. Using it for TOO long defeats the purpose of PT, which is building core strength, since it's letting the muscles be lazy. I usually only wear it if I'm having a really hard day or if I'm traveling.

TL;DR - yeah...sorry 'bout that. :)

I get mine on Amazon. They're flannel and wash really nicely. They also have several different colors you can choose from or get different ones if you like. They're nice and warm too! Here's the link: https://www.amazon.com/Pro-Premium-Flannel-Sheet-Natural/dp/B00E3RYZF2/ref=sr_1_3_a_it?ie=UTF8&qid=1485142656&sr=8-3&keywords=massage%2Bsheets&th=1

BVLGARI Aqva Atlantiqve Eau de Toilette Spray, 3.3 Ounce https://www.amazon.com/dp/B06W2J9JP7/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_i_jjnnDbTAY2XAX

Amazon has the Bvgari for $52.89 if that's a price point you're okay with. I've gotten a lot of my fragrances from amazon before and as long as the seller says " Sold by Amazon " you can be sure they're authentic.

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00F575N1E/ref=twister_B00GSLSDZY?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1 "148.99" https://www.amazon.com/Pro-Premium-Flannel-Sheet-Piece/dp/B00E3RZ0DS "19.99" https://www.amazon.com/Therapists-Choice%C2%AE-Massage-Table-Fleece/dp/B003EMVYEC "6.99" https://www.amazon.com/Master-Massage-Beauty-Rolling-Hydraulic/dp/B00HVHAF6O?th=1 "72.23"
148.99 19.99 6.99 72.23 Equals: $248.20
Selling the set for $200 :)

It's just a hair over $9 to get the two plates.

You don't need to buy every weight in 1.25kg increments, just slap those bad boys on the ends when you're ready to move from, say, 5kg to 7.5kg, but not yet 10kg.

> >Buying equipment that the gym already had to have.

>Really?

Rather than yelling at tehblister, consider this; if your gym doesn't have the equipment you need, either get your own, or find a new fucking gym.

Probably not a perfect fix, but there are products for this

i'm from Australia and here are some tips from everything i've learned fleshlighting everyday

• its worth paying the extra for express shipping, it usually comes REALLY fast often the next day and you can check the tracking so you're able to intercept it at the door from whoever you live with
  
• it all comes in a completely plain brown cardboard box that's small/modest, big enough to fit 2 pairs of shoes in. Probably need to find a good excuse for the delivery, but to open you need scissors to cut the tape on the box. So for that reason nobody is "taking a peak" at what it is. preemptively tell them you're getting something mundane delivered and already have that laying around
  
• inside the brown box is the literally branded packaging for the products you will have to throw out discretely
  
• you should definitely buy quality lube do not buy lube like "wet stuff" brand which is really common in Australia, wet stuff is terrible for fleshlights. official Fleshlube is the best, lovehoneys one is decent. The more popular lube in america you'll see talked about is called "gunoil h20" but its not often sold here. brick and mortar stores in AU have mostly bad lube and the good stuff is overpriced
  
• There is an immediate and noticeable difference in lube quality, Don't buy 1 small bottle of lube, buy 3 large bottles of quality lube so that when you start to run out you have time to order another batch and pay less on shipping. quality lube is expensive but think of each bottles as X amount of fun tickets.
  
• using a sleeve without lube is NOT recommended
  
• cleaning is deeply discussed on this thread everyday and you'll find heaps of guides on it, although i choose to simply wash 2 sleeves and case everyday in the shower and put the rest dried in a plastic box. Think of cleaning your sleeve like brushing your teeth, you can hide the fleshlight inside your towel when you go to the bathroom, people generally don't bother you when you're getting naked
  
• do not put the big lid on when you're not using it, it seals up the fleshlight which can cause odors or bacteria quicker, store them in a large box with plenty of air without the lid on, try and wash them all every week
  
• heating plays a huge part in the experience, you can sit the sleeve in a container full of hot water, although you'll need a towel because you get water all over the place. You'll probably need a rag in general. The FL sleeve warmer under "accessories" on the fl store is about $50 AUD and is good value, it only heats up to a warm temperature and then turns off although if you leave it running, it will turn off/on and cycle in a loop keeping the sleeve warm, i have personally passed out drunk and found it still warming loop in the morning, so its kind of fire hazard safe, definitely don't forget about it though
  
• cold fleshlights aren't really a great time, even with the FL sleeve warmer your lube you pour in will cool down the warmth and you'll have a lukewarm experience, although its usually enough time to have a great time with it, lukewarm is 4 times as good as cold. For much longer sessions you have 2 fleshlights, one heating on the warmer and you swap mid session.
  
• Hot water buckets with a lid are great for this because you can have 4-5 or more sleeves in and just switch for new experience and warmth, this is much more costly on lube though and you have the added annoyance of concealing large volumes of water and finding a way to fill it with heated water discretely around room mates which is the added complication, but hot water is great.
  
• don't use boiling water as you could damage the sleeve and sometimes pockets really hot water can get stuck inside the sleeve and be a nasty surprise, although sometimes brief moments of pain can be stimulating in itself, but not great for the nerve endings as you get older (did this back in the day many years ago)
  
• warming the lube quickly in a microwave is really great although that warmth is quickly lost and you might leave in odor in the microwave and if your room mate catches you finding excuses is difficult
  
• to solve this you can buy a cheap heated coffee cup from ebay/china or a "lotion warmer" from asia or amazon that are used by massage professionals to heat the lube while you use the FL warmer or water to heat the fleshlight. The most premium lube warmer is this american thing that costs a lot and sells out all over the place. Using the hot water method is really fun, but the FL warmer will do fine and the water method will become too much effort in the long run and you wont use your toy as often. the good thing about the warmer on fleshlights AU site is it includes an australia wall plug. While its important to check if any other warmers you buy potentially overseas such as lotion warmers or coffee mugs ship with australian plugs.
  
• picking a sleeve to the size of your penis is important, measure your erect penis with a ruler app or ruler then use the measuring tool on fleshassist to figure out how much value you'll get out of the sleeve, if you open a sleeve page on fleshassist and hold your mouse over the texture picture it has a ruler function, this better allows you to study which parts of the sleeve you'll be hitting and what depths. The way the sensations translate from what you see in the picture to your actual penis are really different, destroya for example feels like you're pumping through hundreds of pleasure noodles, the ribs are floppy like ramen and rub you.
  
• The cheaper 30-50 dollar sleeves that aren't "fleshlight girls" that aren't 100 AUD products are made from a pink material that's lower quality that the "fleshlight girls" range and not mentioned in the advertising. These generally aren't as stimulating but can however be fun, the "choose your own" cheaper pink sleeve has a "cheeks" entry thats not in the fleshlight girls range that can be really fun to dip inside of. The downside is you can't buy quality sleeves less than 100 AUD and everyone you buy you get the plastic case every time meaning your collection becomes harder to store over time and eventually you have a collection worth thousands, you then have the task of cleaning and maintaining all of them. Generally any standalone product under the "sleeves" section is made of the pink material thats not as good.
  
• my personal recommendation is the "punk" anal fleshlight for daily use. Destroya is really fun but sometimes too much intensity, there is so much going on inside it you'll find it hard to relax, you cum too quickly, good for end of the day power cums.
  
• with any sleeve, even if you've lubed inside of it, its important to firstly lube yourself and under your foreskin, it might seem fun to push in dry but it doesn't help you conserve lube, you will use greatly less lube by making sure to lube yourself first
  
• make sure the cap at the end is very loose during the first half a minute or so of thrusting, if you tighten the cap right before use the air vaccum will push lots of the fresh lube to the top of the unit, even sometimes pouring out of the thread of the cap and you'll have to reapply too often, slowly tighten up a bit later and it applies better. adjusting the cap while your thrusting and finding the sweet spot of suction is a fundamental thing to experiment with each sleeve, more suction is not always better, trust your body and find the "just right" amount of suction
  
• be generous with the lube for your first week and you'll learn whats a little too much and whats too little over time
  
• a lot of the guides point out you need at least 5+ uses with a fleshlight to properly rate it, this is because it literally has a breaking in period. While i always thought this was exaggerated, it is absolutely not. Sleeves definitely have a breaking in period, some more than others.
  
  other suggestions:the bathmate hydromax is only like $30 AUD and gives you hugely insane erections, the kind of erections where you pre cum starts to ooze like a tap, your veins stick out and you're highly sensitive, the best time to use this is with a fleshlight 2.5 hours after your last orgasm. This way you can ride a sleeve for a long long time and ascend mentally.
  
  a cheap power timer from bunnings combined with the $48 warmer means you can set the warmer to turn on a certain time of the day with the fleshlight mounted on it, like the morning for example, its not exactly power hungry so you can have it warming for 2-3 hours before you wake up in the morning, pressing morning wood into a warm sleeve is a decent value for probably $60-70 for the setup
  
  lastly, oculusGO is a cheap VR unit you can get from amazon for flat $300 AUD with free delivery, it is well worth it as you can download 4k 3D content to your pc hard drives and stream to the oculusGO via wifi through your modem router with a free dnla app like Skybox. The immersion from this is fantastic and severely underrated. Personally i would argue that a VR unit is life changing. the GO has no wires of any kind meaning you can also use it to watch netflix on planes/camping. Both combined are fantastic as while you're wearing the GO unit, you're placed inside the porn and can't see your fleshlight or surroundings, only feel them.
  
  The final step of all this is the fleshlight launch and using community driven software and premium syncs from syncarmy.com although the barrier with this is that the launch unit is about as loud as a cannon printer so its hard to conceal and is $380
  
  once you have a routine, its truly a life changer, your mental health will improve.
  
  its worth saving for a fleshlight girl unit and spending extra on lube and the warmer is great value, otherwise you're stuck with water prep each time.

A fleece pad for their massage table. Adds comfort and keeps the client warm. I use mine all the time:

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00I8I4HJQ/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_L.qpybRP8FA6P

Nylon mesh 1, 2.

I see your face hole and I raise you two boobie holes

Source: am an LMT. Also, adjustable face cradles are a savior when it comes to lying comfortably face down. They all adjust to YOU so don’t be afraid to bug your therapist, that’s what we are here for.

I have a C shaped maternity pillow. I hug it an lie half way on to my stomach.

Another position is to hug a regular pillow tight to elevate your upper body while taking a knee up and as close to your face as possible. This position puts you at an angle yet your stomach is facing downward.

If you want sleep 100% face down you need to look Into massage pillows. My masseuse just started renting out their pregnancy massage pillows because many are desperate to sleep face down/on their stomach

This is the kind my masseuse have: https://www.firm-n-fold.com.au/shop-online/massage-table-accessories/bolsters-cushions/pregnancy-cushion-i

Some looks like this: https://www.amazon.com/EARTHLITE-Pregnancy-Massage-Cushion-Headrest/dp/B00D1Q7Q4S

I alternate between shredded memory foam and one of hose huge u-shaped body pillows. I'm about to get one of these for when my occipital neuralgia or neck problems are acting up. My PT has one and let me try it out the other day, it felt so much better on my neck and shoulders than regular pillows but I'm worried that after laying on it for several hours it'd screw something else up.

I do this. I have a washable fleece face cradle cover that I place the disposable flat covers on. I use these as my disposable cover $12 for 100! I also hold the cover when they get up because they tend to stick to faces.

Get this https://www.amazon.com/Black-Portable-Massage-Table-Facial/dp/B00K0OW60I/ref=sr_1_4_s_it?s=beauty&ie=UTF8&qid=1524883537&sr=1-4&keywords=massage+table and something like this https://www.amazon.com/Fractionated-Coconut-Oil-Massage-Oils/dp/B01LQSSSRG/ref=sr_1_17_s_it?s=beauty&ie=UTF8&qid=1524883667&sr=1-17&keywords=massage+oil and this https://www.amazon.com/Pro-Premium-Flannel-Sheet-Natural/dp/B00E3RYZF2/ref=sr_1_4_s_it?s=beauty&ie=UTF8&qid=1524883754&sr=1-4&keywords=massage+table+sheets and finally this https://www.amazon.com/Full-Body-Massage-Back-Massage/dp/B01MDMAS7I/ref=sr_1_4?s=movies-tv&ie=UTF8&qid=1524883822&sr=1-4&keywords=massage+video or this https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NFdQJx0FHDE and your all set. I bought one and my wife just loves it! When she tells me she's had a really bad day I ask if she wants the "treatment" and she can't come home fast enough. This can be something you both can get into and share with each other.