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5 Reasons People With Back and Knee Pain Are Trading $50 Clinic Visits for a Red Light Mat on Their Own Bed

The light works, but the schedule doesn't. Red light works best several nights a week, and nobody can drive to a clinic that often. So they lie down on this instead, 20 minutes a night, at home.

If you pay for back pain relief, you already know the rhythm. You get a good day after the appointment, and by day four or five it's all tight again. So you book again, week after week, and the bill never stops.

Here's what nobody at the front desk tells you. The treatment isn't the problem. The problem is the six nights in between, when your back is on its own.

So more and more people now do something different on those nights. Here are the five reasons why.

Reason 1

1The math: 16 clinic sessions a month cost up to $1,200. This costs $699, once.

Red light works best four or more times a week. One session at a US studio costs $35 to $75. Four times a week is 16 sessions a month, which comes to $560 to $1,200, every single month.² Even one chiropractor visit a week, at about $50, adds up to $2,600 a year.

Example cash prices from public US price lists.²

★★★★★

“I haven't needed my chiropractor in a year.” My lower back pain is gone. I was at the chiropractor every single week for six years. I haven't booked an appointment in a year, and I'm off the pain pills.Robert K. · Tucson, AZ · 11 months in

Reason 2

2Every night beats once a week, and your whole back beats one spot.

Red light isn't magic. It works like a dose, and you get the effect by doing it again and again.

At a clinic you get one lamp, on one spot, once a week. On this mat, your neck, your back, your hips and your legs all get the light at once, and they get it every night. That's the real difference. It isn't stronger light. It's more light, more often, on more of you.

And it isn't new. Researchers have pooled the trials on red and near-infrared light for the exact pain people pay clinics for.¹ That's 53 clinical trials on back, neck and knee pain.

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“Took a few weeks, but now it holds.” My adjustments used to wear off in two days. Now my back stays loose most of the week. I wish it had worked faster.Greg H. · Columbus, OH · 7 weeks in

Reason 3

3You don't stand, and you don't drive. You lie down for 20 minutes, and it feels warm.

The red light booth at the gym means standing still for 12 minutes, after you've driven there. If your back or your knees are the problem, standing still for 12 minutes is the hard part.

This is different. You roll it out on your bed, you lie down, and you press one button. A gentle warmth spreads from your neck to your calves, and your muscles let go. You can watch your show or fall asleep, because it turns itself off after 20 minutes.

neck to calves1,410 LEDsauto-off 20 min

Reason 4

4It reaches below the skin, where a heating pad never gets.

A heating pad feels good while it's on, but it only warms your skin. The ache sits deeper, in the muscle and the joint.

Red light at 660 nm warms the tissue just under your skin, like sun on your back. Near-infrared light at 850 nm goes further, and it reaches the muscle and the joint, right where the pain sits.

• Heating pad stops at the skin.
• Red light, 660 nm warms the tissue just under the skin, about 5 mm.
• Near-infrared, 850 nm reaches the muscle and the joint, up to about 30 mm.

And for the spots the mat can't reach while you lie on it, two pieces come free in the box right now. The Relief Belt goes around your lower back while you sit, and the Neck & Shoulder Wrap covers your neck and both shoulders. Together they're worth $398, and they're free while the Fall Sale lasts.

Reason 5

5You get 60 nights to try it. Opened and used is fine, and you get every dollar back.

Most mat companies won't take a mat back once the box is open, and some charge up to 20% to “restock” it. So if it doesn't help, you're stuck with it.

EMBRA works the other way around. You can lie on it for 60 nights, use it every night and throw away the box. If it doesn't help your back, you email them, and they send you a prepaid return label. You get every dollar back, with no restocking fee.

60nightsOpened · Used · Every dollar back

What to Expect, Night by Night

• Night 1You feel a gentle warmth on your back, and the muscles let go while you lie there.
• Week 1–2The mornings get easier. There's less shuffling before you stand up straight.
• Week 3–4The stiffness lets go faster. Stairs, the car and getting dressed take less bracing.
• Week 6–8This is the full effect. And it's right where your 60 nights end, so you decide with the whole picture.

Week 1–2

Week 3–4

Week 6–8

You have two choices. You can keep paying $50 to $150 a visit for relief that's gone by Thursday. Or you can lie down tonight and give it 60 nights, with every dollar back if it doesn't help.

Free US shipping · 2-year warranty · Free belt + neck wrap ($398) while the Fall Sale lasts

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