The Tiger Tail 18 Inch Rolling Muscle Massager is a foam covered, muscle-friendly self massage tool that assists individuals with deep tissue massage, trigger point therapy and sports massage therapy.
$ 22.97
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The Tiger Tail 18 Inch Rolling Muscle Massager is a foam covered, muscle-friendly self massage tool that assists individuals with deep tissue massage, trigger point therapy and sports massage therapy.
Doctor Recommended,
I was recently introduced to the Tiger Tail Rolling Massager and was
very impressed with the design, quality and performance. As a doctor of
physical therapy, I am always looking for home products for my patients
that are easy to use and that supplement the treatment I give in the
clinic. The Tiger Tail is a perfect tool for self soft tissue
mobilization. I highly recommend the Tiger Tail to my patients as an
adjunct to therapy. –Dr. Jeff Hill, DPT, MA, CSCS
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|Tiger Tail is very effective!,
I wasn’t expecting much when I first ordered the Tiger Tail, but at such a low price it was worth a shot to relieve my aching muscles. As an endurance athlete I get my fair share of aches and pains. There is nothing like an hour with a massage therapist to relieve the aches, but who can afford that everyday? With the Tiger Tail you get deep tissue relief anytime you need it. It helps with the pain, but it also helps your muscles recover much quicker than I had hoped–
It’s a great product and worth twice the price!
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|Can make this at Home Depot,
I know that the 18″ Tiger Tail is shown here, but I wanted to let everyone know my thoughts on a very similar product by the same company – the 22″ Tiger Tail. My 22″ Tiger Tail is so not worth the $30 I paid for it. I could’ve made this at age 10. How do I know? I know because it fell apart on me on the first day – not because it broke, but just because of poor construction and assembly.
When I was gently moving the roller around in the middle to examine it, I noticed that the edge of it (barely protruding from the black foam) had some familiar looking markings; it looked like a PVC pipe that had been sawed and not sanded down to be smooth. The handle accidentally popped off and went tumbling across the floor, and that’s when I realized how cheap and overpriced this product is.
Why did it look like PVC pipe? Because it actually is! The handles are simply pushed onto a 1/2″ diam. PVC pipe (mine actually still had the crude markings, size, company, etc. that you see on PVC pipe you obtain from hardware stores). They could at least secure the handles on there! The black foam is fitted onto another PVC pipe (I think it’s 3/4″ diam) and slid over the longer 1/2″ pipe. The inside of the 3/4″ pipe and the outside of the 1/2″ pipe are “lubricated” with a light grease – I’d say something a little lighter than petroleum jelly (Vaseline). Throw together some PVC pipe + foam + handles + cheap grease, and Voila, you have yourself a Tiger Tail.
You can get it to work and do the job, but probably not as well as you should for the price. Here are my complaints. 1.) Sand/polish ends – They could at least polish the ends of the PVC pipe that were cut. 2.) Secure handles – How hard is it to secure to handles that slide onto a PVC pipe? Using glue or an adhesive is not rocket science. 3.) Make rolling smooth – One big thing is the lack of polishing between the pipes. They should make surfaces between the 2 pipes (the ones that actually rub together as you roll the TT over your muscles) smooth so that the rolling feels frictionless. When you press harder to get deeper into the muscles, you feel that the PVC pipes against each other are not smooth. Maybe they should just use better materials. 4.) Grease? Come on now. That will attract dirt in the long run or eventually dry up and your TT will be even less smooth when rolling.
Bottom line: Cheap parts, cheap construction, way over-priced. The Stick is much better quality (just hope you don’t get one with foul-smelling rubber handles like my Sprinter Stick has).
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