This is really great! It activates immediately circulation, especially useful for sedentary workers. I will buy a second one soon as a present! :)Thanks Cult Beauty - you rock!

I drive a lot for work and was looking for something to help reduce the tension and stiffness I often started to feel. I found that it really helped me to relax and I slept incredibly well - not even realising I wasn't sleeping well in the first place. I have this and the pillow and find this much better, although after long days having to stand (I work a lot of events), the pillow is great for your feet!

Being Swedish I was first introduced to this wonderful thing in 2007 when it was the "Chrstmas present of the year". I suffer from really bad tendonitis, and on the occasions where the pain is unbearable, I take 20 minutes and lie on this mat. At first its obviously very sore, but you get used to it and the benefits are great! I also bought the pillow but I find myself using the mat a lot more often! Brilliant product that acts more or less like acupuncture !

I bought it twice both times as presents. My friends really happy about the ACUPRESSURE MAT! I want it too ;) Just waiting for the black one to arrive!

I have had chronic back pain for about five years now, and I've tried everything in the book. Ultimately, it seems to me, if you have back pain that won't shift, the only thing that will make life more comfortable is limitless money, because the remedial comforts that work - like massage, acupuncture, osteopathy etc provide short term relief at a high cost. Consequently, I am always on the lookout for ways to achieve the same, short term, symptomatic relief - for when I really need it - without having to fork out to go to a specialist. This mat, I am thrilled to say, appears to do just that. I've only had it a day, so I can't speak for the long term, but it has been great so far. As acute back pain is usually the result of muscle spasm or chronic tension, it's difficult to fix on your own because the pain won't let you relax, and yet relaxation is the only way out. What is brilliant about the mat is that the spikes overstimulate your skin and distract you from the pain, so instead of only being able to think about that one spot that is agony, your brain gets confused and that one spot melts into a general sensation of your entire back against the spikes - a feeling that is oddly, quite nice and very difficult to describe! Warm and prickly - in a good way!! I suppose the best parallel is the way a hot water bottle can soften the edges of very localised pain, except I think this works better. I'm really impressed, and curious about the pillow version!