Bests & Worsts Reviews from Amazon

While reviewing the weather on my IPad, I accidentally hit one of those irritating advertising pop-ups which was Lotus Masters. Lo and behold is was about accupressure mats. I've never heard of one so the more I read the more intrigued I became. Plus, I was looking for a last minute unique Christmas gift for my 24 yr old son. I discovered several sites and reviews on accupressure mats and was SO confused, until I came upon the Spoonk site. After reading all the reviews, there was a certain one that just clicked with me and my mind was made up. I ordered the turquoise colored mat with the pillow and tote bag for my son. Just imagine his "what the heck is THIS" look on his face Christmas morning. Needless to say, he's hooked. Yes, laying on top of a mat that resembles golf shoe spikes is very intimidating and yes, it hurts, at first. He uses it every night before he goes to sleep. He finally allowed me to use it. I was actually scared knowing what was coming, but...I'm serious when I say I fell asleep the very first time. After the initial ow, ow ow and getting adjusted, I went into lala land. I've also tried it with clothes on and that was useless. So now it's bare skin. I actually get excited when I get to use it. For me, it's very relaxing, invigorating, energizing, plus my trigger points and lower back pain goes away. I use the smaller mat as a pillow each time and the spikes digging in my neck and back of my head feels so good. I'm now up 45 minutes every time I use it. I LOVE this thing. Oh, and I just received my very own mat in pretty orange yesterday. There's one thing that happened that I can't stop talking about to anyone that will listen and has me convinced EVERYONE should own a SPOONK mat. After throwing football with my son I couldn't lift my right arm past my chin the next day. It hurt soooo bad and I wondered if the mat would do any good? I promise, promise, promise after 45 minutes and most of that was in a deep sleep, the pain in my arm was totally gone. I could not believe it. The pain was so bad I couldn't turn the steering wheel in my car. Now my husband wants one. Bottom line, you just have to get used to it, 5 to 10 minutes of adjusting, then lala land. Only if you stay on it for at least 30 minutes. I am a 57 yr old female, 5' 7" and 170 lbs. Now do yourself a favor and order a Spoonk. The price for what you get plus the colors you can choose is very decent. I hope my experiences with the Spoonk mats will help with your decision to buy one or more.