8 Best Mobile Muscle Massage Therapist Devices (Portable)


Some of the best massage therapy devices are the ones that a mobile massage therapist can easily take from place to place.

Regardless of whether a massage is done by a professional or at home, it provides several health benefits.

A mobile muscle massage therapist device will adequately reduce stress, improve circulation, eliminate toxins, reduce pain, improve sleep, reduce anxiety, alleviate headaches, lengthen muscles, and restore normal function to your joints and tissues.

Muscle maintenance and recovery is one of the most important aspects of a developing body, especially for exercisers and athletes. 

If you’re not doing anything to get your muscles back to 100% between workouts, you could be increasing your recovery time, reducing circulation, and allowing your muscles to grow tighter and less supple.

If you’re serious about muscle recovery, try these:

8 Best Mobile Muscle Massage Therapist Devices


1. Foam Roller

One of the most portable and effective muscle massage therapy devices is the foam roller.

Any time my body feels imbalanced, tight, or sore after a workout, I grab the foam roller and get to work.

The foam roller is one of the easiest tools you can use at home to massage tight muscles.

There are even foam roller exercises you can do to get the benefits of exercise and massage at the same time.

The more often you foam roll, the more likely your muscles will remain in a state of relaxation over time.

To use a foam roller correctly, apply direct and sweeping loads perpendicular to the to the muscles primary path.

Never roll the joints.

In doing so, you will break up scar tissue, reduce and remove adhesions, and remove tension and friction between the fascia of the muscle.

Foam rolling in this fashion will lengthen your muscles, increase blood flow, and allow your joints and muscles to function in the way they were meant to.

Another great benefit of foam rolling is an increase in range of motion.

One review of 14 articles showed that self-myofascial release with a foam roller massager appears to have short-term effects on increasing joint range of motion without negatively affecting muscle performance.

As an athlete, an excellent range of motion might be the thing you need to go from good to great.

I often use the TriggerPoint GRID for all my foam rolling needs. The quality and colorful design have made this foam roller one of my favorite choices to lengthen and relieve sore muscles.


2. Percussive Massage Gun

A percussive massage using a massage gun is one of the latest treatments for relaxing a muscle.

Short, rapid, powerful pulses massage deep into the muscle, helping to relieve pain and increase range of motion in the effected area.

One study shows that vibration therapy reduced muscle soreness in a significantly less amount of time as compared to regular massage therapy.

What’s great about the percussive massage gun is you don’t really have to do any work. You just turn it on and point it at the sore and knotted areas.

Sit back, relax, and let the hand-held percussive massage gun do all the work.

Try the Exerscribe Personal Percussion Massage Gun. This LOUD but powerful handheld massager will put the life back into your muscles. If you can ignore the noise, this VYBE handheld deep muscle massager is one of the best on the market.


3. Massage Chair

Have you ever walked through a mall and seen everyone taking turns in one of those massage chairs?

Why not get one of your own?

Forget massaging single muscles and get the entire body feeling good and relaxed in one fell swoop, and in the comfort of your own home.

Reduce stress, improve mood, and let a massage chair do the work for you.

If you’re serious about working your muscles as often as you can, you might consider the Shiatsu Electric Massage Chair. This relaxing and ergonomic massage chair could be just the thing you are looking for.


4. Massage Balls

A massage ball is one of the most portable and mobile muscle massage therapist devices. A foam roller is great for the large muscles throughout the body.

What about the muscles in the more detailed areas of the body like the shoulder, scapula, and upper region of the back? Massage balls are also great for treating plantar fasciitis.

Massage balls can be used to target these regions with smaller muscles that are much harder to get to with a foam roller.

Try the Kieba Massage Lacrosse Balls for Myofascial Release, Trigger Point Therapy, Muscle Knots, and Yoga Therapy. These solid, durable, easy to use massage balls can be used anywhere, are easily portable, and can be pulled out at a moments notice. I use one of these often to get out the kinks and knots my foam roller can’t reach.

A massage ball is also great for pinpointing knots and getting to the deeper underlying muscles.

A hard massage ball paired with a compressive weight or smashing type pressure can really focus your efforts where you need them the most.

Remove knots, alleviate fascial tension and get your body moving in the right direction.


5. Voodoo Floss Compression Bands

Some people swear by the voodoo floss compression bands.

The purpose of voodoo floss compression bands is to allow the sliding surfaces of the musculature to slide freely, break up scar tissue, remove lactic acid, open and relieve the friction within a joint capsule, and break up or remove the fuzz that accumulates between tissue surfaces. 

Over time, poor diet, muscular damage from exercise, and inflammation cause fuzz to build up and increase the friction between muscular structures, forcing you to be stiff and immobile.

Use the voodoo floss compression bands to work, loosen and remove the fuzz out of these critical path areas.

Voodoo floss compression bands are great for increasing range of motion.

One study shows that floss bands that were applied to the ankle increased range of motion and improved single-leg jump performance.

If you’re intent on progressing towards a greater range of motion and overall athletic performance, you need to be flossing your muscles on a regular basis.

I often see people using the WOD Nation Muscle Floss Bands Recovery Bands. These bands help to significantly reduce muscle soreness and remove intramuscular “junk.” The healing and cleansing power of using a floss band has been shown to aid strained and swollen muscles.


6. Back Massage Stick

Need to get to some hard to reach places behind your back?

Use the curved and easily usable back massage stick.

Relax on your couch as you dig into those back muscles.

Apply the end to the knots and pressure points and rediscover the fluid and relaxed back muscles you have been missing out on.

The Back Buddy Self Massage Tool claims to be the best massage tool ever made. The sturdy S-design allows you to access all of the hard to reach places. The Back Buddy touts its ability to help with Myofascial Release (MRF), Acupressure, Foot Reflexology, and Deep Tissue Massage Therapy.


7. Deep Tissue Roller

Sometimes I have muscles that almost seem to be resistant to any amount of pressure given to me from the typical foam roller.

Instead, try the ribbed, deep tissue roller.

This massage roller will make it much easier to hit the deeper muscles of the body, and really break up hard to reach scar tissue.

Myofascial release therapy becomes a breeze with a heavy-duty roller such as this.

Get the RumbleRoller. The patented design assists in optimal muscle health and flexibility. Move better and feel stronger once you’ve started rolling on this after every workout.


8. Roller Stick

A small, convenient tool you can use in the office, at home, or wherever you go is the roller stick.

If you’re getting sore muscles from sitting at your desk all day, give yourself a little bit of relief with a quick and discreet massage tool.

Quickly massage your legs, your neck, and your forearms during the day.

Massages can relieve stress, wake you up, increase blood flow to the body, allowing you to be more efficient and productive throughout the day.

A 1996 study found that massage in the workplace reduced anxiety. The study showed that a 15-minute chair massage was more effective than a 15-minute break to reduce anxiety.

Put your roller stick in your desk drawer and use it as often as you need to.

Use the IDSON Muscle Roller Stick for Athletes. This easy to use design will aid in recovery, reduce stiffness, increase your circulation, and reduce risk of injury.


Summary: 8 Best Mobile Muscle Massage Therapist Devices (Portable)

I’m down for a massage just about any day of the week. With the added stress and strain working out puts on the body, daily massage is key to recover and get back to working out with a purpose. Add massage to your regular routine and enjoy the benefits that come along with pain relief and muscle recovery that massage provides.

Do you assist your body in muscle recovery? Could you be doing more? Let me know below!

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