KT Tape KT Recovery+ Wave™ Electromagnetic Pain Relief Device

I knew about these loops because a vet used an Assissi loop, this one’s big brother, to heal my agility dog’s back end when she sprained it badly. So I thought I’d try this smaller, cheaper and more portable unit to help with healing and pain from a fractured sacrum that had been hurting for 9 months. I had to leave this device on for several hours at a time. After about two hours on I noticed pain diminishing the first time I wore it. Now after about a month of sporatic use (ie, only when I had pain or did activities I knew that brought on pain) I am living mostly pain free! I also have been doing my PT exercises and they help too, but the pain wasn’t diminishing much with exercises alone. Another advantage of this unit is that it doesn’t shoot a current through your body like a tens unit, which I find very disagreeable. I will keep a KT Wave Recovery loop on hand for times when I need it.

I've experienced the much stronger PEMF machines, so if you're used to that, or used to feeling something to feel like it works, and are skeptical, read on.Wearing this while being active the only thing you will notice is that the pain subsides. You won't feel the buzz it emits.However, if you wear this while laying down in a quiet place, you will notice the buzz. My experience may be unique, but I can only describe it as feeling like a Christmas light string.I thought to wear it on my lower back while sleeping, but it was making my body do things to wear I couldn't fall asleep.First I felt the light buzz, buzz, buzz. Then noticed random muscle twitches. Then felt a warm vibration run down my right side and up my left, and stay throughout my body. Then it felt as if it went back and forth, like a current of electricity. Meanwhile the muscle twitches kept happening. For a brief moment I pictured myself as a Christmas light string and couldn't stop giggling wondering if I could light a light bulb. I realized I wasn't going to sleep with it on, so I waited a few minutes and removed it. I should mention my right hand started to ache, reminiscent of the machine if you go too strong, or too long.I slept VERY well, and felt great in the morning, no pain and inflammation was down.I wonder if the "current" I felt was it improving my circulation or tapping into all my nerves.A similar thing happened when I tried it on my bad knee the first time and laid down. Except the "current" and the twitches scared me and I stopped it within a minute.Highly recommend for any strains, sprains, inflammation, joint issues.I used a minimal amount of tape, but you can keep it in place with vet wrap or an elastic band, as someone mentioned with an elastic type garment, or lay on it as I did.Wonder if it works on migraines. Next experiment for me. Will update results.

I had forgotten I bought these, but found them again yesterday. I've had some pretty serious radiating shoulder pain off and on, so I thought I'd give this a try. I put it on my shoulder at about 7pm last night and wore it overnight. No pain. The weird thing is I can sense that there's pain there, but it's not painful, if that makes any sense! So after about 14 hours on, I can say this thing works. The only reason I'm not giving 5 stars is that the adhesives they send along don't really stay on. I ended up using pieces of my KT Tape to secure it. That works fine. Will report back after trying on my sciatic pain too.

Very unsatisfied. I bought 3 items and the 3 of them malfunctioned. The patch itself works and ease the pain, but it didn't cover the 720h of utility. It lasted less then 2 weeks.

I've been using this for a few years now and works great on my lower back and knee pain. I put one on my lower back before golf each week and zero pain. Highly recommend and don't leave home without it.

This is the same product that was sold as the Bioelectronics Acti-Patch PEMF - Pulsed ElectroMagnetic Field device. I have used these for five years, since breaking my back in 2016. Nothing's perfect, and no pain relief is instant, but I do get a deep tissue relief when I use this. And I start to feel chronic back aches if I go a week or two without it. The positive effect is of this device is subtle but pervasive. I use it in combination with OTC pain meds (+ CBD & THC) to avoid the perils of opioid pain management. But my "discomfort" (pain) is chronic, and long term use of the Acti-patch (now the KT Recovery+ Wave™ Electromagnetic Pain Relief Device) has had no bad side effects that I can detect. The elastic/velcro torso wrap that formerly came with the Acti-patch is not included in the new packaging. It was perfect for my use on my back, maybe that is something KT should consider offering in the future.The battery is not replaceable. When it dies you have to buy a whole new device. But with intermittent use, each device lasts a long time, months in my case. As Acti-Patch, the Bioelectronics Corp, used to claim the device was good for up to 720 hours. However, the new K-T version claims only 250 hours of therapy per device. K-T seems to be trying to squeeze more money out of the device. Recommending more usage with less battery time, makes this once affordable therapy much more costly.Corporate take-overs. Hmph! Never good for the consumer. This would have been a five-star review if K-T hadn't gone greedy.