The Rotai Ultimate Dual-Core 8900 is considered by leading massage chair distributors worldwide as the best and most complete massage ever manufactured (or at least at the time of writing in September 2022!) The Rotai Ultimate is a massage chair that runs the whole gamut of massage therapies from gentle through to the deepest tissue massage, offering an extraordinarily and medically effective therapeutic treatment.
Before the massage program commences, the Rotai Ultimate commences a body scan using technology to ensure that the most accurate and precise massage is programmed for the user’s height, weight, body size and shape. This “artificial intelligence” program works by the utilisation of various sensors that register the size, shape, and even the curves of every user. This state-of-the-art technology customises each individual massage to your needs, to ensure that the six-roller system hits every correct point.
Your First Massage
Using the Rotai Ultimate Dual-Core for the first time
We always suggest that as much of a temptation as it is to use your soon-to-be "best friend" (in massage terms!) as much as possible in the first few days, you initially take it easy. With so many different programs, you must exercise patience to fully understand your options to get the best possible results.
A good analogy is to consider your new massage chair as though you were going to the gym for the first time in years. When you haven't tried a particular exercise for a long time, you take it slowly because your muscles will not be used to it. You don't go from having lifted a barbell to immediately starting at 50kg! We assure you that the more you go on your massage chair, the more vigorous you'll want your massage program as your muscles get used to having pressure thrust upon them.
We believe that you should start with short sessions of perhaps twenty minutes and work your way up to the longer sessions you crave. However, and sadly, we very well know that the chances of you heeding this advice are minimal but don't say we didn't tell you! While twenty minutes may not sound an exceptionally long time, especially when you have a muscle that needs relieving that's causing a lot of stress and discomfort.
Certainly, whether you are being massaged by a human masseuse or the Rotai Ultimate Dual-Core 8900, receiving a deep sports massage can bruise your muscles, especially when you have not received a massage for a long time. In some cases, deep massage can also cause inflammation in the soft tissues. So, again, start gently.
The best benefits of a robotic massage chair are often achieved in small bursts of twenty minutes.
A good analogy is to consider your new massage chair as though you were going to the gym for the first time in years. When you haven't tried a particular exercise for a long time, you take it slowly because your muscles will not be used to it. You don't go from having lifted a barbell to immediately starting at 50kg! We assure you that the more you go on your massage chair, the more vigorous you'll want your massage program as your muscles get used to having pressure thrust upon them.
We believe that you should start with short sessions of perhaps twenty minutes and work your way up to the longer sessions you crave. However, and sadly, we very well know that the chances of you heeding this advice are minimal but don't say we didn't tell you! While twenty minutes may not sound an exceptionally long time, especially when you have a muscle that needs relieving that's causing a lot of stress and discomfort.
Certainly, whether you are being massaged by a human masseuse or the Rotai Ultimate Dual-Core 8900, receiving a deep sports massage can bruise your muscles, especially when you have not received a massage for a long time. In some cases, deep massage can also cause inflammation in the soft tissues. So, again, start gently.
The best benefits of a robotic massage chair are often achieved in small bursts of twenty minutes.
Why start with 20-minute sessions?
In a very short time, your body will get used to the stretching and rolling of the Rotai Ultimate. The programs allow three-time span increments of ten, twenty or thirty minutes.
It is easy to drift off to sleep even during the most vigorous deep-tissue massage once your body becomes accustomed to the Rotai Ultimate. Our chair has three pressure levels, Gentle, Soothing and Vigorous. However, that's just the beginning…Like no other massage chair, the 9800 also has three layers of cushions. Each can be individually removed for those who want to experience the rollers directly without the cushioning. Those weaker ones among us (the writer included!) would compare the pressure to some medieval torture machine! However, be in no doubt that sportsmen swear by the benefits.
How many times a week should I use the Rotai 8900?
Again, we know that you are unlikely to heed our advice (the writer also doesn't necessarily practise what he preaches…), but we suggest three or four times a week. The writer personally uses the chair seven days a week, twice a day, once in the morning and once in the evening. This hardly unpleasurable regime "loosens him up" (as it does young and old(ish)) and helps start and end the day in a great mood... However, allow us to add that you are reading the words of a 69-year-old man who sincerely believes that the 8900 has given him a new, flexible lease of life.
Is it possible to "overdo" massage therapy?
You will not gain any extra benefit to your muscles, whether you stay in the chair for twenty minutes or an hour. The first twenty minutes achieves the maximum point of muscle relaxation. However, the writer confirms he will have an hour's session simply because he (and his friends and customers) simply love being in the 8900 regardless of whether there are or are no physical benefits after the first twenty minutes. Similarly, the massage you will be getting from a human massage therapist if they are working your shoulders, neck, and lower back, will be no more valuable after the first twenty minutes, but since you've paid for an hour, then an hour you will get!
Always seek medical opinion…
Whether the Rotai Ultimate or another chair, if you are using it for any specific muscle groups or back pains that reoccur, please ensure that you speak with your medical advisor. This is doubly relevant if you have any critical or pre-existing conditions related to blood pressure, blood-clotting or heart problems. An intense, human or robotic massage can, on rare occasions, affect these conditions.
Be Careful and check before buying your ideal massage chair.
Before deciding upon any other chair, it is vital to ensure that the chair you are about to purchase is British Standards Fire Compliant. Ask the dealer to physically see the actual Certification and ensure it matches up with the same model you are buying.
The vast majority of massage chairs sold by retailers/distributors in the United Kingdom, no matter how cheap or expensive, are not compliant with BS Fire and Safety Standards and should be considered a danger in your home or office. They are imported from the Far East, many from cheap back street factories with no care about what materials the chairs are made from. They have been nowhere near a UKAS (United Kingdom Accreditation Service) testing house to be checked and certified. Do not be fooled by a swing ticket (generally bought on eBay with a "Fire Retardant" label when it is attached to the chair. A sewn-in warning label must, by law, be somewhere on the outside surface of the chair (generally well-hidden), giving details of the batch number and the importer's name.
