testimonials

Works nicely.

Purchased this for my boyfriend, he loves this! Uses it every day!

A gentle natural adjustment

Pamela Hall (Certified Purchaser)

I absolutely love my True Back. It uses your own body weight and relaxation to gently encourage spinal alignment. Easy, lightweight, very affordable. Wouldn’t be without one. (My 84 yr old mum turned me onto it. Her hip was put back in after many, many yrs of being “out”.) Best money you will ever spend.

Good between Chiropractic visits

Kati des Jardin (Certified Purchaser)

I like this back adjuster. My BIL likes it. My kids have mixed feelings. I prefer a chiropractor, but this helps, so I don’t feel like I need to go as often. (I typically go less than once a month.)

Straightening my back!

J Harvey (Certified Purchaser)

I used this in my Physical Therapy sessions and wanted one for home. This is the exact thing, came as promised in good condition.

Major help safe for sciatica

Karwee (Certified Purchaser)

I see a Chiro 1x a week to fix all my back probs & this product has saved me from having to go 2–3 times like I normally should. I have serious back probs, but I’m not about to pay for that many Chiro treatments! I have an extra vertebra in my lumbar that is nearly merged with L5. Major degenerative disc & constant sciatic pain in my right leg; plantar fasciitis in my left. Makes my right hip higher & twisted forward. This device caused me no pain! You can flip the arch from upper back to lower back. Which I have other probs in all those areas, including very minor scoliosis.

The only thing this doesn’t fix is my military neck (zero curve)- I use a neck traction device purchased on Amazon.

To get the best use out of this, I don’t just lay on this thing. I do sit-ups on it. Basically pushing my back into it as I roll up & down. For the upper back, I raise hands high in the air & side to side or over my head. Really feel the traction pushing. When I flip this deal to where the curve is in my lumbar, I do lay on it for a min or so. I feel my hips release. When I feel ready, I lift my legs straight in the air & grab the backs of the knees with hands. REALLY pushes the lumbar into the traction & feels glorious! I gently rock back & forth like that. Everything back down, inch up the traction a teeny bit, then repeat hands/legs in air deal. I do this till I feel like it’s rubbing all the spots on my back. Sometimes it’s 5 min & sometimes it’s 15.

Just do what feels good. If it hurts, then stop. I feel zero pain with this product. Also, I coughed once while on this & had an incredible pop in my back. I try to cough a few times on this now. Sounds funny, but it releases the back!

Great product for people with disk issues

Armi (Certified Purchaser)

I had a ruptured disk at my L4 back when I was in college, and have had some issues with my upper back as I’ve gotten older. I tend to slouch/stoop when I’m working at my desk, and by the end of the day my upper back can be pretty stiff and sore. I’ve had some tingling in my hands and other issues that are associated with my disks getting “out of whack.” Over the years, I’ve purchased various products that purport to decompress disks and align your spinal column properly. Unfortunately, they were either gimmicky products that didn’t seem to do anything, or they were enormous (e.g., the product where you hang upside down from your ankles). I wanted something that fits under the bed, and one that I can also use at the office.

I’ve been using True Back for about 3 years now. I generally use it once a day, sometimes 2–3 times a day depending on what I’m doing. The simplest explanation I can provide is that it “resets” your spine to the correct position. After I use it, my posture is correct (no slouch), and it definitely relieves the tingling hands and nerve issues. Don’t be surprised if you get a few good pops out of your back as you begin to relax and stretch.

I highly encourage watching the DVD (I believe it is on YouTube as well as on the DVD itself). There are a variety of positions for different portions of your spine, and it is important to understand that after you use it you need to move slowly/carefully.

If you get it, get the Homedics Hand Held Mini Massager with it to make it better!

ET Barton (Certified Purchaser)

This isn’t too bad, and I do use it, but it was not at all what I expected. I got the impression from the reviews and the description that this did some kind of movement to adjust your back… It does NOT. This is basically one solid piece of plastic with some foam and some indents that seem a bit like big fat teeth. (Think Truck Tire Tread) However, when you lay on it, you do end up REALLY stretching your back out because of the way that it’s shaped. It almost feels like it’s pulling your upper body away from your lower body when you lay on it.

Just to be clear: this does NOT vibrate! However, I got luck and found the “Homedics PM-50 Hand Held Mini Massager with Hand Grip, Battery Operated” for $2.50 and Target on Christmas Clearance. This fits really nicely in the gap where the spine goes and is easy to turn on once it’s in place because the button is on top. When in place, you can flip it on, and it vibrates the whole plastic piece, helping your back to feel relaxed faster. It is literally the perfect accessory to this product. While you probably can’t find it at Target for $2.50, Amazon does sell it for around $10, and it is SO worth buying the two together if you are going to get this product.

All in all: I do recommend it and I leave it all the time “just in case”. However, I have only used it when my back is REALLY hurting so far… which is about once a month right now.

It really works.

Dan (Certified Purchaser)

I’ve had pain in my right lower back for about 15 years from an old sports injury. It’s a pinched nerve or something. I’m not sure. It comes and goes but it’s very annoying. When my True Back device arrived in the mail my pain was very sharp that day. Not just annoying. It actually hurt. I laid on the device for about 3–5 minutes each direction. When I stood up I felt an immediate difference! I had almost no pain at all.

The pain eventually began to return about an hour or so later, but it was not as intense. I laid on the device again and, bang, the pain was eliminated for another hour or so. It really does something to the lower back. I felt my back pop in at least two places. The device works better and faster than my inversion table. And it’s small.

Like another poster said, I can’t believe you get so much for a hunk of plastic. It may hurt your back muscles a little the first few times you try it, but it’s a good hurt, and you might want to use a pillow under your head at first. This will probably be the most valuable piece of plastic you own.

This thing is amazing! It does take some time getting used to it.

Katherine (Certified Purchaser)

This thing is amazing! It does take some getting used to, and I do still like to use my travel pillow to rest my head. I am placing the pillow farther and farther back though until I can lay on it without it. My back didn’t like it on the first try, so don’t give up if that’s your experience too. My back was so out of alignment! I gently eased myself onto it and slowly…..pop, pop, pop! After that, I was on it for maybe 3 minutes and felt great! I slept really well that night too. I can now lay on it for almost 10 min at a time each way, and it is one of my favorite ways to relax and stretch.

Furthermore, I cannot believe how much money this is saving me in avoiding chiropractic visits! (I still recommend gong, but nice that I don’t have to go 2x a week anymore). My acupuncturist was impressed with the results as well and noted this in my chart as far as decreasing my low back pain (as well as neck/shoulder pain). Excellent cost savings as well as added benefit of NO meds needed for back relief….finally!!!!

Very Hopeful, I’ll admit to… I’M DREAMING OF THE DAY WHEN.

I AM DREAMING OF THE DAY WHEN I CAN SAY THIS DEVICE CHANGED MY LIFE. I AM A SENIOR CITIZEN. I NEED ALL THE HELP I CAN GET.

I almost did not order it, but my daughter insisted. Furthermore, I am so distrusting of 5-star products because some reviews read like someone has been paid to write them. But I ordered it, and it came on time, and I looked at it the first day and saw the DVD several times to give my mind cause to “enter the concept” and trust with hope of having something stop my pure agony from sciatica. I have degenerative arthritis, but sciatica makes that feel like a ‘walk in the park.’

The second day I did a minute on the low end of the apparatus and 1 minute on the high end. No miracles, yet, but I can tell you that this device makes you feel hopeful, and I got energized and went into my own gym and walked on my treadmill for five mins. Not a long time, but it’s a miracle I’m walking now at all. So, they tell you to take it easy with this device, and I’m intending to behave and heal myself. I’m usually a hot-head, but sciatica will lay you out flat…you will not do what you want with sciatica…sciatica is the boss, and you hope to make friends with the boss to gain some reprieve.

I will update this post to let you know how I’m doing, truly.
IF YOU’VE GOT PAIN…oh my… IT WOULD BE A GOD-SEND TO FIND SOMETHING THAT RELIEVES IT.

Helps reduce back pain

Andrew J. Givens (Certified Purchaser)

The first time I tried this thing, I was at my brother’s house, and he had one. (Although he had upgraded to an inversion board.) At that time, I had been experiencing lower back stiffness every morning for about 10 days – this was the kind of back stiffness that would gradually loosen up as the day went on, and it would be essentially gone by the afternoon.

He convinced me to lay down on his true-back. I used it like he said: first with the hump-end at my upper back. Immediately, my upper back popped a few times. It felt good! Then I turned it around and put the hump-end under my lower back, and laid back down on it. Within 2 minutes, my back popped several times, and I felt much better!

That back pain did not come back. After a week or so, I figured that my back had gotten tweaked out, and apparently the true-back re-aligned it that quick.

A few weeks later, I was again getting lower back pain. So I bought it from here on Amazon. I began to use it, and this time I got a back-pop only occasionally. Still, it seems to stretch my lower back muscles, and after a couple of weeks of use I did not have any more back pain.

The device is small, and will slide under a bed. I keep mine in its box in a closet.

I say that this simple device has merit – it will improve some minor conditions and is handy to have around. It works to a limited extent – it may save an occasional trip to the chiropractor (it did for me).

I recommend it for use under these limitations.

I’ll continue to use it.

TB (Certified Purchaser)

I have used the True Back for about a month. It seems to help. It does stretch the lower back. My back is not as sore or stiff when I get up in the morning. (35 years as a carpenter can create a great deal of soreness and stiffness.) My back still hurts, just not as much and in different places. Then again, maybe it’s all in my head. Anyway, I’ll continue to use it for now. It is easier to get out of bed in the morning!