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Outside Magazine, March 2005

Dispatches: Fitness & Recovery
Get Well Soon
Sore and suffering after a long day? Flush away the pain and restore your mojo with these eight feel-better tools.


	(Photograph by Gregg Segal)

BEFORE LAUNCHING into one of its nine preprogrammed rubdowns, the iMEDIC 500 MASSAGE CHAIR, from OSIM, measures your back and locates your shoulders for a personalized treatment with heat, kneading, and drool-inducing vibration. $4,000; 714-630-1600, www.osim-usa.com » Don't ignore those hardworking dogs while treating the rest of your body. The REMOTE FOOT MASSAGER, from MASSAGENIUS, provides infrared heat, 12 speeds, and pressure-point stimulation. $250; 972-407-9129, www.massagenius.com » CHADSWORTH AND HAIG's SHAWL COLLAR TRESARO ROBE—made of thick chenille microfiber—makes most other bathrobes feel like towels with sleeves. $129; 888-917-6237, www.chadsworthandhaig.com » SHARPER IMAGE's MAGNETIC THERAPY EYE MASK can be heated, to boost circulation and open sinuses after a rough day, or chilled, to improve appearances after a long night. $20; 800-344-0033, www.sharperimage.com » HOMEDICS' THERAP MOIST/DRY HEATING PAD delivers two square feet of soothing warmth. $30; 800-466-3342, www.homedics.com » Those travel pillows work just as well at home. Cradle your head in BROOKSTONE's TEMPUR-PEDIC TRANSIT PILLOW and the stress'll melt away. $75; 800-846-3000, www.brookstone.com » EL NATURALISTA's BADAWI reflexology sandals keep the healing going when you have to get up to make more tea. $115; 603-763-4772, www.elnaturalista.com » ALL TERRAIN's RECOVERY RUB, made from arnica and kava kava, delivers relief to aching joints. $10; 603-763-8800, www.allterrainco.com

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