My cat has serious arthritis, and I work out 6 days a week pretty intensely and I’m over 65, Between the two of us this mat has been a blessing. If I ache and use the mat for at least 30 minutes I feel the difference. When I’m away I have my cat sitter lay on mat with my cat so she’s continuing the benefit ! I was originally looking at a mat that runs about 4 times the price of this. My friend owns that one and my acupuncturist has in the ofc . That was much over my budget. However When I sent Healthy Wave info detail to the mgr who purchased that other mat u was assured the Healthy Wave mat definitely had MORE features and exceeded with similar benefit .. Only disappointment is this mat is considerably heavier .. So although it’s transportable it’s not as light