I am a 51 year old male who has had a total of 17 surgeries on my back, neck, shoulder and hip. I originally bought a BEMER mat and had such great results that I started researching deeper into the affects and products that are available out there. I found the 5 therapy mat from Health Wave Mat and bought one to see if it might help my pain with it's extra healing qualities that it offers. Since I have been using this mat, I have experienced a tremendous drop in the amount of pain almost to the point of not having any pain at all. I can't tell you how much more superior this mat is that the BEMER that I used to use. I sleep on it every night and wake up refreshed and pain free. I used to take over 180 mg of Oxy-cont.in a day for my pain. Now, I don't take anything. It is truly an amazing product that has given me hope and has allowed my quality of life to improve drastically. I honestly can't imagine living without this device.