Acupressure mats, with their sharp spike pads, are known to have benefits like relieving back pain, stress, and anxiety. But on taking mine out of the box for the first time and feeling the prongs for myself, I seriously doubted whether it was going to be more pain than it was worth.
The idea of lying down on loads of tiny plastic spikes might sound like a form of torture - or at least not the way you'd like to wind down for bed. Yet, you only have to scroll on social media to see that it is in fact how many people would like to spend their time.
