I'm an off-again on-again jogger. I haven't been able to run much in recent years, because when I do, I get severe knee pain, and nothing has helped with it. It is a chronic problem. Well, at the start of the new year, I was going to start running again, and had heard about the Actipatch product so I decided to order one to have it ready for when the knee pain returned. I was a skeptic for 2 reasons: 1) nothing has ever helped my knee pain, and 2) when the product arrived, it was "cheap" looking (the on/off "switch" is not optimal, and the straps to hold the product in place are worthless. So, I ran 8 miles yesterday, and last night, I could barely walk, the knee pain was so bad. I put the Actipatch in place when I went to bed. This morning, I was TOTALLY amazed, but I have absolutely ZERO knee pain. None. I am stunned.
The product design could use some improvement (particularly the on/off mechanism). It does come with an ace bandage that works fine to hold the patch in place, so it's really OK that the "straps" are useless.
But really, I don't care what this thing looks like. It works. It works better than I would have ever dreamed. Maybe I'll be able to run more after all. I couldn't be more pleased!
I know this company makes patches for pain relief of other body parts as well. If I had other aches and pains, I wouldn't hesitate to order those patches as well. This thing is awesome.