My back feels fantastic, using this to loosen up my back is my fav part of the day

*I'm male, 6ft 4in 275lbs

I will get gnarly lower back pains and have to really be careful how I move around. I'm somewhere in my 30's, about 170 lbs, and sit a lot for work. Anyway after my last "flare-up" I thought there had to be something to help workout my back as a preventive measure to either recoup faster, or to prevent future flare-ups. There are a lot of these wheels on the market, but this one appeared to have pretty good reviews.

Now I'm not saying that I feel like a new person, or that everyone needs one of these or anything, but I think I can say I do notice a difference. At first I had a heck of a time just trying to keep balanced on the wheel. This isn't to say I'm clumsy or have poor balance, but when you have it on your lower back area and you entire torso and head are unsupported, your core really gets a work-out. Other people have pointed out that holding still on the wheel instead of rolling helps to really loosen the muscles in the area so I just kept up with it. Probably every 2-3 days I will roll and I try to position myself so I can rest my head on the couch so I can still have the wheel on my lower back for a couple of minutes, but rest my head as needed.

Anyway my back has felt pretty loose and I haven't had any twinges or anything in the past several weeks so I would say, "so far, so good". As for the quality of the product, this thing is rock solid. I don't feel it deflecting under me and it isn't cracking or doing anything crazy. It still looks brand new and the "wood" one looks just as classy as it does in the pictures on here. It's probably plastic or something with a wood grain vinyl wrap around it, but regardless it looks nice and the outer foam with cork layer is holding up just fine as well.

Much better than the knobby one I got online a while ago. This wheel is pleasant to use and soft on sensitive vertebrae.

This wheel allows me to augment the stretches for the fish, the wheel, and the plow, by having gravity do the stretching. It's really helped my back flexibility

My only complaint is that it tips over too easily. The rolling surface needs to be wider, as wide as the diameter of the wheel, so it doesn't tip and dump me on the floor. Otherwise I would have given it a five

It is sturdy and very helpful

I'm 67, btw and need help maintaining flexibility, but don't need tumbles onto the floor
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addendum: I weigh about 140lbs. The wheel hasn't deformed substantially under my weight. When my son, who weighs over 200 lbs tried to use it, it did deform a bit alarmingly

I'm loving my yoga wheel. More versatile than I expected.