Design of IoT Based Smart, Portable and Low-Cost Massage Band

Abstract

Every person at some point in their life might experience muscular pains. Especially, women during menstrual cycle and elderly people experience heavy muscular pains. These pains can be very straining and may not have adequate resources to manage. A good massage can calm muscles and soothe the nerves to let body pain go away. Hence a portable, safe, self-operated, user-friendly costeffective massage band is developed that provides relief and helps in reducing muscular pains. The massage band developed is integrated with an App named Smart Massager through which one can control the features like Start, Stop, Timer, Speed and Pressure. Because of this app integrated with device, it is an advantage for the user not to apply any force physically, no need to depend on others and can totally control in App. The amount of air pressure applied can be varied according to requirement. The periodical pressure applied helps in contraction and relaxation of muscles. The speed of inflation and deflation of pressure cuff can also be varied according to the user requirement. Moreover, one more major feature unlike some devices available in the market which can be for certain parts in the body; this band can be used for most of the parts. It is a simple model and portable.