My wife also swears by the SEAbands. There's a pressure point that it's applied to, and it helps take the edge of off motion sickness in the car.
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Review: Reliefband Flex Attaches to Your Apple Watch to Quell Motion Sickness
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It's supposed to help with all motion sickness, like when riding in a car, it isn't VP-specific.
This is ridiculous. It’s a simple acupuncture/acupressure point. These wristbands will help with motion sickness. Yes, they work.
$7 for three pairs
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$7 for three pairs
https://a.co/d/e2MdUYA
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I know right? They obviously travel from the wrist to the inner ear and then the brain.
As a physician, the physiology does not make sense. The nerves that cause nausea are not even related to the median nerve...
I mean.. I do suffer from motion sickness sometimes, but I’m not sure if this products actually does help. It just doesn’t make a lot of sense to me, but I haven’t tried it so maybe I’m wrong..
Just wear your watch upside down, it'll have the same effect.
Which, I should clarify, is none. But it'll save you $180.
Which, I should clarify, is none. But it'll save you $180.
My wife had a version of this (pre Apple Watch) for morning sickness. It's mostly a placebo affect... once we got over the fact we spent hundreds of dollars needlessly, she realized it didn't really work.
It seems to aim stimulate the acupuncture point called NEIGUAN of the Pericardium meridian (PC-6), which is found between the two flexor tendons of the wrist and is, indeed, just above the median nerve. It is a main acupuncture/acupressure point for anything nausea related.
The travel anti-nausea wrist bands aim to do the same job. However, since the size and rigidity of tendons varies largely between different people, the wrist band pressure “balls” often just miss the point, so do not work. The same can happen with this device if it is not positioned properly, as the point location is quite crucial for it to work.
A simpler and way more affordable solution would be using a simple wooden toothpick to stimulate this point in a moment of need, while also inhaling with your mouth during a nausea peak.
The travel anti-nausea wrist bands aim to do the same job. However, since the size and rigidity of tendons varies largely between different people, the wrist band pressure “balls” often just miss the point, so do not work. The same can happen with this device if it is not positioned properly, as the point location is quite crucial for it to work.
A simpler and way more affordable solution would be using a simple wooden toothpick to stimulate this point in a moment of need, while also inhaling with your mouth during a nausea peak.
To the naysayers my wife has had great relief from hers. She has severe problems with motion sickness and I got her one to try. It has been very effective. Learned about it from another pilot I was talking to at Oshkosh about his acrobatic flight training. I commented to him that some of the maneuvers would probably make me air sick. He had the same concern but used the band and had no problems. They were selling them at the show and had a money back guarantee.
I tried it in a situation where I was likely to get nauseous and it helped a little bit but not enough. I’m very sensitive to yaw motion.
I tried it in a situation where I was likely to get nauseous and it helped a little bit but not enough. I’m very sensitive to yaw motion.
I do not know if the device works as described, but this idea could be also used to link a camera on the bottom of the wrist with the Apple Watch on the top of the wrist. So, you point to whatever with the camera and the Apple watch shows it on its display. Much as the iPhone rear camera and display work. That would be great!
I’d love to know if that’ this can actually counteract the effects of puke-inducing VR games.
It’s a placebo but I don’t hate placebos for nausea in general: it’s not dangerous if you don’t take a real medicine and with something that’s related to your perception such as car sickness, placebos (or frankly just distractions) are supposed to be pretty effective.
On the other hand… 180 bucks?? They used to make bracelets for kids with a little pin that’s supposed to mimic acupuncture but they were very cheap and still felt like a medical solution (especially to kids). Ok, maybe someone will think “it can’t just be a placebo, it’s 180 bucks!” but that’s not a good justification.
So… if someone less lazy than me wants to make a free app against nausea that uses vibrations to “stimulate nerves”, you may have a market and save someone else’s money.
On the other hand… 180 bucks?? They used to make bracelets for kids with a little pin that’s supposed to mimic acupuncture but they were very cheap and still felt like a medical solution (especially to kids). Ok, maybe someone will think “it can’t just be a placebo, it’s 180 bucks!” but that’s not a good justification.
So… if someone less lazy than me wants to make a free app against nausea that uses vibrations to “stimulate nerves”, you may have a market and save someone else’s money.
It works for a very limited set of problems, and it doesn’t work because of the mechanisms that acupuncture claims it works.
Praying works as well (for stress, coping, grief, anxiety,…) but that doesn’t make it not a belief
There's an argument that if the results are real and sustained, it doesn't matter whether it's a placebo or not. It's not unusual for doctors to prescribe placebos.
But yes, I'm not convinced that this product is anything more than that.
It doesn't state in any links you've provided, that it doesn't work!
Also snake oil salesmen don't offer a 14 day return, which gives plenty of time for anyone to try it out!
I suspect the truth is, it will help some and not others
If they sell online, they're legally required to offer a 14 day return in all of Europe and several US states. Internet snake-oil peddlers just count on a) a number of people convincing themselves that it works b) placebo effect c) people who just toss it in a drawer somewhere and don't ask for a refund. Usually those three groups together combined with huge margins per unit are enough to secure a good enough profit.
Do you suffer from motion sickness? and do you offer a 14 day return for your snake oil?
I do suffer from motion sickness (though I don't know how that is relevant) and if you sell something online you must offer a 14 day return police in Europe (and at least 72 hours in the US); so yeah, if the consumable product hasn't been opened or consumed you're welcome to to return it
