Last updated: Jan 22, 2025
🚨 She Ignored These Signs of Poor Circulation and Paid the Price.
A 51-year-old marketing director reveals: How ignoring these common symptoms led to a humiliating public breakdown—and the natural solution that restored her energy, dropped her blood pressure 18 points, and gave her back the life she'd been slowly losing.
Jenny Katz
One moment I was standing at the front of the conference room, mid-sentence in my quarterly presentation to the executive team.
And the next moment I was in a chair with my boss's hand on my shoulder asking if I needed an ambulance.
Thirty colleagues staring.
My carefully prepared slides frozen on screen behind me.
My heart pounding so violently I thought it would break through my chest.
The room spinning like I'd just stepped off a carnival ride.
I was 51 years old.
And my body had just betrayed me in the most public, humiliating way possible.
"Jennifer, you’re pale," my boss said quietly, her hand steadying me. "We're calling 911."
"No," I managed to say, though my voice sounded like it was coming from underwater. "No, I'm fine. I just need a minute. I'm fine."
I could feel every pair of eyes in that room on me. The VP of Sales looked genuinely alarmed. My own team members had their phones out—probably texting each other, maybe calling my husband. The CFO was half-standing, ready to catch me if I fell.
The humiliation was almost worse than the physical terror.
But I wasn't fine.
I hadn't been fine for at least two years. I'd just been too busy, too stubborn, and too terrified to admit it.
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The Lie I'd Been Telling Myself (And Everyone Else)
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Hyperice now offers eight different products that tap into everything from percussion to air compression, vibration, heat, and ice compression and will refresh everything from your shoulders to your back, knees, hips, arms, and even mind (our editor Ryan has a very fresh mind thanks to ‘Core by Hyperice’).
I’ve been lucky enough to use the Hypervolt (a tool that wields the power of percussion) and Normatec Legs (air compression) for the better part of the past month, and I am a ginormous fan of each:
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I had used a massage gun before, so I thought I was familiar with Hypervolt’s magic, but owning one is so much better than I ever could have imagined. A personal massage at your fingertips, anytime you’d like! Yes, it’s great for workout recovery, but it’s also fantastic for ironing out those mid-work-day neck kinks and generally loosening up our bodies that are way too tense simply from existing these days.
What makes the Hypervolt extra special is its quality and attention to detail. Lots of knockoffs have emerged, but the Hypervolt is the most consistent, quiet, and portable option you’ll find.
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And now is when you can officially call me obsessed. I had always wanted to try this compression therapy simply because it looks cool (sue me!), but Normatec is quite literally game-changing. I’ve reviewed enough products by now that I like to delineate between those where I’m hoping to feel something (anything!) to justify the purchase and those that actually make a sizable difference in my day-to-day. These Legs are at the very top of the latter list.
Using them is an experience: zip each leg in, connect the legs to the control unit, and then choose your recovery type from a menu on the Hyperice app. Sessions last anywhere from 15-45 minutes, and during that time the Legs will expand and then compress and decompress in different areas. It can feel pretty intense (one of my friends claimed he could ‘feel [his] heartbeat in [his] legs’), but when I unzip these puppies, I feel the ‘walking out of a really great yoga class’ level of relaxation. That’s hard to come by, let alone put a price on!
Running the same route, before trying Hyperice products (L) and after using the Normatec Legs the night before and morning of my run (R)
And, the craziest part is how much the Normatec Legs have impacted my training. The night after I wore them for the first time, I awoke at 3 am and pranced around my room because I was so amazed at how light my legs felt (it was after leg day at the gym, okay?). Now, when I use them the night before a longer run, I average a 15-20 second faster mile time, and can typically run 1-2 miles longer.
While they don’t train me or do anything to strengthen my legs, the patented precision Pulse technology helps to increase circulation, reduce swelling, and flush out lactic acid which means I feel like I’m always training on fresh legs. Over time, that will amount to better and more training – and, eventually, (hopefully) stronger legs.
Parting Thoughts
So, must you invest in Hyperice's entire suite of products to start your training? No, as I mentioned earlier, I don’t think that’s necessary. But can Hyperice’s products help you unlock a new level of potential? Absolutely.
Fantastic for athletic recovery, they’re also designed for general life recovery (a medical device rep friend recently sent me a photo of a surgeon at his hospital zipped into a set of Normatec Legs between surgeries) which helps justify the investment. And, on that note, the brand has done a tremendous job of making its range of products accessible in some form or fashion. On one end of the spectrum, the Normatec products hover around $800, but a Hypervolt Go 2 is $129, which feels extremely fair for what you’re getting.
While they say money can’t buy you happiness, Hyperice offers a fresh-feeling set of legs (or shoulders or knees, etc.) after each use. And that, in my experience, is almost always the first step towards happiness.
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