If you ever see a massage chair advertisement claiming that a chair is “FDA approved,”
run.
There are no massage chairs that are FDA approved.
FDA approval is reserved for medical devices and medications that must go through very strict testing and evaluation before they can be approved as true medical devices or pharmaceuticals.
Massage chairs require no such approval from the FDA.
A few years ago, companies were advertising their chairs as “FDA approved,” but that was simply not true.
What they can be is FDA registered — and most massage chairs sold in the United States are. This registration may be done either by the manufacturing plant in China or Japan, or by the U.S. distributor.
But here’s the key:
FDA registration means almost nothing.
Anyone can register a product.
It is not approval,
it does not mean the product has been tested,
and it does not indicate quality, safety, or any kind of medical validation.
FDA registration is nowhere close to FDA approval.
So if a marketing ad claims a chair is FDA approved, that is a lie — and you should be cautious about anything else that company is telling you.
You want to buy a chair from people you can trust … and that starts with truthful marketing.
FDA registered is the correct terminology.
FDA approved does not exist for massage chairs, and there’s no need for it.
I hope you found this video helpful.
I’m Dr. Alan Weidner from Massage Chair Relief, and I’ll see you in the next video.
Bye-bye.