This is BeActive! The maker claims, it will help relieve lower back pain! It works on the left and right leg. One size fits all and can be used by men and women. The maker claims, lower back pain radiates from the lower back to your extremities. The secret to BeActive is the calf wrap which is designed to relieve that pain.
Newswatch 16 went on Facebook and asked for volunteers. We were looking for anyone suffering with lower-back pain.
We had dozens and dozens of responses and all of them wanted to try BeActive! So we met with them up with some of them in Avoca, Taylor, Scranton and Moosic. Our own Jim Coles even signed up to volunteer.
Each volunteer has their own story about back pain. We caught up with Matt Czyzyk at Southside bowl in Scranton.
Matt doesn't have back pain all the time however when he starts bowling his back starts aching.
Other volunteers have much more severe back pain.
We asked our volunteers to wear the brace for the weekend. We made plans to meet up again on Tuesday and see how things went. They agreed and went about their weekend business using the BeActive. Five days later, we meet with each person and ask the all important question, does it really work?
Some volunteers said the BeActive really helped them out, but others didn't have the best results.
Vince said it relieved shooting pain down his legs but not his back.
Our last tester said she couldn't wear it because it wouldn't line up correctly on her leg, and it wouldn't stay on her leg.
The maker says one size fits all but in this case it didn't.
However, three of our four volunteers noticed some minor to major pain relief either in their back or their legs, and in one case both.