Magic Pilates Ring – Small Yoga Stretch Ring with Massage Nubs for Neck, Back & Calf

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A small, rigid stretch ring with massage nubs. Not a 14-inch Pilates circle.

This is the hand-sized yoga ring: one solid piece of smooth plastic shaped like a waisted oval, with three rows of rounded nubs along each long side. You hook it behind your neck and press the nubs into tight shoulders, lie on it under the small of your back, loop it over a foot for a hamstring and calf stretch, or squeeze the ends between your hands or knees. It is a little longer than your hand, weighs about as much as a bar of soap, and goes in a gym bag pocket. If you searched for the large padded Pilates ring you squeeze between your thighs, that is a different product; this one is for stretching and pressure, not resistance.

What it actually is

One piece of rigid plastic. Makers list the material as polypropylene. There are no handles, no foam pads, no spring and no hinge. It has a little give when you squeeze the ends hard, but it is not a resistance ring and it will not flex like a band.
Massage nubs on both long sides. Three rows of small rounded bumps run along each of the two long sides. They are firm. The two rounded end loops are smooth, which is where your hands go.
Curved in profile. Seen from the side the ring bows slightly, so when it lies on a mat it makes a low arch. That is what you lie on for the lower-back stretch.
Small. Makers of this ring list it at about 9 in long, about 5 in across and about 3 in tall at the arch, weighing around 7 oz. It is the size of a large pair of sunglasses, not a hula hoop.
Five colors, one ring per order. Blue, pink, yellow, purple or green. The color is the only difference.

Four ways people use it

Neck and shoulders

Hold an end loop in each hand, rest the nubbed side against the base of the neck, and draw the ring forward or roll it side to side across the top of the shoulders. Between the shoulder blades works the same way, reaching over one shoulder and under the other.

Lower back

Lie on your back on a mat with your knees bent and the ring crossways under the small of your back, arch side up. Let your weight settle onto it for a minute or two, then take it away. Start with a folded towel over it if the nubs feel sharp.

Hamstrings and calves

Sit with one leg straight, hook an end loop over the ball of your foot, hold the other end with both hands and lean back gently. The ring gives you a rigid handle where a strap would stretch. The nubs can also be run up and down the calf with your hands.

Arms, chest and thighs

Hold an end loop in each hand at chest height and squeeze, or put the ring between your knees and press. This is an isometric squeeze against a nearly rigid ring, not a spring workout.

Size and specification, as makers state it

Shape

Closed waisted oval, curved in profile

Length

About 9 in (23 cm)

Width

About 5 in (13 cm)

Height at arch

About 3 in (8 cm)

Weight

About 7 oz (200 g)

Material

Polypropylene plastic, one piece

Nubs

Three rows along each long side; smooth end loops

Care

Wipe with a damp cloth and mild soap; do not leave in a hot car

About the numbers, honestly. The size, weight and material are the figures published by makers of this ring; we have not measured a unit ourselves, and listings for the same ring vary by up to an inch in length. There is no load rating and no published test of any kind, so we do not state one.

Good to know

It is an exercise accessory, not a treatment. We do not claim it corrects posture, fixes anything about your spine, or relieves any condition. If you have back or neck trouble, ask a clinician before lying on a hard ring.
The nubs are firm. First-timers usually find them intense on the neck and lower back. Go lightly for the first few sessions, use a towel over the ring, and stop if anything hurts rather than aches.
It is rigid. If you want something that flexes and springs back, you want a padded Pilates circle or a resistance band, not this.
Hard floors. Use it on a mat or carpet. On a hard floor the arch can rock and the plastic can scuff.
One ring. This listing is one ring in the color you choose. If you want a pair, order two.

In the box

One stretch ring, in the color you choose

What changed on this page. We removed a description that made claims about the spine, posture and joints that we cannot support, and marketplace images that showed two rings in use when we sell one. We added what the ring actually is, how big it is, how people use it, and a plain statement that it is not the large padded Pilates circle. The lead photographs are our own; the maker's photographs follow them.