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AT THE CLICK OF A BUTTON For those who don’t have the time or inclination to exercise

Lifestyles are changing. Gone are the days when one’s schedule included plenty of physical activity. Today everything comes at the click of a button. Be it cooking, cutting, grinding, washing or even cleaning up your home, there are more than enough machines that will ensure you do not move a muscle by doing all the work for you. Why, even fitness these days comes at the click of a button! Many products — massage chairs, foot massagers and eye soothers — all are programmed to work on you, “help tone up your muscles or give you relief from crammed muscles” while you just sit there, close your eyes and let go. But all this comes at a price of course.

One new store that caters to such a lifestyle is Osim India on Langford Road. This exclusive store for Osim was started by Shaily Grover, M.D., OSIM India. Osim is a Singapore-based company that has been around for 40 years and forayed into India in 2004. Earlier the products were available at leading multi-brand outlets. “This is the first exclusive outlet for these products,” explains Shaily.

Some of the products are iDesire (a full-body massage chair), uPapa (a portable drum massager for the back, thighs and calves), iGallop (a horse-riding exerciser) and iSqueez (for tired legs and painful feet).

The other products are uSonic (a chemical-free way to clean jewellery, eyeglasses) and iLife (air ioniser and purifier), U-zap (tummy trimmer), i-care (an eye care range with eye massager, eye vibrator, and an eye mask), u-kid fever band (to be used after refrigeration) are the other products that are on offer. There are products like the foot massager that comes at Rs. 21,000 and so on.

All massagers come with a DC motor so you can be assured that there’s no short circuit while the product is helping you get rid of that sore cramp.

The store also makes it a point to educate the customer on the use and maintenance of the product and hands out a how-to-use CD that also has a set number of exercises designed for the user. The products can be used by anyone except pregnant women and those with pace-makers. Shaily adds that the massage chairs are medically certified by the Japanese Medical Association and are priced at a lakh and above.

There are also massage chairs that come with a u-pilot and joysticks, which give you the option of personalising the massage as per your need. “Even a 15-minute use of any of these products will give you some relief. Tell me who has the time to take off a day and go for those rejuvenating massages?” asks Shaily.

The products come with a one-year warranty. The store is open from 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. through the year. Osim India is at No. 2/2, Langford Road, Langford Town and can be contacted on 64543897, 64543894.

SHILPA SEBASTIAN R.

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