Lower body strength, health care items most needed...Rather than weight management ↑
Sep 26, 2025
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This is the result of the '2025 Healthcare Trend Survey' conducted by Bodyfriend on 1,000 healthcare robot buyers over the past year (2024.06~2025.05).
As a result of comprehensively examining health care habits, frequency of use of massage devices, and preferred massage types, respondents clearly showed a high interest in healthcare and a tendency to accept massage as a way to manage their lives.
In particular, ▶ lower body muscle strength (42.4%) was selected the most as a 'health care item (multiple responses) required for both the self and the parent generation'. This is higher than ▶weight management (42.2%), ▶ spinal disease prevention (41.4%), and ▶ stress management (35.4%), and it is analyzed that practical needs to prevent muscle mass loss and physical function decline due to aging are reflected. In addition, responses such as ▶ prevention of adult diseases such as hypertension, hyperlipidemia, and blood sugar management (31.9%) and ▶ sleep disorders (21.4%) followed.
In addition, when asked about 'Usual health care methods', ▶ massage (26.2%) followed by ▶ exercise (32.5%). Massages ranked higher than ▶ dietary control (22.3%) and ▶ nutritional intake (17.4%). This shows that body friend buyers perceive massages as a means of healthcare in their lives and feel their utility. In the actual frequency of massage chair use, 'daily use (39.8%)' and 'daily use (4 to 6 times a week (31.6%)' accounted for the majority.
In particular, it was analyzed that the necessity of strengthening lower body strength, which was the number one health care item, led to the choice of health care robot products that even led to lower body stretching and exercise effects. A Bodyfriend official said "This healthcare trend survey was an opportunity to predict and in-depth the health care needs of not only existing customers but also potential customers."
On the other hand, the lower body muscles play a role in maintaining the center of the body and play a major role in improving the sense of balance, preventing injuries, promoting metabolism, and reducing back pain. In particular, in the elderly, lower body muscles are known to help men secrete testosterone and improve blood circulation. If it weakens, it can lead to pelvic and spinal diseases and postural imbalances, so strengthening lower body muscles is recommended as a preventive measure.
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
