I have suffered from back pain for many years. I have tried medications, shots in my back, heat, cold, and many other option to help rid of the pain. After many attempts I have found that what helps is a massager and regular trips to the Chiropractor. I find this massager to help with sore muscles, back pain, and neck pain. While I don't you certainly could use this as a personal massager as well. It comes with a cute velvet black bag and it is on the smaller side so you could even easily travel with it without having something bulky taking up a lot of room.