The Study
Fifteen years in the field. Now the data agrees.
Long before a clinical study existed, combat units, VA clinics, and 911 dispatch centers were reaching for the same small device between shifts. In 2026, a formal study measured what they'd been telling us for years.
Where it's actually been used
A general wellness device doesn't usually end up in a combat engineer company's after-action file, or a police department's wellness unit. Here's the documented trail — donation letters, unit memos, and clinician correspondence — that led up to the study below.
What we actually measured
This wasn't a lab test of what the device does to nerves or muscles. It was a real-world study of what happened to the people using it — tracked with the same standardized surveys clinicians use to measure anxiety, sleep, and quality of life.
- Who was studied
- 68 women, ages 35–65, with recurring headaches, jaw tension, or clenching
- What they did
- Used the device at home, 5+ minutes daily, for 4 weeks
- Study design
- Single-arm, observational — everyone used the device; no separate comparison group
- Completion
- 57 of 68 finished the study; 35 met the strict criteria for the main analysis
- Conducted by
- MOQ Collective, Ltd, fully remote, June–July 2026
In plain terms: because everyone in the study used the device — there was no group who didn't — this design can tell us what changed while people used it. It can't, on its own, prove the device was the only reason. That distinction matters, and we've kept it front and center below rather than in the fine print.
Within that limit, the results were consistent: they held up across three different ways the researchers sliced the data, including a conservative check that assumed no improvement at all for anyone who dropped out. A second analyst, working independently from the raw numbers, reproduced the results exactly.
What changed over four weeks
Share of participants reporting meaningful improvement, by area
Physical function wasn't expected to change from a temple-and-jaw device, and it didn't — researchers included it deliberately as an internal check. That participants' answers moved differently across categories, rather than uniformly, is a sign people were reporting real experience rather than just rating everything better.
Secondary Outcomes Breakdown (n=35 Analysis Cohort)
Complete breakdown of primary and secondary study outcome measures across baseline and Week 4 checkpoints.
What this study shows — and what it doesn't
What it shows
- A real, statistically significant improvement in self-reported anxiety and quality of life over four weeks.
- That improvement held up across every way the researchers checked it, including a conservative analysis that assumed no benefit at all for anyone who dropped out.
- No adverse events, across 286 completed check-ins.
- High follow-through for a fully remote, unsupervised study — most participants kept using it.
What it doesn't show
- That the device alone caused the change. There was no comparison group, so some of the improvement may reflect other factors.
- How the results generalize beyond women aged 35–65 with recurring headaches or jaw tension — that's who was studied.
- The exact size of the headache reduction — the daily diary format changed partway through the study.
- A mechanism of action. No claim is made about nerves, muscles, or how the effect happens.
What the field record says
"After just a few minutes with the Temple Massager, my team was hooked. It's a drug-free way to get relief and reduce anxiety and intrusive thoughts."
Emergency Communications Supervisor, Denver 911"Within 24 hours of drop-off, a dispatcher reported significant relief from a severe migraine within 10 minutes — a scenario that would normally have resulted in sick time and the department being short-staffed."
Chief of Police, Santa Rosa Police Department"The second I handed them out, everyone immediately started to use them. The mood in the office instantly lifted."
Wellness Unit, San Diego Police Department"It has allowed some to get through periods of stress or anxiety without having to use a PRN medication — a useful addition to their toolbox."
Licensed Clinical Psychologist, working with combat veterans"An experience of pain relief results in an improved mood, which generates enough space for positive change. We call this the 'virtuous cycle.'"
LCSW, Director, North Bay Vet Center"My wife has seen measurable improvement with her Bell's Palsy, and I've seen a definite decrease in my own clenching and grinding."
DDS, Fellow, Academy of General Dentistry