Therapeutic massage. Do you prefer or benefit from them?

Marcy Sheiner said:
I recently had one, the first in decades, which my daughter gifted me for my birthday. It was divine, and I kept telling myself I am going to do this more often, but of course I haven't. But my son's birthday is next week, and I'm giving him one at the same place.
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That is a great gift your daughter gifted you @ Marcy Sheiner. 🤗 Divine is a wonderful description.
What a nice gift for your son's birthday next week!
 
dobielvr said:
I usually go with the Swedish massage. Depending on how I'm feeling, that will determine if I want the pressure to be hard or medium. This particular girl's hands get so hot when she's applying the oil.
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Makes good sense to me too @dobielvr. How your feeling determining hard or medium.
Does she heat the oil first do you think?
 
I have a membership at Massage Envy and @LadyEmeraude you just reminded me that I need to make an appointment because they charge me every month and I have more than enough credits for an hour and a half massage. I find massages very therapeutic.

I work out at the gym regularly and frequently have soreness in my shoulder area. There is not one type of massage I request. I simply tell my massage therapist to use medium pressure. There is always one "knot" in my shoulder area and he always focuses on it until it is gone. I feel like a limp rag doll when he finishes and it feels great. There is nothing quite like a therapeutic massage in my book.

I'm making an appointment tomorrow!
 
On another topic, has anyone ever had a 4-Hands Massage? I had it years ago on a cruise ship. The two therapists were Asian and they "mirrored" each other in their massage techniques... two hands on one side and two on the other. It was beyond amazing!
 
Leann said:
I was in Bangkok last year. I walked miles every day. Towards the end of one particularly long day, I decided to have a Thai massage on my lower legs because my calves were so sore. Honest to goodness, I was squirming in the massage chair because the deep tissue massage was painful for me. I wound up with bruises on both legs.
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Be glad you didn't have a massage like this one!

 
I'm fortunate to have a gifted therapist locally that I use on a regular basis. Often I'll need to take a couple aleve/advill at bed time because I might be beat up from a workout and a massage on the same day. I'm not afraid of being a little sore, or enduring a little pain and I find it frustrating when a therapist is on the "knot" or trigger point, but can't break it down.

The muscles btwn the ribs, the intercostals, the supraspinatus muscle in the upper back, and the hip flexors - the iliacus and psoas are particularly painful to have work done on, but so important. I forgot the armpit w the pecs, subscapularis, and teres major - again very sensitive area, but necessary for a full range of motion, and reducing the chances of torn rotator cuffs. The hip flexors are avoided by most every therapist, unfortunately.
 
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Have only ever had one gentle massage and I loved it! Next day I could hardly move because the massage triggered a fibromyalgia flare. I've learned since that a lot of people with fibromyalgia can't tolerate massages.

I did recently buy a massage chair and started out with very brief sessions in it and gradually worked up to more minutes. If I skip a week or so, I have to start back at reduced minutes.
 
I can't do it, but tried. I'm not crazy about being touched. People have tried giving me massages but soon as my back is touched I jump up.
 

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