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Blackpill or whitepill me on massage. I don’t particularly like heavy (sports, I guess) massages, but a lot of people I know including my partner swear by them. Osteopaths Love Him (etc etc).
Is there any health-based reason to visit a masseuse or osteopath that amounts to more than it being a pleasurable experience for people who enjoy it?
Not sure about scientific studies, and I'm primarily motivated by the pleasurable experience. But I can say that regularly getting Thai massages helped me get my splits, in a way that years of self-stretching never did. That mobility also carries over into everyday life, e.g. I'm able to sit into a true squat without raising my heels. Something about it taught me how to relax more into the stretch, since I didn't have to use my own muscles to hold the stretch. I don't think it's particularly helpful for me now though, after I've developed the body sense to perform the stretch on my own.
I'd also note that Thai massage is riskier than regular massage: there's a lot of quackery out there, but Thai massage involves going into farther ranges of motion than other modalities which introduces more risk of that quackery injuring you.
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