Addiction To Therapeutic Thai Massage

[argentum]

I am living in Bangkok for approximatly 3 years.

The first year, I did massage nearly every day. It was great.

The second year, I just done it 2 times a week.

Since a month, I feel many tensions inside ( no complain)

Seems my body refuse something incorfortable and cannot relax by himself.

Every muscular tension can be used as an excuse to do it ?

Is an addiction can be conceivable ?

[Sheryl]

I am not clear, do you now get massage twice a week or have you stopped?

And how old are you?

[argentum]

I am not clear, do you now get massage twice a week or have you stopped?

And how old are you?

I would like to go everyday but I don t want to be addicted to.

I am 37.

[Sheryl]

If you are in pain without massage daily, something is wring.

But I am still not clear on what you are saying. At what point do you have this pain? Do I understand correctly that when you no longer get a massage every single day, but still get it twice a week, you feel generalized muscular pain?

If so, there is something amiss, you are generating far too much muscular tension far too rapidly. You need to look at your ergonomics (posture when at work) and posture; may also benefit from some physical therapy. May also need to look at levels of mental stress, since mental/emotional stress will automatically lead to muscular tension and stress in the body. Meditation is very helpful for this.

As a point of reference, I'm 2 decades older than you are and find that a massage once every 7 - 10 days keeps me free of the general aches and tensions that otherwise accumulate in middle aged people. You are only 37 and requiring massage daily or almost daily. Not normal. Massage does help relive bodily aches by removing accumulated deposits of lactic acid and other by products of muscle tension and by cuasing a release of endorphins. but if the tension reaccumulates so fast that a massage doesn't hold you for even a week, you are accumulating far more muscular tension than is normal and need to address the underlying causes.

[joakim12321]

Is it bad to get massaged too often Sheryl? I'm only 21 and I get massaged pretty much every day.. Should I stop?

[Sheryl]

Practioners of traditional thai massage recommend waiting at least 1 day between sessions. I believe practioners of other types of massage (accupressure, Swedish etc) say the same. So every other day max.

If you want to get a massage every other day, no harm in it, but I would wonder why necessary so often e.g. suggests an underlying problem...unless you;re just on holiday and doing it for fun.

[joakim12321]

Practioners of traditional thai massage recommend waiting at least 1 day between sessions. I believe practioners of other types of massage (accupressure, Swedish etc) say the same. So every other day max.

If you want to get a massage every other day, no harm in it, but I would wonder why necessary so often e.g. suggests an underlying problem...unless you;re just on holiday and doing it for fun.

This is traditional thai massage I am talking about.

The reason I'm having it almost every day is because I really enjoy it, but I will take your advice and increase the time between the sessions, perhaps down to 2-3 a week.

I just want to add that I am not experiencing any ache in my body if I'm not having a massage every day, so it wouldn't be a problem for me to stop, but I just really enjoy being massaged

Thanks for the quick reply!

[Sheryl]

One alternative would be to alternate foot massage with body massage.