your first massage...what was it like?

Wow. I'm impressed that your employer did that. I think they should do something like that every month.

I'm assuming it was chair massage (that seems to be most convenient for employers). I looooove massages in a chair, but funny enough, I don't like giving massages in a chair...I don't know why.

Gosh, since I started the thread I should have posted my first massage experience. I guess I forgot! Better late than never.

My first massage wasn't too long before I entered school; I'll have to guess about 5 months. I didn't have any expectations other than I new I'd be half naked with someone I'd never met before. Also, I hoped that pain in my back would be relieved for a few days.

My massage was at a beautiful spa and my therapist was a very handsome man. Yikes! I thought, "oh no...a guy"?! Apparently, I had an unconscious expectation that the therapist would be female. I quickly calmed myself down and thought, "he's a professional...I can do this". He turned out to be very nice. I told him that my back hurt all the time while I washed dishes in the sink. So he asked me a few more things and then he went to work. The first 15 minutes were pleasant and then he started going a little deeper (all the while asking me if it was okay and I always said yes). I certainly wasn't in pain, but it was a little uncomfortable. I think it was due to my muscles never being kneaded, stretched, and pulled like that. It did feel good in an odd way.

The session ended (I think I paid $40) and I went home. The next morning I was very sore...really sore, but not in pain. It felt like I had done a huge gym workout the day before. I thought, "good god am I supposed to feel like this?" So I got up and moved around and stretched. I felt really great about 2 hours later. I noticed a big difference! My back pain was relieved for 2 months!!! I was a true believer in massage after that. I thought, "oh wow", I want to go to school and learn how to do that...so I did!