Massage at Massage Schools - nothing to do with sex

[Dave in Phoenix]

Just as I was writing this the tread got deleted. Since this seems a good topic and ONLY about licensed regular nonsexual massage, I thought I would restart the thread without violating the rules:

Yes! Sometimes, I need an authentic massage. I used to need very deep muscle work on the neck and shoulders, but not as much in the last decade. Decades ago, I went to a massage school in Phoenix with student massage. The students were not deep enough, but I also enjoyed regular massages from different women.

I am going to see if that school still has student massage. There was no instructor in the room and they were required to have so many hours of clinical experience. They were more in the advanced stages of training, not just starting school - so they were allowed to work on real people, not just dummies (non-human type) or each other.

Now, when I have a tight neck or shoulder, I go to a Chiropractor who uses the Activator method, which is just as effective as the old thrust method. But I only have to go a few times a year and have not seen a regular (or any) massage person in Phoenix for a few years. But I am going to look into the student idea—thanks for mentioning it

If, as suggested in the deleted thread, you have in Montreal (or Toronto), I would be interested.

 

[Lunaseraphim]

I got a massage from a student last summer and I was pleasantly surprised! I'm always a little wary, but I have 2 or 3 massage therapists I trust and see once in a while or on a regular basis. Everyone has their own techniques too, and some people work with your energy as well. I find that ''alternative'' treatments like massages, acupuncture, etc, really help me more than anything.

 

[Dave in Phoenix]

Update - I found 3 massage school clinics for students in the Phoenix area. Two of them only used same-sex students and clients, and the 3rd said you can not choose the gender of the student. This wasn't the case, as I recall when I last did decades ago. There are probably many more women learning massage, and I bet they had to go to this same-sex due to harassment of men with women students. Even though it is non-sexual, it is nicely intimate, and being a 0 on the Kinsey scale, I am just uncomfortable being massaged by a male. I support GBLQ or trans. I am fine hugging another man, but anything more is like icky. I am glad women like us men; however