Yes, my views on massage have changed. The economy is in the toilet, my personal economy is in the toilet. I'm all stressed out about money. I noticed this when I went a couple of months without getting one, I was more stressed and my shoulders hurt.

Sure, the $60 I spend once a month for massage is a lot of money, but at $2 a day, thats Starbucks, or money I'd put in the snack machine at work.

It makes me feel better, even if for a little while. I'm less stressed, and the health benefits far outweigh the snack machine food I'd be eating.

During the cooler months, I'll get 2 in a month, but during the summer with all the outdoor activities, one per month is fine for me..

Oh and I'm not the only one who feels this way, here's a quote from a paper in Austin, TX:
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"That's why area massage therapists are staying busy, even as the economy erodes discretionary spending power for many Americans.
"These guys who used to come in twice a year are coming in once or twice a month," said Clyde Randle, a licensed massage therapist who's worked at the Amon G. Carter Jr. Downtown YMCA in Fort Worth for 18 years. "It's just been a phenomenal year."
An informal, random poll shows that while some customers have trimmed the number of visits, massage therapists apparently aren't taking the beating that other workers are.
"I've been averaging four to six new people a month," Randle said, adding that although visits from overworked doctors are down, brokers and other financial types are coming more. "I'm seeing a different group of people who never came in before."
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http://www.mcclatchydc.com/economy/story/64831.html
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