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What Happens If You Don’t Drink Water After a Massage? The Honest Answer

Massage table with white linens beside a wooden stool holding a glass of water, in a sunlit room with a window and plants nearby.

Skipping the paper cup of water your therapist hands you at the end of a session will not leave a cloud of toxins circulating in your bloodstream. That idea traces back to massage-school teaching from the 1980s, and the American Massage Therapy Association has stated plainly that there is no scientific evidence to support it. […]

Deep Tissue Massage vs Chiropractic for Pain: Which One Do You Actually Need?

Treatment room with a massage/physical therapy table, white towels, and a windowed wall.

A 2019 review of 47 clinical trials found that chiropractic spinal manipulation relieves low-back pain about as well as standard treatments like exercise or medication — a finding that undercuts the common assumption that deep tissue massage and chiropractic care are simply two interchangeable ways to treat the same pain. In reality, the deep tissue […]

Should You Talk During a Massage or Stay Quiet?

Person lying face down on a massage table, head resting on a padded face cradle, in a softly lit spa room with a towel covering the back

Wondering whether you should talk during a massage or stay quiet is something almost everyone considers the moment they settle onto the table, and it is a surprisingly common source of low-grade anxiety before a session. Should you make polite conversation? Is silence rude? Will your therapist be offended if you close your eyes and […]