Aquamassage:
is it for you?

If you hate being touched, but want a massage, an aquamassage might be just what the doc ordered.

I landed at Johannesburg airport after spending about 28 hours at airports or in planes. I was tired, grumpy and felt grubby and I still had another four hours before yet one final leg to Cape Town. So, I set off for a walk to give my leg circulation moving... and that's when I saw it.

A funny looking machine with a sign above it advertising an "Aqua-massage". Basically a massage with water, fully clothed and without being touched by another human. I stopped to watch, intrigued. Fully clothed, a person lay down on a type of bed. They wore headphones and were shown some hand signals to show the operator whether they wanted the pressure of the massage jets to be strengthened or lessened.

Then a lid was lowered over their body and the aquamassager started it's magic. Warm water jets of varying size and volume moved in different patterns up and down the body and with just the click of a button you could pause the jets in a particular area.

Would I enjoy an this kind of
Water Massage?

It didn't take much to persuade me to give it a whirl. After all flying increases your risk for DVT (Deep Vein Thrombosis) and increasing circulation lowers your risk and I had 4 hours to kill.

It was soothing, and even 10 minutes left me feeling less grubby and tired and ready to face the next part of the journey. I liked that I didn't have to get undressed, that there wasn't a therapist who might want to strike up a conversation and if you fear being touched, it's a great way to still get all the benefits of a massage without having to take your clothes off.

If you've been putting off treating yourself to a massage because you're self-conscious about your body, this is a great massage for you.

I also really liked that I could pause the jets wherever I wanted to and for as long as I wanted to and the warm water jets gave a fabulous pressure.

Having said that, much as I'd definitely go for another aquamassage, it could never replace of the water massage I had with Return from aquamassage to Homepage

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