In the treatment of stiffened joints, massage under water is very serviceable, and in the so-called Aix douche a nozzle from which water continuously streams is fastened to the wrist of the masseur, so that a current of water is constantly playing upon the joint which he is rubbing.
In an ideal world we would all have out own masseur.
Set in early 1800s feudal Japan, a blind masseur wanders the countryside.
Nick Warren, qualified masseur, said: " Everyone benefits from a massage - whether they are mentally or physically stressed.
Virgil is blind, a professional masseur by trade in a small health spa in rural New York state.