# Bay Area Massge Therapists? Advice on Finding One In General?

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**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [July 8, 2005, 4:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bay-area-massge-therapists-advice-on-finding-one-in-general/311560 "2005-07-08T04:28:02Z")\
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**Author:** ![inkleberry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/f17d59/32.png) [@inkleberry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/inkleberry)\
**Post date:** [July 8, 2005, 4:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bay-area-massge-therapists-advice-on-finding-one-in-general/311560/1 "2005-07-08T04:28:02Z")

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Damnit, I need a massage! Do you have any recommendations for a massage therapist in the Bay Area (gender matters not)?

If not, what’s a good way to find a decent massage therapist? I live in fear of finding a “masseuse” instead. I do not want a “happy ending” special.

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**Author:** ![WhyNot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c77e96/32.png) [@WhyNot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WhyNot)\
**Post date:** [July 8, 2005, 4:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bay-area-massge-therapists-advice-on-finding-one-in-general/311560/2 "2005-07-08T04:47:02Z")

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[Try this search.](http://www.ncbtmb.com/database/query.asp) It’s from the people who administer the national board exam. Should be legit practitioners.

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**Author:** ![inkleberry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/f17d59/32.png) [@inkleberry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/inkleberry)\
**Post date:** [July 8, 2005, 4:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bay-area-massge-therapists-advice-on-finding-one-in-general/311560/3 "2005-07-08T04:55:48Z")

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> [@WhyNot](#):
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> [Try this search.](http://www.ncbtmb.com/database/query.asp) It’s from the people who administer the national board exam. Should be legit practitioners.

Thanks. 🙂

Now, [can you answer this bonus question?](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=324084) Because the wondering is keeping me up at night. 😃

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**Author:** ![WhyNot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c77e96/32.png) [@WhyNot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WhyNot)\
**Post date:** [July 8, 2005, 12:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bay-area-massge-therapists-advice-on-finding-one-in-general/311560/4 "2005-07-08T12:36:56Z")

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> [@inkleberry](#):
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> Thanks. 🙂
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> Now, [can you answer this bonus question?](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=324084) Because the wondering is keeping me up at night. 😃

Done! Sorry, I hadn’t seen the thread. 😛

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**Author:** ![Bippy\_the\_Beardless](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ac8455/32.png) [@Bippy\_the\_Beardless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bippy_the_Beardless)\
**Post date:** [July 8, 2005, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bay-area-massge-therapists-advice-on-finding-one-in-general/311560/5 "2005-07-08T17:09:52Z")

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Also if you want oriental massage but not a sex-place look in the metro classified, they list massage places in two sections one is for serious medicinal massage only (it’s easy to tell which section is which). I have used several local to the area with no problem about ending in a non-legit place. The legitimate places are also almost allways linked to chinese herbalists (either the massage practitioner is also a herbalist, or workd with a herbalist). Unfortunately my massage practitioner has recently retired, and I’ve stopped needing massage therapy, so I cannot recomend a specific therapist.