Therapists, don't use a orbital sander on me!

[+ glutes]

 

Randy Fruchter says the exchange has happened a few times. He leans over a man lying prone on his massage table and turns on a buzzing, hand-held device.

 

A jigsaw with rubber stopper

“Hey, that sounds like a jigsaw,” the client says.

 

“Actually,” Mr. Fruchter replies, “it is a jigsaw.”

 

A year ago, the massage specialist in Orange County, Calif., balked at the $3,500 price of a massage device. Instead, Mr. Fruchter bought a $100 cordless jigsaw, filed down the blade and covered the point with a hard-rubber stopper. He uses the device daily to work on painful hips and stiff upper backs.

 

 

“In five minutes I can get about 30 minutes of work done,” Mr. Fruchter says.

 

The popularity of massage is rising along with the price of electric gadgets for it. So some do-it-yourself-ers are raiding garages and Home Depot and turning power tools into turbocharged robe-masseurs.

 

Wall St. Journal 14JUN2017

[AdamSmith]

One hopes the trend eventually has a stopping point.

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