why does it feel better when you get a massage from someone else?

[Tragic]

Why is it when someone else rubs my feet, legs, hands etc it feels better then if I did it myself? You would think that since I know where the pain is at it would feel better if I just did it myself, but it always feels better when someone else is doing the massage. Why is this?

 

[pineapple]

It is because you can relax your body, opposed to when you do it yourself, you know what your going to do, so its not as nice.

 

[Arron]

same reason it feels better when some one else spanks the old monkey instead of yourself, cuz u dont have to do any work and while u are completley relaxed, it feels better lol, its also something to do with your own skin on your skin, or that because u know its you, it doesnt feel the same

 

[kelly]

It's because when you massage yourself, you know exactly where your going to be feeling your hands, whereas you don't when someone else massages you, which makes it more relaxing for you. Also, you're able to relax all of your muscles when you are being massaged by someone else, whereas when you massage yourself you're using muscles in your hands and arms and are unable to relax them.