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Why doesn't a massage tickle? and why doesn't tickling feel like a massage?

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How does our body tell the difference, even when we know which one we are getting?
 
Massages tend to stimulate the muscles where as tickling stimulates nerve endings
 
two completely different actions, you dont dig into peoples ribs etc in a massage, however some popel do still find massages ticklish.
 
Because massages help a person relax and helps a person's body and sore muscles to unwind and relax and become untensed-because massage is when gentle but firm pressure is applied by a person's hands and the muscles are gently but firmly attended to-massage you rub and massage their sore knotted muscles -gets the blood circulating and massage helps a person relax-causes the muscles to relax and untense... The difference being that tickling-still yes a tactile touch, a lighter touch-not really a massage-many times it helps to give a massage first to get the sore muscles relaxed and untensed and get the nerve endings relaxed -once massage is done and the muscles are relaxed and untensed-tension dissolves-then it makes the tickling that more intense.

Because once the sensitive nerve endings are relaxed and untensed and stimulated by gentle massage-gentle but firm tactile touch-then when tickled -it tickles much more intensely...where as the reason that a tickle doesn't feel like a massage -is because it is a real light touch, light stroke to the skin, not a gentle but firm massage-not a gentle but firm rub, it is a light tracing of the skin....

So that is why I believe that a massage does not feel like a tickle and why a massage doesn't feel like a tickle. Hope that this has helped ticklingislife. :wave::upsidedow
 
To most people, there is a difference... but a woman I dated could not stand massages cuz it tickled her like crazy. I tried every which way to try and not make it tickle but she simply could not do it.

So. "It depends."
 
I've had portions of massages that have tickled. It depends on the person and the touch used by the massage therapist.
 
Sometimes massages do tickle.

The masseur or masseuse tries not to do so by using a firm touch and by moving predictably so as not to surprise you.
 
CrystalLight said:
The mind is a poweful thing.
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You said it, Crystal, in a much simplier way than I'm about to.

Massages do tend to tickle me if I'm in the mindset of being tickled. Horrendously. I can't have a foot massage worth a crap if I'm really wanting that ticklish sensation. However, other times, I just want the muscles worked and it's as if the nerves that respond to tickling are turned off.

There is such a thing as muscle tickling and it entirely has to do with your mindset. Stroking, on the other hand, is a much more powerful sensation, I believe, which is why I think the ticklish can't turn it off.
 
I recently got a pedicure, and there was a part when they do a little mini foot massage. It definitely tickled, and the pedicurist ended up smiling and giving up. :doh:
 
I have had many many massages, a good masseur/masseuse is professional and will use strokes that work on the muscles not the nerves..95% of the time it does not tickle at all when done right. In a few instances that 5% it could tickle and then they usually adjust.
 
I have had classes on how to give pedicures, reflexology and regular massage therapy. I had job at one point in my life after being certified, to give massages. The differences between tickling and massaging can be broken down into two things: Pressure and location. Using varying amounts of pressure on certain locations. We were taught which areas to use more pressure, and which areas to use less pressure.

And then we were also taught to read our clients body language to be able to ensure when we may have been "making our clients too jumpy or uncomfortable", well that's how they put it. They never said "tickle" to often in textbooks and such.

Rob
 
sasaxrah said:
I recently got a pedicure, and there was a part when they do a little mini foot massage. It definitely tickled, and the pedicurist ended up smiling and giving up. :doh:
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I tend to use a firmer touch with my pedicure massages, so they generally don't tickle at all , but I can make them tickle if I want to.
Some asian women do use a lighter technique, which I learn from many is a common complaint from those who do not like a ticklish pedi when they are trying to relax.
If I do ever end up tickling my client, I always smile, apologize,or try something different
 
I think massages can tickle sometimes if someone is massaging in a certain way. I know during pedicures the massage can sometimes tickle. I think the main thing is how the mind responds to it. I read somewhere that the reason you can't tickle yourself is because the mind sees tickling as an attack on the body and that laughing is a response to the attack. I think a massages is viewed as relaxing and causes the muscles to relax whereas tickling causes them to tense.
 
They do!

TicklingIsLife said:
How does our body tell the difference, even when we know which one we are getting?
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I was snowed in for 3 days over the weekend with my bf and we spent alot of time in bed (when not shoveling snow) massaging and tickling. He made a sincere (ya right) effort to massage me also without tickling me (my back, arms, neck, feet) but it tickled beyond control. I did discover that a tickle massage is awesome mutual foreplay... he seemed to like the receiving end as well 😉 Feet are awesome massage tools btw...

Lea
 
Here is the nerdy explanation =)

My textbook answer altered with my words. yes i am a geek!

Physiologically, The receptors which sense tickling are called nociceptors or the same receptors for pain, pressure and vibrations. They are most concentrated in places where we are ticklish. Touch and pain are two of our general senses, referred to as tactile sensations.

Pain, after all, is a violation of physical integrity and comfort; these are principles which we certainly care about quite viscerally. Pain is essentially a sensory representation of a violation of one's body's natural order. It represents V, a violation of moral principle, reduced to the level of a physiological response to a physical stimulus. Tickling kind of sends your brain mixed signals which might explain why we laugh. Neuro-scientists and Physiologists still can not understand exactly why we laugh. The signal is sent from the receptor to the brain, via nerve fibers, where the information is processed. The central nervous system gives a different signal to react to the stimulus accordingly.

The receptors that are responsible for touch are called mechanoreceptors.
Touch sensations(like from a massage), on the other hand, provide an internal representation of the external, touched stimulus for the organism to process. This representation of the stimulus is painless by itself; it is a representation of a normal contact with a stimulus, N.

However, when we are being tickled we are feeling a simultaneous excitation of both touch and pain receptors. This is perhaps what would send a mixed signal to the brain. Since the sensation of tickling is so chaotic (not for me anyway:cool2:); our system does not know quite how to respond so laughter, anger or even tears result. The body gets confused.

Aside from the receptors in our skin responsible for sensing stimulus the part that is most important in how we respond is the brain, more specifically the amygdala. The amygdala is the portion of the brain that elicits an emotional response. Before the cortex can process the information or think about what to do we automatically "fight or flee."
 
I think it depends on the person. I love massages, but more than 1/2 the time a neck/shoulder massage will tickle ALOT - even if I really don't want it to. And as far as a massage being relaxing, the more relaxed I am, the more ticklish I am. If I'm nervous or tense, I'm not gonna be ticklish - plain and simple - until I relax a little bit. So really, rather than massages not tickling because they're relaxing, they often lead to a tickling sensation because they're relaxing.

Make sense? Or am I a freak LOL
 
Deep tissue massage does not tickle me at all, the lighter form of sweedish massage can tickle me. I'm also in a weird position because my LMT also happens to be my best friend of 26 years and tickling is not part of the dynamic of our relationship. My husband is not a trained LMT and when he does try to give me a massage, he ends up tickling me. My BF is a professional and knows what she is doing when she's giving a massage and tickling isn't even possible.
 
I used to get massages regularly and would usually end up laughing during a portion of the massage. She would start on my back, which was usually fine, then move to my legs, which didn't make me laugh...my feet, which are very ticklish, weren't usually that ticklish during the massage...there were times, though, when I would start to laugh when she did my feet.

However, I would usually at least smile when she worked on my thighs...I would sometimes laugh though I wasn't completely out of control. It was when she would massage my chest that I would lose it. I would laugh so hard and ask her to stop because it tickled so much! :roflmao: I remember asking her to stop so that I could compose myself and then I asked her to continue because I wanted to see if I could not laugh. When she continued massaging my chest I lost it again and burst out laughing!!! I told her that it tickled because her hands were so close to my underarms to which she replied, "oh, that's understandable".
 
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