How Often Should You Get a Massage?

There's no single correct answer to how often you should get a massage — it depends on what you're trying to achieve. But there are useful starting points based on common goals, which you can adjust over time based on how your body responds.

For general stress relief and maintenance, once every three to four weeks is a common baseline. This is frequent enough to prevent tension from building up significantly, without requiring a heavy time or budget commitment.

If you're dealing with a specific issue — chronic shoulder tightness, recurring lower back tension, or recovering from an old injury — more frequent sessions (weekly or biweekly) for a short stretch of four to six weeks tends to produce better results than infrequent, spread-out visits.

For people with physically demanding jobs, frequent travel, or high-stress work schedules, biweekly sessions often make more sense as an ongoing rhythm rather than a temporary fix, similar to how athletes treat recovery as part of training, not an afterthought.

A simple way to check if your current frequency is working: pay attention to how you feel in the 5–7 days before your next scheduled session. If tension and stress are clearly building back up before then, it's a sign to shorten the gap between visits.