Inaccessible to the hands, back musculature often falls prey to freeloading "kick me" signs and hitchhiking parrots. Liberate a beleaguered back with today's Groupon at Healing Hands by Emiko in Coppell. Choose between the following options:

• $25 for a stress-relieving massage (a $50 value)
• $30 for a trigger-point massage (a $65 value)

Massage therapist Emiko Cechin, practiced in spa and medical arenas, focuses on alleviating tension and pain while giving clients an education in muscle matters. In the one-hour stress-relieving massage, Cechin applies medium to firm pressure to focus along the neck, shoulders, back, feet, and head, all of which may emit regular peeps of gratitude during the service. In the one-hour trigger-point massage, the finger-wriggling wonder woman takes on the evil-twin bad guys chronic pain and nerve blockage with decisively firm pressure. Muscle tightness will flee the scene as body parts discover new ranges of motion, enabling them to master the unicycle and repair deflated unicorns.