Before massage therapy was invented, people would ease muscle tightness by hiring children to pummel them with socks full of used teeth. Appreciate soothing modern-massage techniques with today’s Groupon: for $99, you get a 30-minute mini signature massage (a $50 value), a seaweed-gel body wrap (a $125 value), and a mini massage facial (a $50 value, $225 total value) at Massage Unlimited in Pelham.

Massage Unlimited offers an array of restorative services conducted by a licensed massage therapist, helping customers channel their beauty and radiate it outward. A 30-minute mini signature massage incorporates Swedish, deep-tissue, neuromuscular, and trigger-point techniques into its four-pronged assault, further soothing muscles with heated packs along patients' spines and steamy towels that hide feet from toe-gobbling blue jays. Staff members then transform patrons into human sushi rolls with a seaweed-gel body wrap, and a mini massage facial employs steam and moisturizer to cleanse and exfoliate visages before kneading away stress from the shoulders, face, arms, and hands.

As tension melts like butter atop a branding iron and faces freshen like laundry in the breeze, Massage Unlimited's comforting interior calms eyes as if they were submerged in a luxurious bubble bath. Gazing at the earthen tile tones and tea-green walls while enjoying a skilled knead makes people want to integrate stress relief into their regular lifestyles.