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Treatment: 90-minute Four Hands Deep Tissue outcall massage.
Experts: Fiora and Andreea from Urban Massage.
Procedure: Energising massage with peppermint oil by two therapists, in your own home, hotel room or office.
Science: According to Fiora, being massaged by two people at once helps the brain to disengage, as it cannot so easily process the sensations. Most of the science in this outcall service is in the predictive algorithm that the founders use to manage demand for online bookings, which will even take into account the effect the weather has on bookings, and which they hope will eventually make it possible for clients to book a massage from a therapist at 15 minutes’ notice: they currently undertake to send someone within an hour if possible.
Results: Having four hands working on one’s muscles and joints feels both more balanced and intensive than the average one-on-one treatment and 90 minutes’ worth left me very agreeably unstrung.
Cost and info: £140, urbanmassage.com.
