Massage/Bra Fitting

Last week I got a chair massage at work - it's a great way to spend 30 minutes an it's a good way to get me to go into the office.

Halfway through my massage, which is supposed to be focusing on the stress I have in my upper back/traps/shoulders, my masseuse starts working on my middle back, which is fine, but I noticed he was trying to work around my bra strap.

He moved it slightly up to work directly beneath it, then slightly down, and finally he said, "This seems really tight across your back." I said, "Yup, that's what I pay it for."

He continued working for a minute or so then went on to tell me that I might want to think about a different type of bra, maybe one that isn't quite so tight across the back, as it seems to create artificial tension in the fascia beneath the skin.

It seemed well-intentioned, but I found it amusing that a guy - a guy without breasts - was telling me what type of bra I should consider wearing.

Maybe he wears breasts of his own when he's off the clock and loves the idea of wearing bras that fit the way he thinks they should, but he has no idea what sort of bras I need and why I wear ones that could double as a body cast.

He went on for a bit about strap tension when I had to cut him off and gently explain that I was wearing a minimizer and it has a very important job to do, and it needs to be tight to do its job, and the only tension it causes is when the elastic starts to give out and I have to buy new ones.