Desk job, stone shoulders —
how often is often enough?

By Tagan, masseur with ten years of practice5 min readUpdated 19 September 2026

The most common question after a first session. There is no number that fits everyone, but there are three signals that show your own interval within a couple of months — and without buying a ten-session card.

Why there is no universal number

«Once a month» appears on a lot of websites because it sells well and frightens nobody. In practice people are far apart: twelve hours at a screen on an old chair is one thing, sitting a lot but swimming three times a week is another. The interval depends on the load, on what you do between appointments, and on how fast your tissue slides back to its old state.

What ten years suggest: most people with desk jobs land somewhere between every two and every six weeks. Those who come more often usually do not come because of their back — the hour is simply the one point in the week where the head goes quiet. Perfectly good reason, just a different one.

Three signals

The first weeks are closer together

When somebody arrives with a very tight neck and shoulder area, the first two or three appointments are usually closer — roughly every one to two weeks. Not because a package needs selling, but because only part of it can be worked in a single hour without turning unpleasant. After that the gap widens, often to three to six weeks. That is the usual course, not a promise: some people stay at two weeks, others come twice a year and are perfectly happy.

What matters more than the session

Honestly: one hour every three weeks against forty hours at a desk is an unequal fight. The people whose interval really stretched from two weeks to five or six almost always did something boring — raised the monitor to eye level, started standing up twice a day, changed the chair. That is not health advice, it is an observation from the room.

Why there are no packages

A ten-session card makes you come on the seller's schedule instead of your own. I work alone, every session is paid separately, and if you do not need one right now, you do not need one. There is also no sales conversation at the end of the hour.

If you want predictability without paying in advance, there is a simple version: at the end of a session we pencil in a date for the next one, and it can be moved or cancelled for free at any time.

Frequent questions

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Wellness massage is not a medical service and does not replace medical advice. For anything acute, after surgery or during pregnancy, please speak to a doctor first and tell me before the appointment.