If I don’t use the word I made up*, who will?
Here’s a dog who’s noticing an awful lot of tension in your back:
!["noodle massage" by m anima [CC BY 2.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/)], via Flickr](http://crypticphilosopher.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/38266948_5fcda76be9_z.jpg "\"noodle massage\" by m anima [CC BY 2.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/)], via Flickr")
Even bunnies need to help each other loosen tight muscles:
!["Massage time!" by Carly Lesser & Art Drauglis [CC BY-SA 2.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/)], via Flickr](http://crypticphilosopher.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/12657985224_58154b8b25_z.jpg "\"Massage time!\" by Carly Lesser & Art Drauglis [CC BY-SA 2.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/)], via Flickr")
It’s not just non-human animals that need to get the kinks worked out. Furries need some therapeutic touch now and then, too:
!["A fursuiter gets a massage" by Douglas Muth [CC BY-SA 2.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/)], via Flickr](http://crypticphilosopher.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/3492863626_e94beb73f0_z.jpg "\"A fursuiter gets a massage\" by Douglas Muth [CC BY-SA 2.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/)], via Flickr")
(See also)
Photo credits: “noodle massage” by m anima [CC BY 2.0], via Flickr; “Massage time!” by Carly Lesser & Art Drauglis [CC BY-SA 2.0], via Flickr; “A fursuiter gets a massage” by Douglas Muth [CC BY-SA 2.0], via Flickr.
*Except that I guess I didn’t make it up, dangit.
