I believe I had a massage exactly once. Of the shiatsu variety. ~25 years ago. It was in reaction to a bad muscle spasm I was experiencing. Couldn't say how much it cost; my work paid for it.
It was kind of interesting. I went into the massage immobile and knotted up with back and neck pain; I left loose and able to touch my toes. Freaky.
By the next day I was right back where I started though.
In general, I did not like the massage experience. Just felt like an idiotic beached whale the whole time. Major dork. Left feeling like I would never do it again and so far I haven't.