Snowdragon wrote:
I know what you mean, but my first reaction was: yeah, either that, or I was tearing from the extreme pain!
I also recommend the Thai massage school at Wat Po (or one of those temples in Bangkok, I forget). They did a great foot massage and back/leg/shoulder one. As snowdragon mentioned, they leverage their entire body to help loosen yours. and worked even better in the heat where your muscles are looser (same idea as to Yoga ie more efficacy in hot environment).
If you want to visit the guy I used to goto in Neihu Road, pm me. His english is decent (his wife teaches English though), but it will be much easier in Chinese. He learned this stuff while in the army, and since then has qualified in Taiwan and China.