Holy cow! That little Asian lady beat the crap out of me during my massage. I tried to tell her a little lighter, but her English wasn't so great and I don't know how to say "lighter" in Mandarin. If I were a slab of beef, I would be so freakin' tenderized! I can say the massage worked because I walked in with slight pain and numbing in my left arm and day after my massage, the numbness and shooting pain went away. Totally worth the trip if you're super sore and need a good meat tenderizing. Just a warning though - this is not your typical soothing Swedish massage. There is a lot of elbowing and forearming involved.