Editing Massage (section)

=== Mexico ===
In Mexico massage therapists, called ''sobadores'', combine massage using oil or lotion<ref name="sobadores1">{{Cite web |last=Howard |first=Christopher |date=24 May 2010 |title=What the heck are sobadores and pegas? |url=http://www.liveincostarica.com/blog/2010/05/what-the-heck-are-sobadores-and-pegas.html |access-date=26 February 2013 |publisher=Liveincostarica.com |name-list-style=vanc}}</ref> with a form of acupuncture and faith.<ref name="sobadores2">{{Cite web |last=Associated |first=The |date=24 March 2009 |title=Mexican tradition of massage lives on in Tijuana |url=http://www.nydailynews.com/latino/2009/03/25/2009-03-25_mexican_tradition_of_massage_lives_on_in-2.html |access-date=26 February 2013 |publisher=Nydailynews.com}}</ref> ''Sobadores'' are used to relieve digestive system problems as well as knee and back pain.<ref name="sobadores1" /><ref name="sobadores2" /> Many of these therapists work out of the back of a truck, with just a curtain for privacy.<ref name="sobadores2" /> By learning additional holistic healer's skills in addition to massage, the practitioner may become a ''[[curandero]]''.<ref name="sobadores3">{{Cite web |last=Vanderbilt |first=Shirley |title=Curanderismo: Mexican Folk Healers |url=http://www.massagetherapy.com/articles/index.php/article_id/208/Curanderismo%3A-Mexican-Folk-Healers |access-date=26 February 2013 |publisher=Massagetherapy.com}}</ref>

In some jurisdictions, [[prostitution in Mexico]] is legal, and prostitutes are allowed to sell sexual massages. These businesses are often confined to a specific area of the city, such as the [[Zona Norte (Tijuana)|Zona Norte]] in [[Tijuana]].