You can do massage yourself, but definitely, if you can get to a professional, that would work well for you also.
I found out that the massage schools people go to for their licenses often have massage sessions, and they are cheap- much cheaper than going to a professional. Often, they are just as good as the professionals. I've only had 2 bad massages, but I have had many many many more great massages. And where I go, they also have 10 pack specials, so if you buy 9 sessions, you get the 10th one free. It's a big chunk of change, but I've been using this pass for almost a year, plus they raised the fees, and I am still under the old prices, while everyone is paying $5 more under the new price fees. I go once a week now.
Try to see if you can find a massage school in your area, then ask if they have student massage and find out what the fee is, and also find out if they have combination pay packages or discount pay packages or coupons or anything along those lines.
Koffee