Day Massage · Cupping · Chaska, MN
Cupping + therapeutic massage in
Chaska, MN.
Cupping massage in Chaska, MN is booked here as a full 30 to 90 minute session — $90 for 30 minutes, $115 for 60, $155 for 90 — with cups and hands-on therapeutic work alternating throughout. Not a five-minute add-on at the end. Walk in or book ahead.
Cupping + therapeutic massage — 30 min $90 · 45 min $100 · 1 hr $115 · 90 min $155 · 15 min cupping + head massage $35
Open daily · Mon–Sat 9 AM–9 PM · Sun 9:30 AM–9 PM Chaska Commons, Chaska
At a glance
- What it is
- Suction cups and hands-on therapeutic massage in one appointment, alternating through the session.
- Session lengths
- 30 min $90 · 45 min $100 · 60 min $115 · 90 min $155. Gratuity not included.
- Shortest option
- Cupping + Head Massage, 15 minutes, $35 — cups on the shoulders while the therapist works the scalp.
- The marks
- Round, painless discoloured circles are normal and typically fade over several days. Tell us about an event and we place the cups under a shirt line.
- How to get in
- Walk in whenever a therapist is free, book online, or call or text (612) 600-9298. The 90 minute slot goes first.
- Where
- 150 Pioneer Trail, Chaska, MN 55318 — Chaska Commons, at Hwy 41 and Pioneer Trail. Free lot at the door.
— Start with the length
Book 45 minutes if it's your first time.
That's the whole recommendation, and the reason is warm-up time. Cups never go on cold here — the therapist warms an area with oil and hands-on work before anything is placed. On a 30 minute booking that warm-up eats a real slice of what you came for. Forty-five ($100) leaves room to cover the whole back, reset a cup that wasn't sitting where you wanted it, and finish you with hands rather than ending on the cups.
The second thing to know: cupping at Day Massage is its own appointment with its own length — 30, 45, 60 or 90 minutes of cups and hands-on therapeutic massage together, in whatever proportion your back and shoulders ask for. So the price is the price of a session, not a surcharge on somebody else's, and every length sits on the full price list.
Cupping is a traditional practice, done for centuries with glass, bamboo and now silicone. We offer it the way we offer everything else on the menu: for comfort, and for the way it feels. No health claim is attached to it here, and if you want an independent read before booking, the NCCIH page on cupping is the place to start.
Guests come in for this from across the county — drive times from Chanhassen, Shakopee, Victoria and the rest of Carver County are on the county page.
- Its own appointment — never bolted onto the last five minutes of something else.
- Cups and hands, same table, same session.
- Offered for comfort and relaxation. No treatment claim.
- Every length and price published — nothing waits for the front desk.
— Minute by minute
How the time actually gets spent in 30, 45, 60 and 90 minutes.
Every session opens the same way. You say where you want cups and where you'd rather they didn't go, and you get on the table under a sheet exactly as you would for any oil massage. Then the room goes quiet.
Hands first, always. From there it alternates: cups set on the warmed area and left to sit while the therapist moves to the next spot, cups off, hands back over the same ground. On longer sessions the cups are also glided along the back with oil instead of parked, which feels nothing like a fixed cup.
Roughly how the four lengths break down:
| Length | Price | What fits in it |
|---|---|---|
| 30 min | $90 | One region, usually upper back and shoulders. Warm-up, one round of cups, hands to finish. Fits a lunch break. |
| 45 min | $100 | The whole back with room to spare. The length most first-timers end up booking. |
| 1 hr | $115 | Back, shoulders and the backs of the legs, two rounds of cups instead of one, unhurried finish. |
| 90 min | $155 | Cups move as well as sit, both sides get worked, and there's still time for neck, hips and feet. |
The first column is the length of the appointment, not of the cupping portion — hands-on massage is included in all of it. Prices are per session and exclude gratuity.
Ask for glided cups on the 60 and the 90
A parked cup and a glided cup are two different experiences. Parked is a steady, stationary pull. Glided is a long slow drag with the suction still on — closer to a very deliberate stroke than to anything else on our menu. The longer sessions have time for both, but you'll get more of the glided work if you ask.
Fifteen minutes, if that's genuinely all you have
One short option, named honestly: Cupping + Head Massage, 15 minutes, $35. Cups on the upper back and shoulders while the therapist works the scalp and the base of the skull. Dressed from the waist down, out the door in a quarter of an hour. It's the only place on the menu where cupping is deliberately brief.
— Pull, not press
It pulls. It doesn't press.
Every other thing on this menu works by pushing in. Cupping is the one that works the other way. A cup seals against the skin, and what registers is a steady upward tug — somewhere between firm and slightly odd for the first thirty seconds. Then it stops being odd and just becomes part of the session.
People reach for different words. A deep pinch. Something holding on. What it should never be is sharp. If a cup is too strong, say so mid-sentence — the therapist breaks the seal and resets it in about two seconds. That isn't a complaint, that's the system working.
Nothing about the setting is clinical: warm room, warm oil, low light, a sheet. Most people go quiet around the second round of cups and stay that way.
— The circles
Those round marks, and what they are not.
This is the question we get more than any other, usually phrased as: am I going to look like that. Sometimes, yes. Cupping commonly leaves round discoloured circles where the cups sat — pink, red, dusky purple, sometimes almost nothing. How dark they go varies enormously between people, for reasons we won't pretend to explain from behind a front desk.
What they are not is bruises in the everyday sense. A bruise comes from an impact, is tender to touch, and looks worse before it looks better. Cupping marks come from suction, are painless under a finger, and generally start fading right away — most people find them gone within several days, some sooner, a few longer.
Darker is not better, either. The colour is not a score for the session and no therapist here reads it as one. If you want the longer write-up, it's in our guide to what cupping marks actually are.
And if you're the sort who wants the circles — plenty of people are — say that too.
- Round, flat, painless to the touch — nothing like an impact bruise.
- Typically fade over several days; how dark they go varies between people.
- Darker is not better. The marks are not a score for the session.
- Got something coming up? Say so before you're face down, not after.
— Sauna, shower, sleep
The rest of your day.
Nothing dramatic is required. Drink water, keep moving gently, and give the marks a couple of hours before you form an opinion — the colour settles.
Two practical things. Skip the sauna, the hot tub and a scalding shower for the rest of the day; warm is fine, blistering is not, and the area where the cups sat can feel more sensitive than usual. And put a layer over it before you head back out, January or July.
Mild tenderness the next day is common, much like after deep tissue work, and it generally passes on its own. If something feels wrong rather than merely sore, that's a question for a clinician. General advice for any session: what to do after a massage.
Come back whenever it suits you. No course of sessions, no package, no punch card.
— Counting back from the wedding
Timing a session around a day you'll be photographed.
A wedding, senior pictures, a beach week, the first warm day you go sleeveless — the marks are the one part of cupping that wants a calendar. If you'd rather be clear of them entirely, leave about a week between the session and the day. Inside a week, book anyway and say so when you arrive: the therapist places the cups where a shirt covers them, shoulder blades and mid-back instead of the tops of the shoulders and the neck.
The only rule is that it's a conversation you have before you're face down. Once the cups are placed, the decision is made for several days.
Then the ordinary part. Cupping is walk-in-friendly most of the week — if a therapist is free, you can have it. Evenings and Saturdays are the exception, and the 90 minute slot goes first, so book that one. Book online, or call or text (612) 600-9298 and someone at the desk will tell you what the next hour looks like. If your plan is just to turn up, which hours are genuinely quiet is written down.
We're at 150 Pioneer Trail, Chaska, MN 55318, in Chaska Commons at the corner of Hwy 41 and Pioneer Trail, free lot at the door. Open Mon — Sat 9:00 AM — 9:00 PM; Sunday 9:30 AM — 9:00 PM.
— Every price published
Cupping — every length, every price
Cupping + Therapeutic Massage
Suction cups combined with hands-on massage in one booked session — the cups pull rather than press, and the two alternate throughout.
- Cupping + Therapeutic Massage 30 min $90
- Cupping + Therapeutic Massage 45 min $100
- Cupping + Therapeutic Massage 1 hr $115
- Cupping + Therapeutic Massage 90 min $155
Cupping commonly leaves round, painless discoloured marks for a few days. If you have an event coming up, mention it and we'll place the cups accordingly.
Specials
A few things that don't fit the standard menu — including a two-therapist session and a chair warm-up built for golfers.
- Four Hands Table Massage (two therapists at once) 1 hr $160
- Pre-Golf Morning Warm-Up Chair Massage 30 min $55
- Cupping + Head Massage 15 min $35
Cupping is booked as its own appointment, so the price is the price of the whole session rather than a surcharge added to a massage. Gratuity is not included in any listed price. There is no membership and no package requirement — you pay for the session you booked.
— Before you book
Questions we get
most often.
Still unsure? Call (612) 600-9298 — someone at the front desk will actually pick up.
Is your cupping an add-on, or its own session?
Its own session. You book cupping the way you'd book a massage — 30, 45, 60 or 90 minutes ($90 to $155) — and the therapist alternates cups and hands-on therapeutic massage throughout that time. It isn't tacked onto the last few minutes of something else.
What does cupping actually feel like?
A steady pulling or lifting sensation rather than pressure — the opposite of a thumb pressing in. We pair it with hands-on therapeutic massage in the same session. We offer it as a relaxation and comfort service and make no medical claim for it.
Does cupping leave marks?
Usually yes — round, painless discoloured circles where the cups sat, typically fading over several days. They aren't bruises in the impact sense and they don't hurt. If you have a wedding, a photo shoot or a beach weekend coming up, say so and we'll place the cups where clothing covers them.
Do the cups stay in one place, or do they move?
Both, depending on the length of your session and what you ask for. Parked cups sit still and give a steady stationary pull. Glided cups are drawn slowly along the back with oil, which feels much more like a long stroke. The 60 and 90 minute sessions have time for both — mention which you prefer.
Which length should I book?
If it's your first time, 45 minutes ($100) is the sweet spot — long enough to cover the whole back without rushing the warm-up. Thirty ($90) works for neck and shoulders only. Sixty ($115) adds the legs and a second round of cups. Ninety ($155) is the unhurried version and books out first.
What should I do for the rest of the day?
Water, gentle movement, and skip the sauna, hot tub or a very hot shower until tomorrow — the skin where the cups sat is a little more sensitive than usual. Mild tenderness the next day is common and normally passes on its own. Put a layer over the marks before you head back outside.
Should I avoid massage in any situation?
Check with a healthcare professional first if you have a fever or contagious illness, a skin infection or open wound in the area, recent surgery, a blood-clotting disorder, severe osteoporosis, certain heart conditions, or a high-risk pregnancy. When in doubt, ask your clinician — we would rather reschedule you than guess.
Is gratuity included?
Gratuity is not included in the listed prices. It's appreciated but entirely up to you, and it's never expected.
— Background reading
Cupping comes out of traditional practice rather than modern clinical medicine, and we present it that way. If you want an independent read before booking, see the NCCIH on cupping , traditional Chinese medicine and the NCCIH on massage therapy .
We offer cupping for comfort and relaxation. We make no claim that it treats any condition — the sources above are background reading, not endorsements.
Day Massage is a relaxation and wellness studio, not a medical provider. Nothing here is medical advice — if something hurts in a way that worries you, see a clinician.
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