Swedish massage is the most common and best known type ofmassage in the west if it39s your first time at the spa or you don39t get massage often swedish massage is the best place to start if you want deeper work and can tolerate more pressure to get relief from chronic muscle pain it39s better to book a deep tissue massage which is another form of swedish massage if you have pain it will likely take a series of massages to get results swedish massage and other types of thera