Here’s how one travel writer learned to embrace post-golf spa visits - Golf.com

On golf-resort spa menus, New Age–sounding terms were gaining mainstream standing: acupressure, reflexology, hydrotherapy, cupping. All are employed in the name of “connectedness” and “healing.” Restorative soaks and wraps became the rage. Spoken language also shifted. Simply booking a “massage” was no longer sufficient. You had to get specific. Swedish or shiatsu? Hot stone or hot oil? Even hot golf balls were being employed to achieve a sweet spot on the pleasure-pain continuum. Your grandpa’s favorite combo — a sauna and a steam — gave way to such pairings as hot-and-cold plunge pools. You could take a Vichy shower, then kick back in a gently perfumed inhalation room.

The old me might have scoffed. The new me celebrated. As the wellness people say, my life — and golf — fell into healthy balance. Where once I’d sprinted to the first tee in the morning and played till daylight fell or my strength faltered, I now sauntered to the spa in the afternoon.

Over the years, I’ve tried most everything and have enjoyed it all: kelp baths, cryotherapy and hyperbaric treatments, scalp rubs, body scrubs, mani-pedis, facials. Sunglasses feel good on my eyes, but so, I’ve discovered, do cucumber slices. A skeptic might suggest that my spa-love is a sign that I’ve been beaten down by time’s passage. But really, I’ve embraced the wisdom that comes with it. I’m happier, more relaxed, better as a man and as a golfer. I concede two-footers. And I’m okay with quiche and crying, too.

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