Every October, without fail, at least three clients corner me after a session and ask the same question: “Should I buy a massage chair?” The holidays are coming, their backs are stiff from desk jobs and school pickups, and the deal emails start landing the moment the calendar flips. This year, my team and I decided to stop guessing at answers. We borrowed two chairs, bought one for the studio at a deep discount, and put every model we could reasonably get our hands on through sixty days of post-workout, post-travel, post-everything testing. What follows is the guide I now…