It's not just the posters on the Las Olas thread who need a good therapeutic massage these days.
Here in Quito, Mariscal's Gringolandia area is Massage Central. Go to the corner of Amasonas and Wilson and within about a four block radius there are 6-8 peluquerias (hair salons) where massage is offered. The going rate there is $20 an hour.
My favorite place is the no-name peluqueria on Wilson (between Amasonas and Juan Leon Mera, next to Vibracciones Club and its infamous neon sign). I like their bodywork so much I've been going there four times a month for the past year. As the no-name suggests, it is a simple place. They cut hair in the front and have two massage tables in the back.
If you go, you can ask for my principal masseuse, nickname Gatubelita ("Catgirl").
Don't expect much English to be spoken in these peluquerias. But "masaje, una hora" (or your preferred timeframe) should get you optimal service. In a year's worth of massages, the only two words in English that I have heard the wonderful Catgirl speak are: "turn over."
(Best times to go to the no-name peluqueria for massage: 4:30-6:30 p.m. weekdays, 10:30 a.m. to mid-afternoon on Saturdays.)