Abstract: A massaging apparatus capable of performing rubbing-massage properly with respect to a body part of a user having various shapes is provided. A massaging apparatus of the present invention includes a first massaging unit including a pair of massaging plates which are disposed at both sides of a body part of a user so as to sandwich the body part, a driving force transmission unit configured to cause the massaging plates to reciprocate in a direction along a side surface of the body part, and air bags which are disposed outside the massaging plates and are expanded and contracted by air supply and exhaust, to change a distance between the pair of massaging plates, wherein the massaging plates are reciprocatable along the side surface of the body part in a state where the air bags are expanded.

Abstract: A massaging apparatus capable of performing rubbing-massage properly with respect to a body part of a user having various shapes is provided. A massaging apparatus 1 of the present invention comprise a first massaging unit 3 including a pair of massaging plates 10 which are disposed at both sides of a body part of a user so as to sandwich the body part, a driving force transmission unit 13 configured to cause the massaging plates 10 to reciprocate in a direction along a side surface of the body part, and air bags 11 which are disposed outside the massaging plates 10 and are expanded and contracted by air supply and exhaust, to change a distance between the pair of massaging plates 10, wherein the massaging plates 10 are reciprocatable along the side surface of the body part in a state where the air bags 11 are expanded.