There is provided a chair-type massage apparatus which, while having a low-height backrest, affords an adequate massage effect without forcing a user to take an uncomfortable position. The chair-type massage apparatus 1 comprises: the seat 2 the base frame 8 for supporting the seat 2 on a floor the backrest 3 disposed at the rear of the seat 2 for the support of users back and the massage section 6 incorporated in the backrest 3, for performing a massage on a user sitting on the seat 2, and further includes the up-and-down means 15 for switchably changing the height of the backrest 3 vertically within a range between the housing position where the lower part of the backrest 3 is stored under the seat 2 and the protruding position where the lower part of the backrest 3 is raised to an upper location.本發明的座椅式按摩器是靠背部的高度低的座椅式按摩器,其無需強迫使用者採取不合理的姿勢便能夠施加充分的按摩效果;本發明的座椅式按摩器(1)具有:座部(2);底座(8),其在地面上支承該座部(2);靠背部(3),其配置在座部(2)的後部並被設置成能夠支承使用者的背部;按摩部(6),其內裝在靠背部(3)中並對就座於座部(2)上的使用者進行按摩動作;並且設有升降機構(15),其中,該升降機構(15)在靠背部(3)的下側被收容在座部(2)的下方的收容位置與靠背部(3)的下側移動至收容位置的上方的突出位置之間,以上下方向轉換自如的方式調整靠背部(3)的高度。1‧‧‧座椅式按摩器2‧‧‧座部3‧‧‧靠背部4‧‧‧放腳架部5‧‧‧扶手部6‧‧‧按摩部12‧‧‧防滑構件29‧‧‧擱腳部30‧‧‧輪子31‧‧‧放腳架擺動連桿構件
