The invention relates to a massage device comprisingan essentially cylindrical housing, withelectromechanical means arranged in the housingfor generating mechanical vibrations, along withelectronic means arranged in the housing for activatingthe means for generating mechanical vibrations,and with a power source, connected to themeans for generating mechanical vibrations and theelectromechanical means, wherein the means forgenerating mechanical vibrations comprise at leastone coil element and at least one ferromagneticcore arranged parallel or coaxial with the coilelement and movably guided parallel to the cylinderaxis, characterized in that the core has amass ml, the mass ratio ml:m2 of which to the totalmass m2 of the massage device is in the rangefrom 1:100 to 1:3.
