A massage apparatus is provided with a housing, and a substrate mounted for rotationto the housing and driven by a motor. A massage node and a positive temperaturecoefficient (PTC) heater are mounted to the substrate. A pair of contacts anda pair of brushes maintain electrical engagement of the PTC heater with the housingduring rotation of the substrate. Another embodiment provides an infrared lightemitting diode (LED) beneath the massage node in electrical communication withthe housing due to the contacts and brushes. Another embodiment provides a methodfor imparting a heated massage effect by providing a massage apparatus with amessage mechanism, a PTC heater and a plurality of infrared LEDs. A massage effectis imparted and a warm-up operation is initiated of the PTC heater and the LEDs.The warm-up operation of the PTC heater is discontinued upon the massage mechanismreaching a predefined temperature.
