Is this what lack of muscle tension feels like?

The apartment complex had one of their employees who also happens to be a massage therapist offer his services free of charge for a couple of hours this evening. Before he started my session, he asked me a lot of very pointed questions about my needs -- did I have any particular areas of numbness or pain, isn't it true that I do most everything with my upper body, etc. I told him I have a tendency to hold my stress in my lower neck and the muscles that join my neck to my shoulders and the muscles right between my shoulder blades. He told me after the fifteen minute massage that he would've discovered my stress spots even if I hadn't told him -- he said I had a major knot right on my C7 vertebra.

He told me I'd probably benefit from regular sessions with a therapist to help relieve my arms of their extra stress -- the whole your muscles have to work so much harder to do the same things phenomenon. The knowledgeable way in which he spoke (asking the right questions, listening to what I had to say) made me think that he'd worked with someone with a disability before. I've entertained the idea of semi-regular visits to a massage therapist many times, but I can't afford that and I told him as much. He said many therapists will donate time or offer discounts for students, and he offered to get me some information.

I do have to say that my neck hasn't felt this relaxed in months. Literally months.