To make a massaging apparatus possible to perform an effective application of a thermotherapy, by dividing a back rest part into a plurality of section parts, and providing a heater at each section to be heated for every section.

A body 16 having treating elements 18 is built into a back rest part 14 of a massaging apparatus and the treating elements 18 are driven to massage shoulders and the back of a user. At this point, planar heaters A are arranged on the right and left of the body 16 at an upper part of the back rest part 14, planar heaters B on the right and left of the body 16 at the center part of the back rest part 14, a planer heater C from a lower part of the back rest part to the rear part of a seat part and a planar heater D on the front part of the seat part 12. For example, when a hypothermia switch of a remote control is turned on while a tapping operation is performed at the position of a shoulder by the user, the heater A the nearest the position of the user's shoulder is turned on to apply a thermotherapy effect while the shoulder part is massaged by the body 16.