Re: Re: massage and fibro

[Guest guest]

So glad to hear your possitive feedback for massage

after all the people have commented on the bad ones

they received. I had such benefits from massage

therapy, I became a massage therapist. However, I jsut

found out I have sleep apnea so no wonder I still have

muscle pain even with regular massage. Going to be

fitted for a cpap machine tomorrow. Looking forward to

a good night sleep after 10 years of suffering with

little temporary relief. Star

m.pfanstiel@...

www.emergingcouragous.com

--- mausden@... wrote:

> I'm putting a group together for my last FM class

> and wish to extend an

> invitation to you all as well. I appreciate your

> helpful support.

>

> FM-CFS-HolisticSupport

>

> In regards to the massage issues, I'm a nurse who

> went back to massage

> school 20 years after college (makes me sound

> old)I've had FM for 10

> years, since a nursing home dumped sewage down the

> hill to my yard and we

> didn't know the rainwater was so dangerous.

>

> in massage school we learned:

> that blood only flows through a muscle when you are

> USING it

> OR getting a massage

> otherwise, it goes AROUND it

>

> so think how often we don't use a muscle and it gets

> sore

>

> but then when you use a muscle

> there are micro traumas which are normal that are

> supposed to heal when

> we sleep,but, we don't have restful sleep, our stage

> 4 can have alpha

> (more awake) brain waves so we don't produce the

> healing effects of other

> people (don't say normal-we are normal people who

> just have other

> challenges!)

>

> plus, the body needs oxygen in the Krebs cycle or it

> produces lactic acid

> (sore muscles!) so if we don't breathe well we limit

> how effecient our

> body can be

>

> plus hydration is important to flush out waste

> by-products or they

> recirculate.

>

> If you take a new supplement but have a toxic colon,

> as the supplement

> tries to work it is not as well absorbed, things

> must leave the body that

> are no longer needed or it becomes a bag of stagnant

> fluids-yuk.

>

> Massage helps the muscles eliminate by-products of

> metabolism so a good

> deep massage may cause a detox or secondary fatigue

> if the person is not

> well hydrated or in poor condition. More fatty

> tissue holds more stores

> of waste or toxins. Drinking lots of water BEFORE

> and After helps,

> starting slow, even if it feels like a person is not

> massage very hard,

> its better than too hard if your body is not ready

> for it.

>

> The best massage technique we learned was Lymphatic

> Drain-age, I even

> took a 4 day course to learn more. My own pain

> levels went from an 6-8 to

> a 2 at the end of the course just from us working on

> each other. You can

> look up Lympahtic Drain info on the net. Dr Bruno

> with Upledger is

> supposed to be one of the best in the field. A

> person can learn to do LD

> on themself too. I teach my kids to " pump " behind

> the collar bones to

> help pump the lymph which is stagnat unless muscles

> move it with activity

> or massage. Otherwise it just sits and is like a

> stagnate body of

> water...things grow that are not that pleasant. So

> flush and squeeze for

> a cleaner internal environment!

>

> For the gentleman going to school to help his

> wife...my family loved

> being my homework and I was able to teach my husband

> so he could help me

> in parts I could not reach and get enough pressure

> like the back.

>

> And human touch helps the brain release the feel

> good hormones we need. I

> started using a better quality massage base with a

> few drops of JOY or

> PanAway and my kids allergies got better, their teen

> skin cleared and

> their grades went up. It was such a surprise to look

> back and see how I

> was able to help them while learning to help myself.

> A good EO will also

> help take more oxygen into the blood as it does in

> the plant which also

> helps reduce the fatigue factors. Now my kids won't

> let me forget their

> evening rub down. They let me know when they are

> sore from sports and

> I'll see them helping a friend too.

>

> Be sure you use synthetic free products on your wife

> and clients. A

> student in our class used cheap cocoa butter lotion

> when she worked on us

> and we all broke out not knowing how important it

> was to insist on better

> more healthy oils or cremes. I teach people simple

> scented cremes to make

> without chemicals and had my whole class asking to

> use mine. If you do

> start to break out it can also be just the body

> detoxing through the

> skin. MorningStart bathgel helped us clear up the

> outbreak plus it smells

> great with no harmful ingredients.

>

> You can treat a special friend to a massage with the

> beautiful smell of

> Genesis lotion, even a foot rub is helpful for FM

> clients.

>

> Have fun and find what works for you!

>

> Blessings,

> Marie

> www.anaturalplace.com

>

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