Re: massage and fibro

[Guest guest]

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