Massage therapy

[Guest guest]

For those of you wanting massage, be sure to talk to your masseuse or massage

therapist about what your needs are and what they will do for you. I found that

once a week was enough, a one hour session is good (tried 1-1/2 hour and it was

wonderful but the next day I was really sore). I usually go once a month now,

not enough but all I can schedule. When I first started it took three months

before my knotted muscles were more relaxed.

I have been through so many massage therapists as they keep moving, so I've

learned they are all different. If you go to a place where they have several

employees, try them all and see who clicks with your body's needs. The owner of

the clinic where I go has been doing massage for 30 years, is a teacher, and he

uses several different methods with me each time. I get a full body massage

because my muscles hurt all over, but he mainly concentrates on the neck,

shoulder and back area as that is where I carry my stress and tension. I can

tolerate deep tissue but a lot of people have to work up to it. He tells me if

I don't feel right after a day to call him and he might need to readjust

something~hasn't happened yet though.

I don't do well with physical therapy as I can't/won't do the stuff at home

later on, but I love massage therapists who are trained in other areas as they

can do some of the same stuff.

It's okay to ask questions, to change therapists, ask them to do different

things. They want to help you feel better, so work with them and let them work

with you. It's like taking a mini vacation...sigh.

in La Selva Beach CA

[Guest guest]

Yes, it does help tons! I've been going and until last week, was coming

along extremely well. Massage therapy was booked up so my chiro and I

decided to see if I was ready for that every other week. I ran out of my

allergy med (prescription) and whenever that happens, especially this time

of year, and because of that I began coughing pretty hard. By the end of the

week, my back between my shoulders and to my left in my rib area and around

to the front (under my boob) began giving me very sharp pain. It was so

sharp it hurt when I breathed and moved my left arm. I almost called my

chiro to see if I could get in but didn't. By Sunday, I was hurting really

badly. Monday was a holiday and my next appointment for massage and chiro

was Wed. By the time Wed came around I was hurting so badly that I had to

take Percocet just to be able to lay down and go to sleep and have been

nightly. When I saw my chiro, he looked at me and felt around and said I had

misaligned my ribs from coughing so hard! I've done it before and it took

FOREVER to go away. So, he shoved on me and moved it back into place. He

said I'd hurt yesterday and wanted to see me back Friday. So, now I'm back

to two days a week until this goes away. Grrr.

I'd really appreciate anyone that could pray for this to heal. This may end

up an ongoing problem. I have no idea if anything can be done to prevent it

from happening again. He said it's like a joint that gets dislocated and

hurts as much as a heart attack. If this is what a heart attack feels like,

I don't ever want to have one!

Joi

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Hi . Thanks for the email. Just hearing from someone who understands is

a relief. I'm so sorry to hear about your situation, especially since you

have such a young child. My oldest is 24 and in the service and my daughter

is 19 and lives w/me but goes to college here locally. So what is your pain

from? I seriously doubt my dr will order an MRI (I can have one even w/the

rods and screws in my neck) because he thinks he is God and nothing that he

did could be wrong. I think he thinks i'm making it up. My PT says that its

understandable since I've been thru so much, 2 surgeries in the same place

in my neck and in a hard collar for 8 mos. My neck muscles are all just

spasm. Well again thanks for the email and am curious what is wrong w/ you?

Lucy

Re: New here

Hi Lucy,

Welcome to the group! Yes, we do communicate through email.. I'm so

sorry for eveything that has happened to you and for the pain you

endure every day!! I too went from being perfectly fine one day to

being miserably in pain the next day. It's quite a shocker and very

hard to learn to live with. It's been 2 1/2 year for me and I am just

at the very beginning stage of acceptance. I still miss the things I

used to be able to do very much and then there is a lot of mommy

guilt that I can't do the " normal " things with my kids. I have 3

boys, am a single mom too, 2 of my boys are teenagers and my baby

will be 4 this August. I feel so bad I can't take him to the park,

the zoo, exhibits, fairs, bowling, ect. I have awesome family support

and they take him to some fun places but I hate missing out on it! So

besides learning to deal with the pain, that's been the hardest part

for me. Geeshhh, I'm sorry to go rambling on about myself when my

intentions were to answer your post! Well, I am very sorry your neck

is still causing you so much pain! I don't think you can get an MRI

when you have a fusion but I believe you can get a CT Scan done;

maybe your Dr should order one, it is possible something is loose

within the fusion causing you pain. I have heard of that happening

several times. Best of luck to you and I'm glad you found us!! Some

days are pretty quiet around here because we all have daily pain

issues but someone will respond to your post as soon as able. Take

care!

Hugs,

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> Ok. I've never belonged to any type of group like this so I'm a

little confused. So email is how we communicate? Not on the " boards "

or something? lol Forgive me, like I said I am new to this.

> To let you know a little about me and why I joined this group:

> I had C6 & 7 cervical fusion in april of 07. I healed well from this

and went back to work. I was a compliance officer for a govt agency

and drove mostly from business to business. While returning from a

business in June of 07 I was rear ended by a double trailer semi

truck. He skid 210 feet before slamming into me at 65 mph. My C5 was

broken and had to be fused. thank goodness i dont remember any of it.

I also have mild traumatic brain injury. First my neuro had me wait

3 mos in hard collar to see if would heal. It didnt it broke even

more. So he fused all 4 vertebraes together. I've also had 8 staples

in head, torn tendons in both elbows and slap tear in shoulder. Now I

am having left hip pain and dont know why.

> My neuro thinks i should be " healed " by now cuz he operated and he

has a huge ego as im sure they all do. I was in the hard collar for 4

mo's after the surgery so total of almost 8 mos. I go to PT 2-3xs a

week and dont get much relief at all. So basically just in constant

pain. Between both arms, hip and neck, i can't stand it most days.

I'm sure you all prob have it a lot worse and I'm so sorry for anyone

who is in pain. I'm not use to being in pain. I was going along w/my

normal life and boom! I dont know anyone who has to deal w/anything

like Im going thru. My boyfriend is a great support and has been my

life saver but I think I'm starting to wear him down,

understandably. so any support would be greatly appreciated!

> thank you

> Lucy

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[Guest guest]

Hey thats funny? i have had the ribs pop out too. Sometimes even when

my chiro does my back, he will pop out a rib, and i say Hey fix

that!! and he will. That ought to clear up pretty fast. A few visits.

I dislocated my shoulder once too. After i had it fixed by the chiro,

it was totally better in like a week. i feel my ribs like in the mid

back area. Its a sharp pain too. You'll be ok soon, hope you feel

better! cindy

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> > Ok. I've never belonged to any type of group like this so I'm a

> little confused. So email is how we communicate? Not on

the " boards "

> or something? lol Forgive me, like I said I am new to this.

> > To let you know a little about me and why I joined this group:

> > I had C6 & 7 cervical fusion in april of 07. I healed well from

this

> and went back to work. I was a compliance officer for a govt agency

> and drove mostly from business to business. While returning from a

> business in June of 07 I was rear ended by a double trailer semi

> truck. He skid 210 feet before slamming into me at 65 mph. My C5

was

> broken and had to be fused. thank goodness i dont remember any of

it.

> I also have mild traumatic brain injury. First my neuro had me

wait

> 3 mos in hard collar to see if would heal. It didnt it broke even

> more. So he fused all 4 vertebraes together. I've also had 8

staples

> in head, torn tendons in both elbows and slap tear in shoulder. Now

I

> am having left hip pain and dont know why.

> > My neuro thinks i should be " healed " by now cuz he operated and

he

> has a huge ego as im sure they all do. I was in the hard collar for

4

> mo's after the surgery so total of almost 8 mos. I go to PT 2-3xs

a

> week and dont get much relief at all. So basically just in constant

> pain. Between both arms, hip and neck, i can't stand it most days.

> I'm sure you all prob have it a lot worse and I'm so sorry for

anyone

> who is in pain. I'm not use to being in pain. I was going along

w/my

> normal life and boom! I dont know anyone who has to deal

w/anything

> like Im going thru. My boyfriend is a great support and has been my

> life saver but I think I'm starting to wear him down,

> understandably. so any support would be greatly appreciated!

> > thank you

> > Lucy

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> >

> >

[Guest guest]

Thanks . It's getting there. He said it's being rather stubborn but

does think it's getting better. I hope it's better sooner than later...I

can't believe how much it hurts! I asked him what's to keep it from

happening again. He said nothing. GREAT...just great.

Joi

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Re: Massage therapy

Hey thats funny? i have had the ribs pop out too. Sometimes even when

my chiro does my back, he will pop out a rib, and i say Hey fix

that!! and he will. That ought to clear up pretty fast. A few visits.

I dislocated my shoulder once too. After i had it fixed by the chiro,

it was totally better in like a week. i feel my ribs like in the mid

back area. Its a sharp pain too. You'll be ok soon, hope you feel

better! cindy

> >

> > Ok. I've never belonged to any type of group like this so I'm a

> little confused. So email is how we communicate? Not on

the " boards "

> or something? lol Forgive me, like I said I am new to this.

> > To let you know a little about me and why I joined this group:

> > I had C6 & 7 cervical fusion in april of 07. I healed well from

this

> and went back to work. I was a compliance officer for a govt agency

> and drove mostly from business to business. While returning from a

> business in June of 07 I was rear ended by a double trailer semi

> truck. He skid 210 feet before slamming into me at 65 mph. My C5

was

> broken and had to be fused. thank goodness i dont remember any of

it.

> I also have mild traumatic brain injury. First my neuro had me

wait

> 3 mos in hard collar to see if would heal. It didnt it broke even

> more. So he fused all 4 vertebraes together. I've also had 8

staples

> in head, torn tendons in both elbows and slap tear in shoulder. Now

I

> am having left hip pain and dont know why.

> > My neuro thinks i should be " healed " by now cuz he operated and

he

> has a huge ego as im sure they all do. I was in the hard collar for

4

> mo's after the surgery so total of almost 8 mos. I go to PT 2-3xs

a

> week and dont get much relief at all. So basically just in constant

> pain. Between both arms, hip and neck, i can't stand it most days.

> I'm sure you all prob have it a lot worse and I'm so sorry for

anyone

> who is in pain. I'm not use to being in pain. I was going along

w/my

> normal life and boom! I dont know anyone who has to deal

w/anything

> like Im going thru. My boyfriend is a great support and has been my

> life saver but I think I'm starting to wear him down,

> understandably. so any support would be greatly appreciated!

> > thank you

> > Lucy

> >

> >

> >

> >

> >

[Guest guest]

Hello,

I was wondering if anyone has tried gentle massage therapy for children that are

austic or have developmental delays. I recently started having my son receive MT

1-2 times every 2 weeks. He enjoys it. It is similair to the brushing but now he

is 12 years old and he seems to benefit from it more.