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Tuesday, September 02, 2003
Back to the Trigger Point Massage Therapist
Inflamed? Send comments on muscle pulls to Jeri at
jeriwho@pipeline.com
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Ack! Another agonizing 35 minutes. I found a picture that shows a better representation of what trigger point massage is like. My therapist uses her elbow most of the time. Today the erector muscles up the right side of my spine were like cords. Even I could tell. It hurt like blazes to have her careully and slowly mash them with her elbow. When she'd finished, I had some better movement in the upper part of my back, but my lower mid-back is still inflamed, and the erector muscles are standing out like little steel cables. We cannot figure out what is wrong, but we're hoping the inflammation eventually diminishes. The chiropractor has told me that the spine itself is now normal and healthy. No mor inflammation there. The fasting has helped reduce pain and inflammation, but as it is now "that time of the month," when any inflammation is made worse for me, I assume Ijust have to get through this week. |
Inflamed? Send comments on muscle pulls to Jeri at
jeriwho@pipeline.com
