A break from my chronic pain, what a relief!
I have had chronic pain in my back since spring of 2000 or so, ever since this 13 year old kid in my class decided to act up and hurt me really badly. There is a spot in my back that has just caused me terrible pain, and sometimes its so bad I can barely move. I have tried all kinds of things to help it. This summer I've been going to a new chiropractor, and that's been helping a bit. Today I also happened to go get a massage after the chiropractor. I have a wonderful older lady who has been my masseuse for a few years. I told her about how my back has been getting pretty bad this year from carrying the baby, and she did something new on me. She found right away where there's a knot in my back-- she is so good-- and she dug her elbow into it and pressed down and out as hard as she could for several minutes. Man it HURT!! BUT--after a few minutes, it felt like the muscle "popped" almost...I felt it start to sort of ripple and relax...and the knot started coming undone!! She repeated it a few times... and guess what!! MY BACK IS FEELING BETTER!! Its not pain free, but heck, its such a reduction in the pain that it may as well be!! I don't feel like my back is in a vise tonight. I feel so strange! To have that constant pain for 9 years...and to get a break from it.. even if it does come back, at least I am getting a break-- and maybe it will STAY better. Perhaps my husband can do the same thing to my back that my masseuse did (he's pretty good at massages)-- so maybe we can keep it at bay. I am so excited!
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Great post pilgrim. I recently slept on a pull out sofa bed and messed up my ribs pretty bad. I'm gonna try and get done what your masseuse did for you. Thanks for that.
Try a tennis ball on the floor. I tried it last night and it helped a lot. I get trigger points like that too. It is a muscle spasm.
I have a friend who just quit her job as a special ed teacher for autistic kids because she had been attacked so many times. This last time, she was bitten on the ankle and it got infected, got staph..it was bad. She was sad to leave but couldn't keep getting hurt like that either.