Massage Therapy
I originally thought that Massage Therapy would be a gentle, soothing Massage Therapy that would lessen the ever present tightness in my shoulders and lower back. Boy was I wrong.
I made an appointment at the insistence of my boss because the neck pain I had experienced since adolescence was becoming more intense from the way I sat at my computer.
I was led into a pastel room with soft lighting and asked to strip to my underwear and lay face down on the table. My head went into a donut shaped holder and there was a place to rest my arms. The Massage Therapy therapist came in and asked me some questions about the location of my pain and then went to work.
It was the most excruciating pain I had ever felt.
What is Massage Therapy?
Deep tissue Massage Therapy is used for breaking up the tightness in the muscle tissue and retraining the muscles. Although the first few sessions seemed to hurt more than they helped, I stuck with it, coming three times a week for a month. By the end of the second month I had begun to look forward to each session and noticed that I wasn't clenching my jaw as much. I also noticed that my lower back didn't hurt as much at the end of the day.
The therapist had given me several back stretching exercises to do at night and the results were amazing. I now refer all of my friends with muscle pain for Massage Therapy.
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