Health issues are rough. I've spent the last 6 years dealing with back issues that doctors have not helped at all with. I've had a bunch of other issues that I've all managed to connect to the back issues and found massage can cure just about everything, but it's gotta be deep and hurt and you need to maintain good habbits to make sure it doesn't get worse again
Small intestine connects to the outside of the arms so you may find a lot of pain, tightness, and stagnation there, massage it out!! Feel free to send me a message anytime!
I'm sorry to here about your back @whatamidoing. I hope it continues to heal and doesn't give you any more issues.
I appreciate your thoughts and advice. I'll certainly look into it, but I'm not sure that massage alone would solve this. But stress is a massive contributor, and massage would help alleviate that for sure.
I do know that pressure points etc mean there is a lot more that is possible with massage than just stress relief. Right now the level of illness I suffer means I can't work... and unfortunately that means I don't have disposable income to explore alternative therapies. I could only afford the supplements for this protocol because someone gave £50 worth of vouchers for a health shop here in the UK.
I had acupuncture toward the end of a period of extreme back pain (caused by a slipped disc) about 10 years ago and it was the thing that helped the most. Might try doing that as well once I've enough energy to function to make any money.
All of the pain that comes with the chronic fatigue is in my legs and knee joints. I have a dead nerve all the way down my left leg (numb thigh and a little in the calf and the left side of my foot on that side) so I can massage that without feeling much pain. It helps short term.
Thanks for the offer to help. All the best and happy new year 🙂
I never massage for stress relief, I massage to stop an irregular heart beat, stomach issues headaches and other random symptoms.
Almost all my massaging I do myself. I went to a few people and learned some things from some of them but most of them were just a fat waste of money and I also spent 4 years without steady income because of these issues. You can do arms and legs yourself and use a tennis or lacrosse ball on the back against the wall or floor.
According to TCM, the legs mostly connect up through the back and the chest, or on the side of the ribs. Sometimes it’s a problem of 2 or 3 channels and the symptoms show up in one channel show up in one organ only.
The point is that it should hurt. If there is no pain, it’s not a very helpful massage. Pain is release, but if it’s done right you can actually feel it releasing, the muscle will relax after you massage through the pain. Be careful with the dead nerve since you can’t pick up on the pain there, anywhere else you’ll have the instinct to stop massaging if it’s too much or awkward.
If you are skeptical or don’t put much faith in this I understand but I stopped a throbbing headache in about 5 minutes this morning so this is not woo woo energy stuff to me. It’s like trigger release but based on an ancient map of the body.
I really hope you feel better this year.