My Body is Depressingly Predictable

[jducoeur]

So yesterday, I came down with a small pain during dance practice. Not quite sure what the issue was -- might have been due to trying to sing the music loudly while doing bouncy bransles (while we were waiting for the speaker to show up), or a tiny incipient kidney stone (always a worry), or even simply that The Tumor was getting a little over-heavy due to not having emptied the change out of it recently. One way or another, though, I had a slight ache in my back left lower quadrant.

That was only a minor irritant. But of course, by this morning my entire back had decided to declare solidarity with said quadrant, and has gone on a wildcat strike against me. So at this point, I don't even know if the ache from last night is still there, because it is comprehensively overwhelmed by the massive muscle-tension pains all over my back.

None of which would feel anywhere near so stupid, except that I knew that this was going to happen, and couldn't do a damned thing to prevent it: slight back pains always turn into horrible muscle spasms for me, because I always get so tense when I try to sleep with any back pain. Bloody annoying...

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[chaiya.livejournal.com]

I don't know how you feel about massage, actually, but I have some time available next week ... And my sympathies go out to you, regardless. *hugs*

[jducoeur]

I'm a fairly difficult subject for massage (I'm a bit of a wimp when it comes to getting my back worked on, while nonetheless having fairly nastily knotted muscles underneath), but the idea does have a fair amount of appeal. Unfortunately, next week sucks most mightily -- both msmemory and I tend to be preposterously busy on the first week of the month.

Fortunately, the problem is gradually easing. As always, it's mostly just muscle spasms due to excessive lower-back tension, so a little conscious relaxation is helping. Progress is slow but gradual; on current trends, I should be okay by Sunday, knock on wood.

But we might talk massage sometime later, just on general principles. I suspect it would do me some good -- I'm not nearly as good at shaking off muscle tension as I used to be.

[chaiya.livejournal.com]

Well, some comments, for what they're worth:

a) You don't have to be worked on deeply in order to work out tension knots. This is something I'm still learning to do, but there are some alternatives that I can try if you're willing to be a guinea pig.

b) It doesn't have to be this week. Propose a date, and I'll reply.

c) I suggest starting out by giving youself a bath in epsom salts whenever you have knots. Epsom salt has something in it that reacts with the ingredients of the knots, or so I've been taught. It certainly works wonders for me when I can't get massaged on a regular basis.

d) Let's talk massage! :)