Sarah's Blog: My Experience with Massage

2/14/07

I have done my research on massages and have learned a lot! I was thinking it is a waste of money. Going to a chiropractor did not help me, so I was skeptical about how a massage might help me. But I am so glad I tried it! I’m now calling it my mini miracle treatment. It was startling to see what a difference one massage made. I figured one massage would make me less sore for 20 minutes and then I’ll be back to my old self. I was almost totally pain free for a day. Some may say “one day, big deal,” but I say one whole day, WOW! Sign me up! I cannot recall a day in the past gazillion days of living with dystonia where I was almost totally pain free. So this was huge for me. And what I was also really excited about was I was able to keep my head and neck centered a lot more! This did not last one day but seven days! By this point I am jumping for joy and I am budgeting my money so I can get one at least every month. The good news is that some insurance companies will even cover massages! I go to a chiro-spa so you may want to look for something like that in your area.

I had a one-hour Swedish massage. I am getting another one tomorrow. As I try different methods I will update you on which one works best for me. I am hoping to try the deep tissue massage in March. I cannot wait! I hope it is fabulous! I find myself now counting down the days until my next massage!

Here is some information I have gathered about different forms of massage.

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