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Sultana · 08-21-2005, 05:40 AM

I'd certainly go to a dr./chiro first, get x-rays and stuff. Glad you aren't waiting.

I had some serious neck/shoulder pain issues at the beginning of the year, initally caused by dance and made worse by other things (gawd, the worst start of a new year ever). Of course the doctors just wanted to give me muscle relaxors and stuff, which seriously mess me up, and don't treat the cause. Finally I started massage therapy--Deep Tissue--by an extremely gifted masseuse, and that was the ONLY thing that helped. It hurt like absolute hell at first, but only during the massage, and the pain relief afterwards was long-lasting and extraordinary.

I now get Deep Tissue massage once a month, and it's literally changed my life. I am way more flexible, I dance better, and basically I can do things I couldn't do before. And I've learned so much about how to prevent injuries and take care of myself, it's terrific.

Good luck to you!

08-21-2005, 05:40 AM	#3 (permalink)
Sultana Falling Angel Location: L.A. L.A. land	I'd certainly go to a dr./chiro first, get x-rays and stuff. Glad you aren't waiting. I had some serious neck/shoulder pain issues at the beginning of the year, initally caused by dance and made worse by other things (gawd, the worst start of a new year ever). Of course the doctors just wanted to give me muscle relaxors and stuff, which seriously mess me up, and don't treat the cause. Finally I started massage therapy--Deep Tissue--by an extremely gifted masseuse, and that was the ONLY thing that helped. It hurt like absolute hell at first, but only during the massage, and the pain relief afterwards was long-lasting and extraordinary. I now get Deep Tissue massage once a month, and it's literally changed my life. I am way more flexible, I dance better, and basically I can do things I couldn't do before. And I've learned so much about how to prevent injuries and take care of myself, it's terrific. Good luck to you! __________________ "Love is a snowmobile racing across the tundra and then suddenly it flips over, pinning you underneath. At night, the ice weasels come." - Matt Groening My goal? To fulfill my potential.