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ktspktsp · 05-19-2008, 12:09 PM

Hi Redlemon!

Time for yet another question from Reykjavik

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I have a bit of a posture problem (I tend to hunch) and I was also in a car accident in 2005 where my car was hit from both sides and spun to around, so there was a lot of torsion in that accident.

I notice that a spot in my back, on the erector spinae, that sometimes hurts. Especially if I do improper lifting, or if I do my gym exercises improperly; but sometimes with no reason (except probably the bad posture).

I got a massage recently (on our short trip to the US) and the masseuse mentioned that the muscle was "fibrotic" (or something like that) in that area, that it had lost some elasticity and gotten stiff. She said I would need to get that area massaged quite often to release that stress over that area; also the chiropractor that was there mentioned something about cross fiber friction. Does that sound right to you? Any ideas on how much massaging is needed there?

Thanks!

05-19-2008, 12:09 PM	#45 (permalink)
ktspktsp Addict Location: Reykjavik, Iceland	Hi Redlemon! Time for yet another question from Reykjavik . I have a bit of a posture problem (I tend to hunch) and I was also in a car accident in 2005 where my car was hit from both sides and spun to around, so there was a lot of torsion in that accident. I notice that a spot in my back, on the erector spinae, that sometimes hurts. Especially if I do improper lifting, or if I do my gym exercises improperly; but sometimes with no reason (except probably the bad posture). I got a massage recently (on our short trip to the US) and the masseuse mentioned that the muscle was "fibrotic" (or something like that) in that area, that it had lost some elasticity and gotten stiff. She said I would need to get that area massaged quite often to release that stress over that area; also the chiropractor that was there mentioned something about cross fiber friction. Does that sound right to you? Any ideas on how much massaging is needed there? Thanks!