Pain Relief

mazza111

Some very good ideas coming through.

Just back from a busy day, mum shopping and then physio.

Physio has looked at the xray from Monday, and said it shows I have excessive calcification in the shoulder. She's zapped it with ultrasound today and I've to go back in a fortnight.

Have now got different advice from what I had originally. Very little physio and no massage allowed :wall: Have to move my shoulder in very little movements within my pain limit. Of course I had been trying to push through the pain thinking it would be worth it. Feel like such a numpty now

Lostinrates :T I actually use meditation when I'm in the dentist chair, I have HMS/EDS and local anaesthetic doesn't always work on us. So you don't sound daft by saying that I'm a great believer in natural things too. When you say body therapies are you meaning things like massage and bowen therapy type of thing? Cos I've found they help, even if it's just for relaxation, but as you said, can be draining on the pocket. Guess I'm just gonna need to be a bit more patient while this heals

lostinrates

mazza111 wrote: »

Some very good ideas coming through.

Just back from a busy day, mum shopping and then physio.

Physio has looked at the xray from Monday, and said it shows I have excessive calcification in the shoulder. She's zapped it with ultrasound today and I've to go back in a fortnight.

Have now got different advice from what I had originally. Very little physio and no massage allowed :wall: Have to move my shoulder in very little movements within my pain limit. Of course I had been trying to push through the pain thinking it would be worth it. Feel like such a numpty now

Lostinrates :T I actually use meditation when I'm in the dentist chair, I have HMS/EDS and local anaesthetic doesn't always work on us. So you don't sound daft by saying that I'm a great believer in natural things too. When you say body therapies are you meaning things like massage and bowen therapy type of thing? Cos I've found they help, even if it's just for relaxation, but as you said, can be draining on the pocket. Guess I'm just gonna need to be a bit more patient while this heals

I'm personally not a fan of Bowen.(whatever works for the person though I say:)) I like osteopathy but sadly cannot have anymore. I love massage and massage based therapies, (for me the deeper the better ). I've been banned ATM from things like yoga and Pilates unsupervised which I miss, they help me a lot but its hard to get someone to stand around while you bend and stretch and no one in their right mind will let me join a class ) Similarly, I started tai chi and that was great too, I feel more 'yoga ish' but tai chi filled much the same void for a while.

I feel the power of physical touch...massage, physio, ...hand on skin care is underrated. As well as the physical benefits, and relaxing ones, for many I think its similar benefit to stroking a dog. :rotfl: And they know that people with pets do better healing /modd maintaining than those with without . I think the nurturing care, the handing over for an hour of responsibility for your physical well being to someone else, especially with a body that requires 'more' and is a little less easy to love because it cause discomfort is beneficial.

mazza111

I quite liked Bowen. Don't know if it helped much, but it was lovely and relaxing :rotfl:

Yoga is a nono with HMS cos it makes us too bendy. I am going to try Pilates when this shoulder recovers, as that's supposed to help with the core. Not sure on Tai-Chi, but I'll try anything once. Think I would feel like a prat, but I suppose if it's done in a group, you wouldn't feel so isolated:rotfl:

Like you I love my deep tissue massage, and had one booked for next Thursday, so I've given my appointment to my brother in the hope that he benefits from it. I sometimes go to our local college for a massage, which costs around £6 for a back massage, and if it's not hard enough, it's still a very relaxing £6 worth. And I'm absolutely devastated that I can't have my massages for a few weeks. It was probably the best hour of the week, the drive out on my own and the massage :rotfl: