Needing a live-in massage therapist..
Posted On Wednesday, May 26th, 2010 By Re
My shoulder and neck pain has been getting increasingly more painful and tight the past few days. Stupid injuries from the car accident that was almost exactly four years ago. Tonight I have been laying on the exercise ball allowing my back to arch and my arms to fall on either side of me near shoulder level. The muscles are so tight that movement like that hurts even more but if I take deep breathes as I allow the weight of my arms and gravity do its own thing. It is weird to notice the difference in which shoulder is more frozen. Judging by when I do lay down how close to the ground each arm will go when in the same extended position.
Currently waiting for the Dixie cups filled with water to freeze. Right before I go to bed tonight, if any are frozen enough, I will have my man rub me down. Not in a sexual way. We get a towel, double it up, lay me on my stomach and he tears the rim of the cup low enough to expose the ice and viciously rubs around my upper back, neck and shoulder area. This treatment is fucking torture as it hurts like hell but I squirm and bite my lip to bear it. First it turns white as it starts to cool the inflamed muscles, then achy and pins&needles before the area becomes numb. “The cold makes the veins in the tissue contract, reducing circulation. Once the cold is removed, the veins overcompensate and dilate and blood rushes into the area. The blood brings with it the necessary nutrients to allow the injured muscles, ligaments and tendons to heal.” (my physical therapy coach) We joke about how this allows him to abuse me.
Taking the Tai Chi class has been relaxing but my arches in my feet, especially my right foot, are cramping up and hurting so bad. I guess after years of not dancing and gymnastics have made the muscles week. I am more flat footed than not though my feet try to have the arch it is suppose to have. I can thank 10 years of gymnastics for that. Most of the gymnastics was on wrestling mats in a gym before the last few years we had a true spring floor.
My doctor says I need to invest in arch supports. Yeah. that is all I can think of for right now. I really should be revising and finishing the essay I am writing that is due in 10 hours.