I just cant imagine that simple pleasures like a nice hot shower or a massage would aggravate my TMS. I simply enjoy the relaxing feeling that comes from these things. Not sure how relaxing can hurt anything.
Absolutely right, if anything it can help, so long as this is your mindset.
But sometimes you go into a massage thinking you have "knots" in your muscles and that the massage will "get the kinks out" or that you "need it" to "soothe your aching muscles" .. etc ..
It's all about how you approach it. As long as you are not doing it for pain relief, and just for relaxation, it shouldn't be a problem.
Jim--You said "massage is risky during recovery" yet you also say "I've been recovered for six years now...but still avoid massage and hot showers". Seems to be a contradiction here.
This sounds like you're saying that people need to resume physical treatments to prove to themselves that they are recovered. Physical treatments are more risky during recovery, but are still a threat after recovery. I see no contradiction in my statements.
I realize that, if you haven't viewed heat and massage as physical treatments, then they probably won't do any harm. It can be quite different for those of us who have used them as that way.
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Posted - 01/27/2006 : 06:56:25
