Dig a Little Deeper
Dig a Little Deeper I recently started chiropractic therapy to help fix some problems I've been having. Part of the therapy includes medical massage...which, at first, I was a little excited to "have" to go in for a massage. But I took a look at the technique and got a little nervous. I had had a similar therapy done on my knee last year, and it wasn't exactly a day at the beach. Instead of hot stones, it includes metal tools (similar to a butcher cleaver and mortar). In order to break up the facia that is causing problems, these tools are used to knead the muscles and draw blood to those areas in order to promote healing. A painful process necessary to heal. Healing. I think we often think of "healing" and just think of the end result...healed. We like to think of it as more of a past tense, insinuating that the process is behind us so we can just move on with our lives. But that's, most often, not the case. Healing hurts. You ...
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