Thursday, August 8, 2013

Chinese Torture Session



August 6, 2013

I went to the gym for the first time in six-weeks. It felt awesome to get back there. Obviously, I just did upper body but it was great! I also had a session in an infrared bed. It’s said to help heal. Infrared rays penetrate deep in to the layers of the body, down to tissue, muscles and bone. I told the owner of the gym that I’d come out of the room running after my treatment. He got a laugh from that.

That’s when things took a downslide. My fourth session with Dr. Xiao and I walked out feeling worse than ever. I had tweaked my shoulder at the dojo a couple weeks ago and then re-tweaked it at the gym this morning. I told Dr. Xaio that it was bothering me and after a torturous “massage” he adjusted my neck. Not good. My muscles went in to spasm and completely locked up. I received acupuncture for my knee and while waiting for that session to end, my shoulder got worse and worse. Once my acupuncture session was complete I told Dr. Xiao it was worse (bad decision) and he proceeded to literally DIG in to my shoulder and adjust my neck once more. He didn’t get it all the way and it was a mess. He put some herbal muscle relief patches on my shoulder and sent me on my way. 

The pain was horrible for the rest of the day. I got a mani/pedi (I haven’t treated myself to one of those in more than a month!) but was in so much pain, I just wanted to leave. Afterwards, I went to my Ortho-bionomy appointment and she focused mostly on my shoulder and neck. By the time I got home I could barely move. I put on a heating pad and didn’t budge from the couch. I have to say, my neck took my mind off my knee!

So here’s my thought: No more adjustments from Dr. Xiao. The massage they give doesn’t actually relax the muscles because they dig in so hard. There’s nothing you can do but tense and guard which causes the muscles to just tighten up even more. That is super counterproductive. The adjustment can’t take that way because the muscles just spasm and lock down, which pulls the bones back out of alignment. On the other hand, the treatment he’s doing for my knee is phenomenal so I’m not pissed. Just learned a valuable lesson.





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