My First Remedial Massage

I absolutlely love massage. If I were rich I would be one of those women who have a massage once a week. However, saying that, I would no longer go to the spa’s etc. I have found a woman who does massage from home and she is so good. I have always in the past had a nice relaxing massage which don’t get me wrong has always been good. Lovely and relaxing and providing a bit of stress release as well as letting me escape for an hour or so. But, this time I was asked if I would like a remedial massage and because my neck area was in absolute knots (probably due to all the time I spend on my laptop) I decided to give it a try.

The therapist explained that at times it may hurt and just to let her know if it hurt too much. She asked me if I had any areas that I was getting pain from, so I told her about my neck area. It was so bad that when I moved my right arm, it hurt. The lady told me that women also hae a build up in there buttocks. Now there is definitely a build up of fat on my buttocks but I was hoping that this wasn’t what she was refering to. It wasn’t, she said that because women wear high heel (I don’t) and all other pressures that we put on our legs it causes a build up. I didn’t think that this would be a problem area because I had not experienced any pain there, probably the extra pounds in that area were providing protection? Ok, ok, I know I am clutching at straws, trying to excuse that extra portion of apple sponge and custard.

When she did get to the buttock area and after working on it for a few minutes pressed to release the tension, I nearly flew through the roof, it killed! Anyway, she did this a few times and every time she did it the pain got a bit less. The pain there when I was massaged was actually worse than when she did my neck!

After the massage she told me that I would probably ache for a few days (I did) and then I should start to feel the benefits. I also had to drink plenty of water that night and over the next couple of days. The benefits were great, a lot better than other massages, I must have had so many knots because now I felt so good.

I am now hooked on Remedial massage, no more nicey, nicey massages for me.