United Brachial Plexus Network, Inc.

I'm 24 years old. When I was a child I tried treatments like acupunture, eletrical therapy and operations. The operations were merely experimental because neurology research was still very new in the 80's. I recently started to get massages, and just the other day I went strictly to get help stretching my arm. The therapist pressed on some very sensitive areas and I think more emotional pain rather than physical pain surfaced. Muscles can absorb emotional pain and become more tense. When those knots/areas are touched and worked on alot of bottled up feelings may surface. It's importrant to go very slow and not get to overwhelmed with emotion. I didn't want to cry during the session because I dont ike to show my weakness. I felt very confused and shocked the whole way home. When I touched the same spots I started to cry, and each time it gets easier. I didn't realize I felt this way, all my life I have repressed these feelings because I didnt want the feeling to take over me. Now I realize I have to let these feelings release. I am going to continue this treatment to see what happens, but for now I feel like I have made a huge step toward emotional recovery. I strongly recommend massage therapy for anyone who suffers emotional distress, just make sure the therapist is qualified.

Dear Maryanne,
You are right on! Those of us who have repressed our emotions all of our lives need to let them come out in whichever way we individually feel comfortable...."Differant Strokes for Diferent Folks", I call it. We continue to increase our physical pain we all ready have if we don't allow this to happen at some time in our lives. This is my experience too.

Thank you for sharing and please come back and share your progress too; we all need inspiration and motivation to do this for ourselves. I believe our private Venting on our Private Adult Board does this for us too. I hope to meet you there too.

Carolyn J
LOBPI/70


Message was edited by: Carolyn J