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How useful is massage therapy? Anyone out there used it?
By Gary | July 20, 2008
I'm completely unfamiliar with massage therapy and know nothing about massage therapy schools, but I've had a couple of friends who insist the benefits of massage are great in their lives. Both friends are far more active than I and insist aches and pains caused by everything from everyday living to heavy-duty exercise just go away with a good massage.
Anybody out there had experience with massage therapy? Good results or bad? Have any of you been trained in massage therapy? Can you give us a brief comment or two about it?
I'm bringing all this up because I apparently injured my right wrist-arm-bicep-shoulder and no matter what OTC painkillers I take regularly, what very gentle stretching exercises I use, or what pain relief lotions/creams I rub in, the pain just won't go away. I suspect it's some sort of repetitive motion injury caused by a combination of bad posture and massive amounts of keyboarding. It could also be a touch of arthritis in the shoulder. Whatever the problem, I'm ready to look into massage as a possible solution -- or at least something to help the pain ease.
Anybody like to comment or suggest something for my problem? Thanks.
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