Yesterday at school we did our usual classes, lots of massage work however they have really started to get into the nitty gritty of the subject. We miss our massages in the evening but we are getting a lot of relief from the trigger points that we are working on. Referred pain is a amazing experience, you press on the scapula (shoulder blade) and your head hurts, your legs jump up and you have intense pain which goes away quite quickly only to be set off again and again then the area is pain free. Triggers need to be relieved as they don't go away by themselves just build up and cause more problems (who knew?). Transverse pressure is interesting too however goes against what we have learnt to date. We find a problem area and work on that area for quite some time, no oil is used and pressure is applied to the problem spot over and over until it goes numb and then you keep working on that area. Prior to this we have learnt to not aggravate a problem area but gently work around it breaking down the knot or tight spot.
I am wondering how I will be using this on children and if it's necessary at all. I don't think that trigger point would be good to use somehow however I don't just massage children. So I have to look at the big picture.
Reminder to self, I get a lot of people asking about growing pains with children and if massage can help especially with leg pains (Yes) I am going to write about this soon, showing a simple routine that might help stay tuned.
The teacher is extremely dynamic and amazing. We learn so much and not just on the subject also overall health and wellbeing. The boom factor is discussed quite frequently. This is where all the stress of daily life a put on a star point, family, work, money etc and you see in the centre the Boom. This is when they all add up and finally something drastic happens generally to your health, maybe a small heart attack or something more serious. This then lends itself to a drastic change in lifestyle, a weak up call. We learn about identifying the signs and stopping the boom happening.
Our teacher doesn't drink milk we were told that calcium cannot be obtained from milk (dairy) as the molecules are too large to be absorbed, I wish I could remember exactly what he said however it basically meant that we need to wean ourselves off milk. I am lactose intolerant and milk is very problematic for me. I do like having lactose free now however most people don't have that. Why on earth should we drink milk. We are one of the 3 countries that have the highest incident of osteoporosis problems, American and Canada are the other 2, yet these countries have the highest consumption of milk and milk products. Japan which has one of the lowest has the lowest incident although that is changing as they adopt a more Western diet. So if they are not drinking milk and milk products then what are they doing that is working, eating more greens especially dark green leafy vegetables and more importantly what are we doing that is so very wrong! So all the things that we have been feed over the years about having milk and milk products is not true?
So today I decided to start a bit of a better health routine. I have also decided to include my other half in that routine, so we made juice for our breakfast to try to improve our energy levels/health. We did, lemon, apple, a pear/apple cross (not nashi's but I am not so sure) and ginger. Tasted very good, plus I feel quite full. I am not sure if we did enough but this is early stages about 800ml's between us. Then we went for a walk around our area. It was a great start to the day. Lunchtime so dashing off to have some food now.
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