Re: myofascial release therapy
From: Chele (friarpup@twcny.rr.com)
Mon Mar 3 19:00:31 2008
Dear Dagmar,
My physical therapy consisted mostly of deep massage therapy on my
abdomin and pelvic areas. Eventually doing excerizes on my own to
strengthen my stomach muscles. The reason I like and would recommend a
physical therapist is because of their medical training but you could
talk to a deep massage therapist who may know about this as well.
However I feel it is important to tell you there is no proof this works
except for my own experience. This technique is normally done on other
areas of the body so my PT's had only done this a fw times before with
people like me. However they had all been to seminars that discussed
this approach and how it works. Also I feel strongly that you want
someone who knows where your internal organs are before they begin
working on you. I am not medical professional so what I know is from
reading and my own personal experience. I really suggest getting alot
of information before you allow someone to work on you. Also my doctor
gave me a script so it was covered by my issurance minus a co-pay. This
may be something you can discuss with your doctor too.
Again because this technique is not normally done abdominally it may be
why you are not have much luck. When you spoke to a PT did you explain
what was happening to you? I would try asking about deep massage therapy
to help with adhesions and see if they know anything about that. Another
thought would be to print out the iformation from the web about
Myofacial release and see if you can have a consultation with a PT who
may willing to look into it.
This was not extremely painful for me but as I have read many of the
stories I feel I may be one of the lucky ones with this condition. I
still suffer with bloating and may other issues but the pain is mostly
gone. I realized last year pain really makes everything else so much
more difficult that once you begin controlling the pain that is when the
real healing can take place.
I hope you will keep me informed as I am still trying to learn about
what is happening to my body now that I have managed the pain.
I wish the best.
--
Chele
At Mon, 25 Feb 2008, Dagmar Schramm wrote:
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>Dear Chele,
>I read your message with great interest. I also had several adhesion
>surgeries and every time it got worse afterwards. Even though I have
>another appointment for yet another adhesiolysis I don't feel
>ecomfortable about going through with it. I am very open for
>alternatives and I liked what you wrote about myofascial release
>therapy. I am German and live in Germany, so it is difficult to find a
>therapy center that deals with this specific therapy. So far, nobody
>was able to help me, I went through 4 osteopaths and countless physical
>therapists. Could you please explain how your therapist went about this
>therapy? What exactly did they do? Nobody seems to have any experience
>here, but maybe if I knew how they did it in your case I could search
>for the right treatment.
>I appreciate your help and hope you are still doing well.
>Greetings from Germany,
>Dagmar
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