therapy?
Given my age, I was quite familiar with Swedish Massage....heck, you can
even see it done in old movies. But, since coming on the internet, I
find many more "schools" of massage, the latest one i came across being
"Thai" .
How do traditional medical doctors view this form of, for lack of a
couple better word I guess, "alternative medicine"?
I confess that earlier this year, I "strained" my right knee, had
horrible throbbing pain, went to am orthopedist who took x-rays &
recommended a regimen of ibprofun (sp?) three times daily, which in
three weeks relieved 80% of my problem, whereupon I tried
self-adminstered "trigger point massage therapy" using Clair Davies book
on the subject, which he in turn wrote for laypeople based on Dr. Janet
Travell & Dr. Richard Simons' two-volume physicians reference book on
trigger points & myofascial pain. I found the residue pain cleared up
fairly quickly, & I still use Mr. Davies' massage technique if I
occasionally feel any even slight knee pain returning.