Re: Attn Mike-Energy Article-Re LMT Appt - Lana

[Guest guest]

I would be interested in having you write something for me if you

could, perhaps regarding acupressure and my situation? Would that

be too much work for you?

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Not at all. I will pound something out right here - again. This is

the third time today that I have tried to reply to a post and my

computer froze up on me and went to a " page expired " or " page cannot

be displayed " message and I lost everything I had written. Makes me

wonder if it is just a problem with my machine or if anybody else

has been having problems. It has gotten so bad that I have even

written stuff separately in Word and then copied it in to the post

section as a precaution. Or copied it into a Word document after

writing the post so I had a back up if it crashed on me.

To begin with, you know what your symptoms and problems are, as well

as what your docs have told you. You need to tell her that.

Someone else mentioned earlier today that you also need to tell her

whatever meds you are on. I concur completely. She NEEDS to know

what meds you are taking because massage and/or other bodywork can

directly affect med absorption rates because of the effects the

bodywork has on circulation, heart rate, etc.

As for accupressure (or any other bodywork) and EDS, I have two main

cautions. The first is using extreme care whenever doing Range of

Motion testing. Because of the hypermobility it is easy for a

therapist to unintentionally put the limb or joint past the normal

range because the expected end feel isn't there. This can

inadavertantly cause either a sublux or dislocation right on the

spot or stress the joint to the point where it spontaneously does it

later. Ask Barb about this one. (I didn't do it to her but she has

had it happen in the past).

My second main caution is for anyone with fragile skin or easy

bruising. In these cases, I caution against aggressive deep tissue

work because of the risk of either tearing the skin or causing

unnecessary bruising. And I really do not like aggressive

myofascial release work such as Rolfing for this very reason.

As for the acupressure per se, what I know about Process Acupressure

(which is what she has trained in), it is very, very similar to my

training in Jin Shin Do. If you do have fascial restrictions, which

I suspect you might from some of your descriptions, a full body

acupressure release should address them very nicely.

Let's start with this and then kick it around again after your first

treatment session.

Incidentally, we are trying this again, again. I lost this twice

now trying to send it to you. The second go-round, I fortunatley

had it set aside in a word document so I didn't have to completely

start over.

[Guest guest]

I would be interested in having you write something for me if you

could, perhaps regarding acupressure and my situation? Would that

be too much work for you?

-----------

Not at all. I will pound something out right here - again. This is

the third time today that I have tried to reply to a post and my

computer froze up on me and went to a " page expired " or " page cannot

be displayed " message and I lost everything I had written. Makes me

wonder if it is just a problem with my machine or if anybody else

has been having problems. It has gotten so bad that I have even

written stuff separately in Word and then copied it in to the post

section as a precaution. Or copied it into a Word document after

writing the post so I had a back up if it crashed on me.

To begin with, you know what your symptoms and problems are, as well

as what your docs have told you. You need to tell her that.

Someone else mentioned earlier today that you also need to tell her

whatever meds you are on. I concur completely. She NEEDS to know

what meds you are taking because massage and/or other bodywork can

directly affect med absorption rates because of the effects the

bodywork has on circulation, heart rate, etc.

As for accupressure (or any other bodywork) and EDS, I have two main

cautions. The first is using extreme care whenever doing Range of

Motion testing. Because of the hypermobility it is easy for a

therapist to unintentionally put the limb or joint past the normal

range because the expected end feel isn't there. This can

inadavertantly cause either a sublux or dislocation right on the

spot or stress the joint to the point where it spontaneously does it

later. Ask Barb about this one. (I didn't do it to her but she has

had it happen in the past).

My second main caution is for anyone with fragile skin or easy

bruising. In these cases, I caution against aggressive deep tissue

work because of the risk of either tearing the skin or causing

unnecessary bruising. And I really do not like aggressive

myofascial release work such as Rolfing for this very reason.

As for the acupressure per se, what I know about Process Acupressure

(which is what she has trained in), it is very, very similar to my

training in Jin Shin Do. If you do have fascial restrictions, which

I suspect you might from some of your descriptions, a full body

acupressure release should address them very nicely.

Let's start with this and then kick it around again after your first

treatment session.

Incidentally, we are trying this again, again. I lost this twice

now trying to send it to you. The second go-round, I fortunatley

had it set aside in a word document so I didn't have to completely

start over.

[Guest guest]

Mike you are the BEST!! THANK YOU so much for taking the time (and the

time, and the time) to do this for me! I know it will help her a lot!

Love Lana

[Guest guest]

Hi Mike,

Do you read and post online at the yahoo site? I just use Eudora for

the list, it is so much easier and it is stabile. Also I can save all

postings and just queue them and then send them off. If anything goes

wrong, I still have a copy sitting there for a new attempt... Or I

write, save and send. Pretty much the same thing, either way I have a

copy. Maybe that could be an idea for you too?

PS! I use Eudora Pro, the version which you get free but it has

advertising, a little window which you have to keep so that you can

see it, or it'll make you either go to Eudora Lite or pay for the

ordinary version of E. Pro. It works great for me...

Aase Marit

>Not at all. I will pound something out right here - again. This is

>the third time today that I have tried to reply to a post and my

>computer froze up on me and went to a " page expired " or " page cannot

>be displayed " message and I lost everything I had written. Makes me

>wonder if it is just a problem with my machine or if anybody else

>has been having problems. It has gotten so bad that I have even

>written stuff separately in Word and then copied it in to the post

>section as a precaution. Or copied it into a Word document after

>writing the post so I had a back up if it crashed on me.