Massage - make you feel better or worse?

[kwolfsheimer]

I wish my insurance would pay for a massage.  They will pay for all these expensive cortisone shots and physical therapy, but no massage. 

I used to have physical therapy for some problems a few years back, and eventually, my therapist would give me 10 minutes of exercise to make the insurance company happy, and then spend the rest of the hour putting heat on the affected muscles and massaging them. So maybe you can find someone like that? It really helped a lot more than the exercises (which I could do at home anyhow).

yeah-- I've been through physical therapy five times for the same pain.  My therapist would do the same thing and it really was such a relief.  Unfortunately, my therapist will not see me anymore unless I get an MRI (on her advice), but my insurance won't pay for an MRI and none of my doctors care to deal with the issue.  I pretty much have been told there is nothing that I can do.  So I lie on my own heating pad and ask my husband for rubs.

[Joe S.]

kwolfsheimer, What type of pain and where?

[Carebear]

I get a massage once a month, and I have found it reduced my migraines from daily (ugh, that was nasty) to weekly or even bi-monthly.

I don't know what I would have done without my massage therapist for the last three years.

[SLEEPY101]

I have had one massage. It was when my pain was at it's worse. I think it helped. The girl that did my massage is a family member. She new my situation and was very gentle.

It is very important that you drink a lot of water after you have a massage. This remove the toxins from your body. It you don't drink enough water it could make you really sick.