I go from having mild sciatic pain, to moderate, to none, and to just knotted muscles in my back. Today I had physical therapy at 7 am.
My physical therapist did some work with trying to stretch, exercise, heat and cool the proper areas. She used a special kind of salve to help loosen achey muscles.
My physical therapist did a piriformis release on me. Sounds kinky but was NOT! This is to try to loosen the piriformis muscle which seems to be my biggest problem this week. This is located in the deep butt cheek area. If it gets tight, it can put pressure on my sciatic nerve which seems to be the issue…
It was pure torture. She has done this before. She uses her elbow to put direct pressure on my butt cheek. It is VERY painful. As she was performing this assault (being dramatic) I could barely breathe. I had to ask her to stop a couple times so that I could catch my breath.
Noises escaped me like a dying dinosaur would make. Not embarrassing at all.
When she was done, she said, you might have a bruise there. She said I could ice it at home which I did. By the time I got home, a baseball sized bruise had started to appear. I couldn’t wait to moon Paul with that there later.
I did some work with ice on my butt and back. Then I went for a deep tissue massage. I need to get this back in shape for my trip.
I went to this place that I had never been to simply due to availability. The reviews were good. It was as you would expect and my lady was very nice. She was my age and we chatted for a bit. Look at me being social!
She wanted me completely nude. Other places I have kept my underwear on. Ok. Weird.
She started the massage. She really was painfully working all the knots in my back. “Why is your back so tight?” She asked? It was not a relaxing massage, but I knew that going in.
Then she said “I am going to climb on you and use my knees.” Oh dear god! Is this a thing? She has been a license therapist for well over 20 years so sure, saddle up!
She out her knees on the back of my thighs. Then she used her body weight to really give deep massage in my back. She then used her knees to apply pressure to my hamstrings. I couldn’t wait feel the numbness in my toes. It didn’t hurt. I imagined what this scene looked like to someone just walking in. Yes I was covered with a sheet.
After it was all done I went to get up to get dressed. Woah. I felt weird. I had a few minutes where I felt like I had jello limbs.
Paul and I went to Bill grays for dinner. I had a coupon, which Paul didn’t love. It was two burgers and one order of French fries. He advocated that we not share fries, he wanted his own and some of mine too! I can’t blame him. They have Genesee Kolsh on tap, so we enjoyed that.
I took it easy the rest of the day and just know I am going to be sore tomorrow.
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