Finally getting a moment to post personals. Yes, I realize it's after 1:30 AM!
Patti and Rulan stopped by before heading out to Ocean City to visit another friend. They went back to Philly late tonight. They didn't feel comfortable staying overnight here since there's not a lot of extra, private sleeping space. So, no massage for Debra and me tonight or tomorrow.
I haven't had any down time to practice massaging Debra either. Hopefully, I'll get some free time to slow down and massage Debra's back and scalp tomorrow.
Jeanette: Oooo, an escapee! Thankfully, it didn't happen on your watch!!! LOL on having a good ole stink! I used to feel push-ups in my shoulder joints until that restorative yoga teacher showed me how I was doing my chatarungas incorrectly back in June. I had a bad habit of placing my center of gravity (core) forward into my shoulders instead of shifting my weight back towards the toes. I tell you it made all the difference!!! Rulan is Patti's friend. He's also a massage therapist. Unfortunately, I'm not massaged out!!! I'll survive. Phil is coming down late tomorrow night. I'm hoping he takes pity on me and massages my back muscles. Speaking of which... you need to be more specific about which muscle is sore on you. When you say the muscle above your buttocks, do you mean your sacrum, side glute above the gluteal cleavage (crack)
, side back, or lower back? Where does the pain start and end? There are so many muscles there, it'd be hard for me to know which one needs stretched. Before I started studying massage and anatomy, I would just lie on the floor and move my legs around until I found the perfect stretch. Lately, my Iliocostalis Lumborum has been tight from doing PT! I feel the pressure in my lower back, starting near the sacrum and left hip bone. The entire muscle is tight from raising and lowering my arms during PT. I could rub my sacrum and iliac crest (top ridge of my hip bone) back and forth all day long. It might help to reduce the pressure momentarily. However, if Phil runs his palm or elbow from my sacrum up to the top point of my scapula, that muscle will release tension and my sacrum won't feel all that pressure. <--- That was the sweet spot on my back that I was talking about last week!!! At any rate, without any book or class, I know which stretch would work from experimenting and doing poses from PY4H2. Downward dog and side bends help stretch it. Sorry, I couldn't be more help to you. But, if you figure out the name of the affected muscle, I can PM you with massage instructions for the Captain to use on you.
I can also chat with Patti about which yoga pose would give you the most bang for your time and effort.
Patricia: The X does take a certain amount of will power. I don't know how Laurie managed to do it THREE times!!!! It would drive me CRAZY!!! I'm with Jeanette, you've got to be mentally ready to live with it. And, it's not easy!!! Well, at least not for me!!!! No coloring for me. Although, I did color the ulna, radius and hand bones once during class time. I'm more of an auditory learner... who'd have guessed? LOL I got a mocha cappuccino gelatto. YUMMY!!! Debra had a mojito instead. LOL
Kim: I'm heading back home Sunday. I've got a test Monday and Wednesday night waiting for my return. I had to chuckle about leaving your ds home for the WHOLE day. Poor guy had to deal with answering the phone all day!!! LOL Glad to hear your dog is doing better. I would have never guessed a stroke even if my dog showed all the symptoms of one. I never claimed to be an observant pet owner. ;-)
Well ladies, it's almost 2:30. I best get some sleep before the Swanettes drag me to the beach before I drink some coffee!!!
Sweet Dreams!!!
Wendy
