Posted on October - 29 - 2011
Massage has many benefits
Massage is a scientific way to manipulate the body’s soft tissues, which include muscles and ligaments. It increases circulation, which carries away pain-promoting byproducts generated from work or exercise. It relaxes muscles and ligaments. It increases joints’ range of motion.
Massage has been demonstrated to relieve back pain that doesn’t arise from any structural changes to the back. Ten weeks of two massages a week have been shown to improve such back pain.
People ought to seek a therapist who is certified. Many states (I don’t know about provinces) require that massage therapists be licensed.
This doesn’t apply to you, R.G., but it applies to those whose arm or leg is swollen after surgery in which lymph nodes had to be removed. Lymph fluid comes from the circulation and bathes all body tissues and organs. It returns via lymph vessels, which act like vacuum hoses. They suction up lymph fluid and return it to the circulation. When lymph nodes are removed and lymph vessels disrupted, an arm or leg swells. Massage therapists, trained in techniques to mobilize this fluid, are able to greatly reduce such swelling and allow the affected arm or leg to move with greater freedom.
I don’t mean to make you nervous, but sudden death from heart malfunction is a possibility of this condition.
You are 82. You have had this problem for a long time. Nothing bad has happened. You are quite active in playing tennis four times a week. Not many people are able to do that at 82. Your doctor has OK’d your tennis playing. I don’t believe you are in any danger from cardiomyopathy. I have to admire what you do.
This heart problem doesn’t get less serious as time goes by. It often worsens. That appears to not be happening to you.
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