Massage Messages

[liralen]

It's interesting to have the in-house massage therapist note a few things that are unique about my body and how she has to deal with it:

• My muscles "run hot", hotter than nearly everyone else she works on.
• My musculature is also denser than pretty much all the women she works on.
• She doesn't see the amount of inflammation I get very often in anyone.
• I seem to have more tension and physical stress than she's used to dealing with as she fusses a lot about me and the "pain you must be in".
• I "carry charge", as in I shock her nearly every time in the fall/winter, and it seems that few others do.

To be fair, she also finds it shocking that I have three running computers in my cube. So her norm and mine may be wildly different. :-)

Still, it's interesting to contemplate that my body may just hang onto stress and tension (and static charges) more than most. Or, on the other hand, I may just generate more stress than most people. *grin* Physical stress as opposed to emotional stress. I just channel it into my body or something as folks here seem to accuse me of a Buddha-like calm in the midst of fighting fires or when everyone else in the room is yelling at each other I step in. Ah so...

It's always interesting to get a look at myself through other eyes and another mind.

Comments

[foomf.livejournal.com]

You might also have something going on with inflammatory responses.

[liralen.livejournal.com]

Well, if the amount of heat she finds weren't so directly linked to exactly when I'm abusive of my hands I'd be more inclined to peer at that.

[foomf.livejournal.com]

That _is_ what I meant, though. You abuse your hands, they release tons and tons of pain and stress chemicals (inflammatory triggers) and the rest of you responds with a fever.

[liralen.livejournal.com]

Ah!!

Okay. I'll peer at that more, then. Thank you!