Originally Posted by Gazelle

Massage therapist was ok. She dug in, often with her elbow, and only made me tell her to back off a little once when she hit a really tender spot over my hip joint.

She said my muscles wouldn't release easily at all. Once she got them to release, she said they'd go back into knots again and she'd have to go right back to them. Guess she found me a little challenging.

She totally agreed that it was possible that there were other things going on with my body and that if things continued I should see a doc. But she suggested a physiatrist given all the trauma my body's been through with a couple car accidents, the shoulder surgery, and the MS. She might have a point--a rehab doc would look at the whole body.

I feel a bit better, but everything's starting to hurt again. Think I'm NOT going to take the dogs for a walk as I had planned (sorry pups) and get more meds in me and maybe another bath with Epsom salts. therapist agreed those are awesome!

She also pointed me to a trigger point device that she said I might like (and no, she wasn't selling them). Says they're awesome, so I thought I'd share:

http://www.massagewarehouse.com/itemdetail~cat~103206302~MENU~103206302~item~230+0 050.asp