Originally Posted by MrPete

I'm wondering about what kind of experiences you have had with Massage. I am a massage therapist in Washington State. I had never heard of RSD until a patient called and wanted a massage to reduce her Migraine. As a good therapist I turned to the internet to learn as much as I could about the condition and how massage interacted with it.

I found information that said it was quite effective and just keep the massage as relaxing as possible and to avoid heat or ice. As always once I do my home work and learn what works I have several more patients with the same condition. Presently I have 3 patients who swear that their massages have been a life saver. I have been sticking to a medium to light relaxing massage and just following the patients feelings of when to treat and how deep. So far both patients have been coming in weekly.

I am wondering what more of you patient have to say and what experiences you have had. Since this has been helpfull for my patients maybe it will give the rest of you guys some relief. At this point I can't give any thoughts about the long term effects but with other auto imune diseases massage is quite effective.

Good luck
Pete