10/23/2025
Last night I responded to a client with a massage emergency. She was having immense pain in her shoulder going to to her elbow, and all of this coming from her neck.
Upon assessing, I realized I could barely touch her without her being in extreme pain. I couldn’t just use deep tissue techniques, or Swedish massage techniques, or just myofascial techniques . This was a hard case that required my full attention and years of education and care.
I first used light Myofascial techniques and then some lymphatic drainage techniques. Even then, I could hardly touch her and there was still a lot of pain present. Then I asked her if I could work on her energetic body, and move the energetic pain first- I used Reiki Healing for this. Finally I was getting somewhere! (I almost gave up!)
After I moved the energetic pain out of the body, I was able to do some real work relaxing all of the muscles in the neck and traps, then finally her elbow and arm.
Wow! After that she was in less pain and was feeling so much better.
When I say, I customize the massage session, this is what I mean. Techniques can vary and everyone is different and unique in what they present with.
I cannot just throw “deep tissue” massage at everyone and expect them to respond well.
This is where years of training and experience come in. I’m seeking the best outcome for my client- rather than staying stuck in a methodology