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posted by dennisn on October 15th, 2010 at 10:40AM
Ah yes -- those foam insulation jackets -- sexy! I love DIY-ers. :D
From the bit I've read (a few wikipedia articles on various massaging), it sounds like more quackery :P. It shouldn't be too surprising for the reasons I gave above. I mean, normal "stretching" or "flexing" of the muscles should do far more to "detach" the skin layer from the muscles -- if they are even attached in the first place. I just don't see how they could be attached, unless there was some really serious internal injury. I have heard the term "knots" used so many times -- do you actually feel them, or are they just a poetic description of the phenomenon? If yes, what do they feel like? Do you think they are actually the aforementioned adhesions? (If I cut off the skin over them, would I find a crusty tissue adhering to the muscles? I somehow doubt that :.) I sometimes have lumbar back pains -- do you think I could feel "knots" anywhere there? ( doubt it.) (On a somewhat unrelated note, during my readings, it turns out chiropractice and acupuncture are bullshit, and all massaging techniques in fact do nothing more than reduce "stress" :P) |
