My friend Jess referred me over. I have FMS, and the only places I want deep pressure are on active trigger points; I have a Theracane I use on a particularly aggravating one near my right scapula I've had for years. It makes me nauseous, but judicial deep pressure there often results in a release. Same for the occipital ridge.
Otherwise I am a total pain wuss and would pay good money to lie on a table and get nerve stroked for an entire hour. My hubs was an excellent MT and he had a gift for approach that I wish he'd been able to teach every other MT that has worked on me... he would begin light and gentle, then work his way in, and depending on the site would use either rocking/jostling or a sort of orthobionics (moving into the pain with pressure at the most intense point).
I'd say that most of us really don't know what kind of pressure we "need", but we do know what we "want" and what might leave us limping for days. I agree that a lot of FMS people have done so much research in their medical journey that they may be quite knowledgeable about the disorder, but even then it's a YMMV as far as personal pain tolerance. Bear in mind that you will run across some FMS people who are also having other issues like dissociation from former abuse, and they may need more firm and constant pressure also as light touch doesn't feel as "safe".
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Date: 2009-03-13 09:13 am (UTC)Otherwise I am a total pain wuss and would pay good money to lie on a table and get nerve stroked for an entire hour. My hubs was an excellent MT and he had a gift for approach that I wish he'd been able to teach every other MT that has worked on me... he would begin light and gentle, then work his way in, and depending on the site would use either rocking/jostling or a sort of orthobionics (moving into the pain with pressure at the most intense point).
I'd say that most of us really don't know what kind of pressure we "need", but we do know what we "want" and what might leave us limping for days. I agree that a lot of FMS people have done so much research in their medical journey that they may be quite knowledgeable about the disorder, but even then it's a YMMV as far as personal pain tolerance. Bear in mind that you will run across some FMS people who are also having other issues like dissociation from former abuse, and they may need more firm and constant pressure also as light touch doesn't feel as "safe".
Hope this helps.