#self massage

[thewhitekettle]

Slow Sunday

Slept in. Did some skin and body care (dry brush, oiling, lymph massage). Put on cozy clothes. Back in bed with tons of water and The Empress on Netflix. Going to do some homework with a sheet mask on. Bible study and church service later tonight. Light dinner with hopes of being in bed by 10.

[mental-mona]

Can Self-Massage Relieve IBS Constipation? | IrritableBowelSyndrome.net

Living with IBS means learning what works for one person may not work for another. One patient leader finds self-massage useful for constipa

My pelvic floor PT taught me a different technique than the ones described here. She told me to start with 10 diaphragmatic breaths, then rest your right hand on your lower right abdomen for 10 more diaphragmatic breaths. Then make radial motions from your navel across your belly in every direction, like you're drawing the sun, as many times as feels right. Then knead yourself like a cat would, starting low on the left and pressing toward your groin, moving your hands incrementally up your belly and still pressing toward the groin, then switching to the right side & pressing towards your ribs when you get to the top of your belly. After massaging each of the left quadrants, slide your hand down the whole quadrant. After massaging the top right quadrant, slide your hand upwards and across the top of your belly. Slide your hand upwards after the lower right quadrant. Then, starting at the bottom right and moving counterclockwise, press & slide your hand across your whole colon 10 times. Her thinking is that it's like a traffic jam, and to clear a traffic jam you'd want to move the cars in front first.

She told me to do this massage before bed so that I'll have a good BM when I wake up for the day; we do a lot of our digestion overnight. Sometimes it takes me 10 minutes, sometimes it's more like 30; it depends on how "knotted" and gassy my guts are. It's quite effective at getting gas out immediately, and it definitely helps some with stool, though I'm still much more likely to have a BM late at night rather than soon after getting up, cuz that's just how my guts work.

[tiktok-singularity]

A bed stretch before getting out of bed.

[dreaminginthedeepsouth]

Beth's Classes: Gentle Movement for Everyone: 5.11.20. Part One from elizabeth scupham on Vimeo.

Beth's Classes: Gentle Movement for Everyone: 5.11.20. Part One Breath and hands.

Beth's classes 05.11.20 Breath and Hands Self Massage

[spoonie-living]

The Plexus Wheel is designed to fit perfectly between your shoulder blades, giving you relief right where it aches. The 3 different sizes provide you with 3 levels of ridiculously relaxing pressure. It's back pain relief that won't break the bank.

If you do (or wish you did) a lot of self-massage, this little wheel might be for you. It provides rolling massage in hard-to-reach spots, as well as traction---beautiful traction.

[Images: three people in black athletic gear, rolling on three sizes of Plexus Wheels (hollow wheels with diameters of 6, 10, and 12 inches and widths around 7 inches). The small one is being used for outer thighs, the large for neck traction, and the medium for some kind of modified pushup.]

This company provides 100-day guarantees, so it looks like something you can return if it doesn’t work for you.

[bepeaced]

It is difficult to admit sickness to another- other than a paper. Physical sickness can hurt my emotionality, my personality. The physical way my entire body can ache can place me in a space where the silence screams and the smiles to sing are shaded such that I cannot see. I need a hand that is comforting, to massage me.

Disassociation for deeper pleasure during self massage.

[suzilight]

Dealing with Congestion using self care lymphatic massage

[colitishealingnat]

Self-Massages

Because why wait for someone else to kindly thank the sore parts of your body for it's consistent functionality?