Sat. Aug 22th

Many lower-back pain patients, as usual. One man in his 30s had been diagnosed with abnormal curvature of the lumbar spine (straight rather then cured forward) a year or more ago, and was treated using tuina at that time. The pain was back so he came in again today. He said many nice things about my technique, which was nice. At the then end of the treatment, when he was sitting on the stool, he was supporting his weight with his arms on his knees rather then sitting straight. I managed to remember several face/head techniques from massage class and used all of them on him.

The small boy with glasses was there early again, getting treated for his poor vision.

The rather weak man with the pink cheeks was there again, but I only spent a couple minutes with him so I dunno how he is.

A lady who knew Dr. Xiao came in for neck and shoulder tension, pain radiating down her left arm. She had a physique similar to mine, very thin with hard muscles and protruding bones. I put a lot of energy into the massage and she appreciated it, especially the neck treatment that I picked up two weeks ago from Xiao Long. (who is a acupuncture major, not bone injury as I mentioned). She remarked several times on my technique.

Xiaolong and I did a good job on the old man who sings; he did a softening technique over the man's sacrum for a good 20 minutes, I worked first on his legs then spent a long time on his shoulders. His range of motion is quite limited- in and back is ok, but turning the arms out is quite uncomfortable. I massaged while moving his upper limbs, which I felt good about, but other then the old man being happy I didn't get see any particular results. That is a disadvantage of only going once a week!

Well, that doesn't sound like a lot, but it kept me busy till 11:30 and I felt great at the end. It is worth it to put a lot of energy into being there.