Break It Up

My massage therapist told me about adhesions and realigning connective tissue and all the stuff she does for a client to alleviate tension & restore things to good working order.

Naturally, I whipped out my phone when I got in the car and started looking stuff up:

She mentioned that adhesions are why massage hurt, basically–breaking them up isn’t fun and games.

Adhesions:
an abnormal union of membranous surfaces due to inflammation or injury.

Breaking them up allows blood to return to those tissues, which aids the euphoric feeling we have post-massage. Plus, it sends toxins and yuckiness to our body’s elimination system AND helps regulate hormones.

Pretty cool.

You can read more about Deep Tissue Massage and breaking up adhesions at About Health.