you might get a similar effect by sitting on a tennis ball on a chair with
a hard seat.

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> [Original Message]
> From: Linda Macaulay <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Date: 7/10/2005 5:46:24 PM
> Subject: Re: any suggestions
>
> Rachel,
>
> You may also want to consider getting a massage, particularly with hot
> stones.  My massage therapist is also my PT's Assistant so he has more
> training and has known me for about 10 years.  We've discovered that as I
am
> aging, I am using my glutes (aka butt muscles) a lot more to walk and then
> my lower back hurts.  But, much like you, I think, there is nothing found
in
> x-rays etc since my pain is caused by the butt muscles getting way tight
and
> actually causing the back pain.  So as crazy as it may sound, if he (or my
> dear hubby in between massage therapist visits) literally presses his
elbow
> into my butt for several seconds in several locations, the muscle
tightness
> releases, my posture improves, and the back pain disappears.  And my
muscles
> just seem to respond better to the heat of the stones, allowing me to
relax
> much more.
>
> At least massage is not invasive and if nothing else, it is a great way to
> pamper yourself and relieve stress.
>
> Linda
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Sunday, July 10, 2005 8:28 PM
> Subject: Re: any suggestions
>
>
> > Hi Rachel.  My name is Michael Jeffries.  I'm 36 and I do 10k  races.
> > I've
> > been hit by a car 20 years ago.  I've been having popping  sounds in my
> > left
> > hip when I rotate it.  It doesn't bother me unless the  air is real damp
> > and
> > sometimes in the winter time.  Just take vitamins and  keep the calcium
up
> > and
> > that should help some.
> >