{"id":751,"date":"2005-02-15T12:50:27","date_gmt":"2005-02-15T12:50:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/the19thfloor.net\/?p=751"},"modified":"2005-02-15T12:50:27","modified_gmt":"2005-02-15T12:50:27","slug":"healing_touch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/the19thfloor.net\/?p=751","title":{"rendered":"Healing Touch"},"content":{"rendered":"

I had my first professional massage yesterday. One of my nurses thought I might enjoy it, but I wasn’t so sure. We went to the student clinic at St. Paul College<\/a> and I was fairly certain none of the students had worked with someone with a disability. It had the potential to be an awkward experience. The therapist assigned to me didn’t show any signs of being fazed, however. It became a sort of combination massage-physical therapy session. She worked on some of the muscle contractures that inevitably accompany spending so much time sitting. What surprised me most was how much I enjoyed her fingers on my neck. I didn’t realize how tight those muscles get; probably from all the time I spend writing at work and at home. I used to get PT regularly when I was in school, but I kind of let that fall by the wayside when I started working. And even though I get handled regularly by nurses, it was definitely pleasant to experience a more therapeutic style of touch. Hopefully, I’ll be able to continue seeing her on a semi-regular basis.
\nI scored some free tickets to the Timberwolves game tonight. Let’s hope they play better than they have in recent games.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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