alternative therapies
osteopathy is new to me.It has worked wonders of healing and repair on my arm and shoulder bruised and battered when I took a walk ten feet too high off the ground. M massages and manipulates then whacks acupuncture needles into trigger points and i can feel the healing happen.The other part of the osteopathy is cranial, designed to help my brainstem reconnect my wayward left side and rebalance my nerves. M cradles my skull in her hands and this last session my face felt odd as though it was pulsating, swelling and shrinking and M said afterwards my whole skull was pulsing...the hardest thing is for me to relax and let go, .
For six months i have been clinging fast to myself, striving to clear out debris and rebuild connections and in the first two osteo sessions I could feel myself shutting M out, unwilling to risk my work unravelling. I had to make a conscious effort to untense muscles and share my processes.
is it helping? Difficult to tell, three days off chemo and my head is always full of jitters, flickering with kaliedoscope patterns while my stomach burns and whines about needing /not needing food and my vision slips in and out of focus making reading difficult.
I have a theory that now my fall injury has healed the therapy will be more effective on my nerves...how much can heal all at the same time? I think it takes levels and layers so of course it will - I like the image of strong foundations so tht is what I will create.
Right now I am focusing on creating a me that can drive again by the end of November that's a lot of left side that needs to come back so I have my work cut out for me. Challenge is good, and determination can be unbeatable.
Gonna give it my best shot!
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aromatherapy might help ... things like vanilla, ginger and patulie oil are great stomache ailments (or any combination thereof), - peppermint for headaches and clarity (very little though as it is quite powerful)