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I got a massage for the very first time Friday night.
It was a tranquility massage - not deep tissue. This was a fairly gentle 1-hour session.
The next day, I felt a little cruddier than usual and noticed that my upper inner thighs are sore.
Is this a lymph node thing? Could the massage have released toxins?
The only lymph node area I usually feel fullness with is around my neck.
Anyone ever had this before?
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steve1906
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Get another massage>>>>just kidding! I think this common on your first visit.
Moving/touching areas for the first time could cause this.
Steve
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Keebler
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- Quite normal to have tender point soreness. There are some very tender places on the inner thigh and many with lyme have all the tender pressure points on the body more tender than other people, anyway.
Some of these "tender points" can be lymph node and some are just the "tender points" that are noted acupuncture / acupressure points of importance that may correspond to body function --
or be where certain muscles / tendons join -- &/or be where there is constriction for some reason - and that has to be worked out.
If one or more particular points required a bit of pressure to loosen tight tissue, it's quite normal for that to be a bit sore for a day or two or three.
Q: "Could the massage have released toxins?"
Yes, even the most gentle massage will move stuff along so your liver & kidneys have their work cut out for them.
I hope the LMT instructed you to drink a lot of water for 24 hours after a massage and REST.
Be sure to just be normal with your liver & kidney support -- do not load up on more supplements, just do your normal support. If you have not been doing that, be sure to do so.
The increased water is the extra kidney & liver support that is best -- and only excellent food, green tea, etc., as your usual good routine. Nothing too much of a surprise.
Yes, the day after a massage is usually a day of recouperation. Just take really good care today, and you should feel better tomorrow, and better then the next day. The body will be doing the work from the massage for at least a week. -
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