Hi, Therapeutic massage is not the same as myofascial release... but follow your intuition. PT
________________________________ From: Marshalee Hallett <utahpug...@gmail.com> To: silver-list@eskimo.com Sent: Sun, December 5, 2010 11:53:39 PM Subject: Re: CS>Dry Eyes Protocol Hi, Well I get a therapeutic massage every week, and it has done nothing for the tinnitus. My eyes are fine, other than the myopia. I still think it might be the nodules. I`ll be seeing my ENT on Friday, and will see what he thinks. Thanks!! Marshalee On Sun, Dec 5, 2010 at 8:32 PM, PT Ferrance <ptf2...@bellsouth.net> wrote: Hi Marshalee, >You might want to see a massage therapist and ask them to work on your neck >muscles. Trigger points in these muscles, e.g., SCM and scalenes, can disturb >your vision as well as causing ear noises. >PT > > > > ________________________________ From: Marshalee Hallett <utahpug...@gmail.com> >To: silver-list@eskimo.com >Sent: Sun, December 5, 2010 9:18:09 PM >Subject: Re: CS>Dry Eyes Protocol > > >Dear Pat, > I too have tinnitus, both kinds, the hissing and the pulsatile. (The former >came from my Pug yapping in my ears, which did damage to the inner ears.) It`s >annoying, but I can live with it. It is the latter which is driving me >CRAZY!!! That horrible grinding, pulsing noise in my right ear makes it >difficult to sleep. I can turn it down by sticking my shoulder into my neck to >turn off much of the blood flow through the jugular vein, but it doesn`t last >long. Fortunately, I discovered that a spritz of Nasonex (an allergy med.) in >the right nostril will ease it; apparently it lessens the swelling on that >side, >so I can finally sleep. (I`m wondering if the large thyroid nodules I have on >that side are the cause of the noise. My ENT doesn`t know for sure. He wants >to >remove that half of the gland; I`d be glad to have it done IF it will stop the >noise!) >I hope this`ll help! >Marshalee > > >On Sun, Dec 5, 2010 at 7:02 PM, Pat <pattycake29...@yahoo.com> wrote: > >Very interesting! When my eyes are very dry, I seem to have trouble with >>vision, too. The eye doc said he could tell by looking that I have a problem >>with dry eyes. >> >> >>Now if only I could find some help for tinnitus which seems to be getting >worse. >> >>Thanks, >>Pat >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >