After Maw showed me a strange swelling on her left wrist, I proceeded to massage the area. She had already applied Johnson’s Baby Oil (not made from real human babes) to the affected area. Her self massaging techniques didn’t work.
It’s better when someone else massages the pain away. This time I was being gentle and avoided causing her much pain. Usually, I do not know my own strength and use unnecessary roughness when massaging her painful muscles. What this does is make the muscles tense up more.
What I did this time is to gently press the raised areas first. I could feel the knot within her left forearm. With each press, I waited for her muscles to relax and could feel the fibers “give way” on either side of my left thumb. For 15 minutes, I pressed the top portion of her left forearm. And each time the fibers relaxed.
She verified with delight that the bumps were gone. But the soreness was still present even while attending this morning’s mass. She wore her wrist brace just to be sure she doesn’t aggravate her muscles and undo my hard work.
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