12/24/2023 0 Comments Flutter in chest below bra band![]() ![]() You may have a rib that is twisting from tight chest wall muscles. Good luck! I think you have a good chance of helping I'm still working on it. don't do it! Oh, and this is not medical advice, just a friendly suggestion from fellow patient □ You are using your breath to give yourself a little stretch in that area. Breath in, and concentrate on directing the breath where your hands are. One little exercise I use is to put your hands where you feel the tightness, i.e even cross your arms like you are giving yourself a little 'hug'. I bet you will feel a 'stretching' in your ribcage just with this. ![]() just a few minutes at a time throughout the day. I'd just work on some diaphragmatic/deep breathing on your own. The thing is, it can't hurt, you'll probably learn some helpful things, and if it doesn't help your problem, you will have ruled out a musculoskeletal cause. You re likely holding yourself in ways that reinforce the tightness. It's not something you can just 'tell it" to do. I had no idea how I was holding my body so tensely all the time! And I am a PT!!! It usually takes someone putting their hands on you so your body can "learn" how to relax again. I had no idea how tight I was throughout my torso, it was even hard for me to take a deep breath. ![]() Ideally you want to incorporate some active exercises/stretching to maintain the results. Myofascial release is just one treatment modality, it doesn't have to be all (and I wouldn't suggest it be all). I think this is often overlooked in the GI world. Sometimes then, those constantly tight, tense muscles and tissues can become a secondary source of pain/discomfort. When you have chronic pain, over years, you can develop tightness in muscles and tissues in the area from doing this, and you aren't even aware of it. Being a PT, I never even thought about it for myself, however I eventually went to a PT and it was one of the most helpful things I've done! (didn't help my GI problem of course, but might help with something like symptoms you are describing! When we are in pain, without even realizing it, we tend to hold that area of our body 'tightly" or still, almost as if to protect it. I was going to write and suggest seeing a physical therapist! and saw that did also! (I am a PT, however, not pushing it b/c of that :), but suggesting from personal and professional experience □. I hope you'll share your progress as time goes on. There might be setbacks when stressful events happen in your life, but you will figure out ways to self treat when you have learned enough about it. The important thing is progress, and learning good ways to improve, and doing your home exercises and stretching as your self care, and committing yourself to progress. You don't know how many layers are there when you start. My therapist describes it as peeling back the layers of an onion. ![]() I've been back at MFR for a couple of years since my surgery. MFR helped make that surgery easier on me because the muscles in my neck were looser and easier to retract. I did MFR for 3 years for my thoracic outlet syndrome and made good progress, but in the middle of all of that, in spite of treatment, I stopped progressing as my spine problem became evident, and I had to stop for spine surgery. Are you self treating at home to help the therapist's progress? It's great that you are trying this therapy, and it really works, and works even better when you become an active tuned in participant. How well MFR works for a person is dependent on a lot of things, first, how long and involved is the problem? Is it a problem caused by stress and the body's reaction to it, and does that source still exist in your life? Is is a posture related problem that has been caused by bad habits, and do you still have the habits? Was it caused by a physical trauma or injury? and then there is emotional trauma from things we all carry around inside us, and are we reacting subconsciously to those things or have we worked through our issues and fears? All of that causes reactions in the body. ![]()
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