shiatsu

as my physiotherapist clearly hasn't managed to solve the shoulder issues that i've had on and off in the last 3 years, i decided it was time to take measures. shiatsu was back on the menu. i hadn't done any since leaving Japan, but it had always had an effect on me.

after much searching, i finally found someone that seemed like they'd know what they were doing, and although it was a little different from what they'd done to me in Japan - the approach was more holistic and long-term, as in one session won't heal me - i felt better. on my way home, i felt my breathing change and a sort of liberating pins and needle effect in my hand. also, the underlying pain seemed to have disappeared. a couple of days later, i went to the gym, and it felt like i was using different muscles in one arm, the one he'd worked so much on (and which was very painful!). the right side of my back then seemed to realign itself in some way. it's probably just that he worked on that side more than the other and thus the other side is probably still all in knots. but still, more changes than the physiotherapy, so that's good.