Yikes - I paid $$ for that!!

[Wahine]

The first time I did Ironman I had a massage once a week. It was part of my training program. It was not one of these namby pamby relaxation massages, it was a deep tissue massage and usually hurt like the dickens. Well, since I've moved I haven't had a regular massage for oh... 2 years. Now I have all these nasty little aches and pains from doing a lot of mileage running, not to mention jumping into a 40 mile ride on the weekend when the only other ride I've done since Jan that was longer than 30 min was an easy 25 miler with some friends about 4 weeks ago.

So I booked a massage. She came to my office and did it there (I work in PT so it wasn't really all that weird). It was 1.5 hours of torture. She dug and dug and dug some more. I was in agony and then she says "I really feel like we're only skimming the surface here."

Either I've forgotten what it's like to get a real deep tissue massage or I've turned into a pansy. But OMG!!

Thanks for listening, I'm limping off to the tub now to try to process all the aches and pains that have cropped up since my therapeutic massage.

[tulip]

sounds awesome!

[smilingcat]

But it feels so good afterwards. :P not sure if its because the torture is over or if it's because the massuse worked out the knots?

Well I have an appointment for Rolfing. The gal who works on me must have had a full time job in London Towers (previous life). She knows every pressure points.

Question??? Do you find yourself to be weaker or slower on the bike after a good hard deep tissue massage? I seem to lose lot of my strength and find it hard to ride.

I can't wait for Thursday
smilingcat

[Wahine]

Smilingcat - Have fun. Rolfing is a whole new level of agony.

I do feel a little wibbly wobbly for about 12 hours so I always try to book the massage around my tougher workouts. I try to set it up at the end of a hard day or immediately after a few days of hard workouts when I'm heading into the lower intensity/recovery part of my week.

[NoNo]

I did the same thing in January and had the same results. Actually, I started getting massive migraines in the days after the massage and had to go to my chiro to unlock the muscles in my head and neck. Don't think I'll be doing a deep tissue massage again anytime soon...

[OakLeaf]

Mmmmmmm.

I always tell the LMTs to just wale on me. It's the only thing my muscles will listen to. I might be sore for days, but it's a good sore

[smilingcat]

Yup. I plan on riding in excess of 40 hard miles today with about 3000 feet of climb. So I'll be beat to a pulp before I show up for Rolfing tomorrow. Rest Thursday and Friday. Ride like a banshee on Saturday and Sunday..

I'm gettin' old, I need two days to recover instead of one. Recovery slows down when you get old.

smilingcat