Brad’s Ataxia Blog

Foot Massacre urrr Massage!

May 20th, 2009

Brad completed his daily therapy yesterday and wanted me to go with him for a “foot Massage!”  I didn’t complain once.  We were advised as to which place was the best so off we went.  I had James, Brad’s physical therapist, to write in Chinese what we needed to ask for.  We showed them the note and we were ushered into a room with recliners and ottomans.  Each had a computer screen with TV availability but all in Chinese so we turned it off.  Two young girls who spoke no English began with a tub of some red looking water with what looked like rose pettels floating in it.  They called it medicine.  It was HOT! But after burning the nerve endings off our feet it began to feel pretty good.  The girls started with our upper arms and shoulders with deep…very deep penetrating massage.  I don’t know about Brad’s but the girl who worked on my arms some how had biceps in her fingers!  What part of the feet included the shoulders arms leggs and later back and neck I have no clue.  90 minuters of pain and pleasure!  At one point they pulled out round glass jar-like things and washed them very thouroughly, then poured lighter fluid in them and lit the stuff.  With flame they quickly placed them on the soles of our feet.  As the flame extinguished my foot began to be sucked into the jar-like thing.  She had the nerve then to start moving it up and down the bottom of my foot!  THEN she left for 5 minutes while our feet were getting permanent hickys!  Then they returned to massage our feet.  She used fingers that as I said has biceps, her nuckels, fists, forearms, and elbows to get to the really deep tissue that I did not until then know existed.

While waiting with feet sucked in jars we sipped hot green tea and nibbling on watermellon slices.  What an experience!  While a great experience I prefer the nice gentle massage where everything feels good.

Brad and I are going out for lunch experience to places unknown.  More later.

Craig for Brad

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