Stacey is amazing!…read more
After a couple months of having some neck pain (at 45, more and more hurts these days), my wife finally had it with me and said, "Will you please go see Stacey?"
I've never done massage as a regular part of my reality. Meditation, yes. Yoga, yes. Physical Therapy, inversion table, hot tub, Advil, etc., but not massage. In fact, the only time I'd had one was as part of a couples massage years ago. Maybe it's because I'm a guy. Who knows
But, not being able to easily turn my head was getting annoying. So, off to Lilou I went.
And now I'm an addict. :)
So, Week 1 was interesting. Lots of knots that I didn't even know about. I always thought I was a pretty relaxed, laid back kind of guy. Then she hit my low back, and shoulder blades, before even getting to my neck and occipital issues. For a relaxed guy, the number of boulders she found in my upper back was pretty stunning.
Then on to my neck for a good half hour. Knots and cords galore!
Was I cured? Immediately relieved? No. Stacey suggested that in situations like this, it could possibly take four sessions to start to see some significant relief.
That was May 2016. I now go nearly weekly (Jan 2017 as of this writing.) She now works my low back - two herniated discs, hamstrings and glutes (the herniation tends to radiate and my hamstrings have always been terrible), my upper back and neck. She has even had to dig her elbow into some on the knots in my legs. Sometimes I push a bit too hard in yoga, and she can always tell. :)
Will it cure my issues? No, of course not, but it helps the symptoms tremendously, and getting the muscles to loosen up helps relieve the spasms, which can pinch things off. So, it definitely helps both the symptoms and the causes. She has even suggested particular stretches and moves in order to help the issues.
While I can't personally speak to the rest of the services she provides - my wife does massage, waxing, and facials with her and has for years - I'm hooked on her.
