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hi. i have had cfs for 16yrs. have got alot better nut not fully. i have reflexology last week for help in other areas in my health but it seems to have made my cfs worse. has any one else experienced this?
Hi, Katie611,
What Curtis said makes sense. Is the techinician well trained and reputable? curious. Therapy like accupuncture, relexology, etc. in theory is good for us. But, like everything else, many practioners are taking advantage of the trend with no adequate training could put us in more pain and harm than not having it at all. Just my thoughts.
Is there any other stress factor you've experienced lately? When I over extend myself, or have infection, allergy, or day-to-day living can send me off to a jello mush flare.
Tread your days gently.....I'm with Cutis on that.
Lots hugs,
Kit
What Curtis said makes sense. Is the techinician well trained and reputable? curious. Therapy like accupuncture, relexology, etc. in theory is good for us. But, like everything else, many practioners are taking advantage of the trend with no adequate training could put us in more pain and harm than not having it at all. Just my thoughts.
Is there any other stress factor you've experienced lately? When I over extend myself, or have infection, allergy, or day-to-day living can send me off to a jello mush flare.
Tread your days gently.....I'm with Cutis on that.
Lots hugs,
Kit
I didn't like reflexology. My feet were in pain for a while afterwards, because the CFS made me sensitive. My guess is for you that the physical stress from the pain of the reflexology triggered up the cfs a bit. It doesn't have to be a lot of pain to trigger. A cfs's body's reaction to pain & changes is not normal (studies have actually shown this).
I'm thinking in this particular case is similar to the fainting reflex that happens for some people with needle injections. It's physically triggered by the injection (even though it has a reputation of being physcological of course), where the person faints. It's part of the dyautonomia family. I personally don't faint, but feel crummy, woozzy, and am barely functional through the next 1/2 day when my body finally gets over it.
Maybe the cortisol reaction to pain sets off a funny cycle, of foot pressing or need ***** triggers some oh-oh message for the body.
The important thing, is if you treat yourself with care and gently, you'll get past this. You might even find the reflexology is tolerable if done a little differently? It's tempting to say something about the reflexology itself as a treatment is what impacted the CFS, but I think it's more likely what I described? Let me know what you think!
I'm thinking in this particular case is similar to the fainting reflex that happens for some people with needle injections. It's physically triggered by the injection (even though it has a reputation of being physcological of course), where the person faints. It's part of the dyautonomia family. I personally don't faint, but feel crummy, woozzy, and am barely functional through the next 1/2 day when my body finally gets over it.
Maybe the cortisol reaction to pain sets off a funny cycle, of foot pressing or need ***** triggers some oh-oh message for the body.
The important thing, is if you treat yourself with care and gently, you'll get past this. You might even find the reflexology is tolerable if done a little differently? It's tempting to say something about the reflexology itself as a treatment is what impacted the CFS, but I think it's more likely what I described? Let me know what you think!
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