Tuesday, July 17, 2007
a bad back :s
the title says it all. i've got a bad back. 2 bruises on my back even though i didn't bang on anything! i first got my back injured during last week's dance practice. it got better after a week or so of rest and application of ointment. then i went for dance again on sunday, and well, you guessed it, it became worse! so i went for massage today. the lady massaged with much enthusiasm as well as did ba2 guan4 for me. the massage was especially painful today! quite intolerable i must say, to the point that i was banging my legs on the bed during those acutely painful periods! :x
*ba guan is a technique used in TCM to enhance blood circulation and speed up recovery. glass bottles and a lighted splinter/cotton wool (not too sure about this) are the basic tools used in this (seemingly?) simple process. the air within the glass bottles are heated up by the lighted splinter/cotton wool, then the bottles are quickly placed on the affected areas. a suction force will be created immediately, and the bottle tightly adheres to your skin. the bottles leave red, round patches on your body, which will fade within a few days. the redder the marks left behind, the worse the condition is of the affected area. apparently regular application of this form of treatment would result in lighter and less red marks left on the affected area, cos the flow of blood and qi is better. something like that anyway, based on my understanding of ba guan.
haha, i realised that my description of ba guan is rather long! so well now i've 2 big bruises and ugly marks on my lower back :/ hope they disappear soon!
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