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17/03/2025

Exciting news! Hanna Kay Major has a new massage studio in lowell!

My goal is to eventually be apart of this with her and work here in the future, postpartum and if my back injury will allow 🙏

I was able to make a fresh batch of Heal Yo Salve and Feel Budder 💪 If anyone would like to order, I can still get it t...
14/12/2024

I was able to make a fresh batch of Heal Yo Salve and Feel Budder 💪

If anyone would like to order, I can still get it to you before the holidays ❄️ 🎄 ✨️

Is this when you join the cool kids club? 🤔I am feeling a little better...at a snails pace 🐌 completely different experi...
17/10/2024

Is this when you join the cool kids club? 🤔

I am feeling a little better...at a snails pace 🐌 completely different experience this time around. Atleast I can drive myself again 🙌 but I tell ya, I get in and out of the car slower than my 85 year old grandma 👵and my time in the car is so limited due to discomfort.

I want to be better SO BADLY! but I have to accept all the progress I can get. I was also able to walk 5 holes at fallasburg park this week 🤗 HUGE ACCOMPLISHMENT as it's still hard for me to walk on the uneven grass, and up or down hills ⛰️

I'm getting there, but man is it a long road 🌄

Thank you to everyone who has reached out and been so supportive during this time 💛💛💛

Pool therapy ✨️ it's helping!A few weeks ago, I started going to the Center For Physical Rehabilitation off cascade. The...
13/09/2024

Pool therapy ✨️ it's helping!

A few weeks ago, I started going to the Center For Physical Rehabilitation off cascade. They have so many modalities (including pool) and I thought maybe this could be an additional tool to help me get out of this rut I've been stuck in.

I'm so glad I went and tried somewhere new! I've been going twice a week. I warm up and do traction in the pool for 30 mins, and then I do regular PT after upstairs. I really appreciate their attention to detail and modifications. It's helping 🙏

I even started driving myself again this week 🚗 🥹

05/08/2024

Here's what I like to tell myself 🔥

But here's the honest truth...

I herniated my L5/S1 in April 😖
Made a shockingly quick recovery 🙏
Started working again, and had good days and bad days (expected) 🤷‍♀️
The regression was building, and had a follow up visit with my specialist and we made a new plan.
Back into physical therapy 👍 still practice massage therapy as long as it's comfortable 👍 but no carrying table for now 👍
I was able to do a few massages here and there, until I couldn't anymore. I am about 80% regressed back to what I was in April 😔
PT helps sometimes, and other times it doesn't. Massage helps sometimes, and sometimes it doesn't. I've been to the chiropractor. I've had acupuncture. And here I am...stuck in bed 🛌

This f* #%ing sucks! And I have to do whatever it takes at this point to COMPLETELY heal, so I can get my life back!

I have another appointment with specialist this week to make a new plan 🙏

22/04/2024

Sometimes, we just need a second to process reality... that sh*ts hard 🫠

I'm improving, but I'm not "better" yet. I'm still broken, and that's hard for me to say.

I need more time. How much? I don't know 😔

I'm feeling defeated...I'm gonna eat a sandwich and do my exercises now 🥪 💪

UPDATE: She's herniated 🫠 however, I'm feeling so much better and improving every day!Had follow up with doctor and we w...
18/04/2024

UPDATE: She's herniated 🫠 however, I'm feeling so much better and improving every day!

Had follow up with doctor and we were both honestly impressed with how well I'm doing 🤗 no injections or surgery for now. He did mention another 3-4 weeks minimum before returning to work 🙃 (for those who know me, I'll try my best to be patient...BUT I WONT LIKE IT 😠)

I'm walking unassisted 👍
I'm showering myself 👍
I'm driving 👍

I'm sharing my experience with yall because, well, this is how I help others for a living! I've had back pain FOREVER, and it helps me sympathize, empathize, and better understand how our bodies function and respond to therapies 🙌

I'm not only healing, I am learning. And this will only make me a better therapist for your healing too ✨️

13/04/2024

UPDATE: PROGRESS 🙌🙌🙌

Yall...this was the scariest thing that's ever happened to me 🥺

I COULD NOT WALK ☠️
I COULD NOT BATHE MYSELF 😩
I CRIED A LOT 😭

I thought "this is it. The end of my life as i know it." BUT I have already made HUGE progress and continue to get a little better everyday 😌

Went to the doctor at OAM. My left foot reflex is diminished, and my right leg has a crazy involuntary tremor 😖

Awaiting MRI results, and followup with doctor on Tuesday. Hoping I can get my ass into PT and aquatic therapy and resume normal life SOON!

(Please excuse my messy house and hair 🙃 it's been a whole 👏 ass 👏 week 👏)

09/04/2024

Hey yall 👋

It's been awhile since I've posted, as I've been very busy massaging all of you 🤗

A little update:

Over the weekend, I injured my back and will be off work for a little bit. I'm unsure when I can return, but will hopefully know more after I talk to a specialist on Thursday. I'll keep yall updated

What was I doing you ask? ...

I was mopping 🙃 literally just mopping. I felt a sudden jolt of pain that felt like a lightning strike in my low back as I screamed and fell to my knees. I went to urgent care, and they were able to see a significant bulge in L5/S1. I told the nurse "I'm a medical massage therapist and I help people with problems like this for a living... I'm not suppose to be the one who needs help 😞"

As of yesterday, I can no longer walk on my own and ended up in the ER for pain management. (So so grateful for my husband for helping me 🙏 and for all my friends who have been so supportive)

The ER doctor told me I wasn't eligible for emergency MRI bcuz I wasn't having a stroke and wasn't paralyzed 🙃 she also made sure to remind me "make sure you engage your core while mopping"...🙃🫠🙃🫠🙃🫠 yea, um, thanks doc 👍*insert sarcasm here

I'm seeing a specialist at OAM on Thursday, and will hopefully be able to get an MRI and have more answers soon.

Taking it day by day, and hoping that this clears up soon so I can get back to normal life 💛

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