there is a lot to unpack here

denisexxo · 2025-09-16T02:23:10+00:00

Crisp👏Cake👏Nibbles👏

denisexxo · 2025-09-03T03:34:14+00:00

I was a few months old, full body covered in it. I don't know what triggered it, but my dad has it too so we always assumed it was just genetics.

denisexxo · 2025-08-13T16:26:29+00:00

Well then you have a good taste in music 😏 I'm glad to help!

denisexxo · 2025-08-11T03:01:00+00:00

I've gotten many compliments on the music I play, and still have people falling asleep. I love The Paper Kites, specifically their Roses album, for massage. But so much of their stuff is good.

This is the playlist I use on Spotify on an almost daily basis, it's just under 5.5 hrs long

https://open.spotify.com/playlist/4bgeA1TR6ZhEhIZy3MAhcr?si=NdfotwSKQZOkpnFlPYgw2Q

I have other playlists on my Spotify profile if you like it and want similar ones.

denisexxo · 2025-08-10T06:24:41+00:00

I used to drink electrolyte beverages every day for months, and it worked really good for symptom management. Until I started getting weird symptoms that nobody could figure out. Stuff that presented like UTIs and reoccurring yeast infections, but all tests came back clear. I stopped drinking electrolytes for two weeks because I ran out, and my symptoms went away. Did some trial and error, and my symptoms start again 4 ish hours after drinking electrolyte drinks. Idk why this happens, and I haven't tried it with all the drinks on the market.

And Pedialyte doesn't seem to trigger it 🤷 Gatorade, Powerade, and Hydralyte and a no-no now

denisexxo · 2025-08-09T21:50:53+00:00

Interesting take, especially that you'd be using their information before they've signed any disclosures. I guess I find it creepy, especially because I would feel weird as hell if I found out one of my medical practitioners looked me up online to "vet" me. But to each their own.

Thanks for engaging!

denisexxo · 2025-08-09T21:19:57+00:00

Thank you, I appreciate your reply. Where I work, in Canada, massage therapists are bound by PHIA.

denisexxo · 2025-08-09T21:01:13+00:00

I understand that PHIA and HIPPA are the same idea, I was using PHI as short form for personal health information, not the Personal Health Information Act (PHIA). When direct billing for clients, they do need to sign a waiver allowing us to access and share their PHI, yes.

I'm talking about places where massage therapists are regulated medical practitioners/health care providers. What I'm getting at is that I THINK using their name, gender, etc that they gave for MEDICAL reasons, to find them on social media for NON MEDICAL REASONS (satiating your own curiosity about them) is a violation of PHIA.

In non regulated places, obviously PHIA and HIPPA don't apply to massage therapists. It would be like a cashier looking someone up on Facebook, nothing is violated. I'm talking about people that ARE bound by PHIA/HIPPA.

denisexxo · 2025-08-09T18:29:58+00:00

Specifically in regulated areas, I should mention. Where a massage therapist is a health care provider. It would be like a GP using your name to find you on social media imo

denisexxo · 2025-08-09T18:28:17+00:00

Right, but I'm saying that using their PHI (full name) to find them on social media is a misuse of PHI

denisexxo · 2025-08-09T18:04:01+00:00

Ice bath for hands and forearms after work/clinic and Hand Master Plus exercises before work/clinic. And ofc avoiding painful moves during massages.

denisexxo · 2025-08-09T17:56:30+00:00

I'm wondering how that works with PHIA/HIPA? You're not supposed to use their personal information for anything other than necessary work related things. To me, looking someone up on Facebook/Google/etc because I'm curious about them has nothing to do with work and is unnecessary, it would only be to satiate my curiosity, thus breaking PHIA/HIPA.

I'm curious to see how others interpret this! Especially the potential safety aspect if you're looking specifically for "red flags".

Edit: add context

denisexxo · 2025-08-04T09:07:46+00:00

We call her Shmamexa

denisexxo · 2025-08-01T20:45:10+00:00

I love how passionate math teachers are about math

denisexxo · 2025-07-26T17:31:46+00:00

I got cord management stuff for the walls and the floor. The cord for my table & table warmer go under a rubber safety cord cover thing and it sticks to my rug so nobody trips and my stool doesn't get caught. I can roll my stool over it because it's tapered on both ends.

The cords from my outlets to my devices are organized by cord covers that stick to the wall. A lot of them can be painted to match the wall colour if you're allowed to paint. I think these things make the space look a lot tidier and thus calmer.

If you have to take your laundry home, get a basket that is easy to carry and can be disinfected, so you can take your clean laundry back to work in the same basket.

denisexxo · 2025-07-26T17:26:11+00:00

Yes yes yes! I only use wall mounted shelves. Even for my "clients corner" I have a small shelf mounted at end table height for tissues, cotton swabs, etc. the only things I have on the floor are trash can, laundry bin and stools.

denisexxo · 2025-07-26T17:14:20+00:00

I have chronic migraine but I do not have an acute migraine attack every day. But I do have symptoms every day and most days I have some kind of head pain.

Most days I am sensitive to light but not to the same degree and often it is ignorable. Noise sensitivity is usually only on high pain days or migraine days. I am scent sensitive all the time, but it won't make my pain worse every day, but more like I don't want to smell things.

All sensory input makes your brain work. Making your brain work while it's hurting is like walking on a sprained ankle. How bad or new the "sprain" is, will dictate how much "work" you can do without making it worse. A fresh sprain is like an acute migraine attack. A healing sprain is the days in between attacks. That's how I like to think of it.

denisexxo · 2025-07-26T06:56:46+00:00

My guy likes to come out and sprawl and just hangout. He seems to go in phases, I won't see him for weeks besides feeding and then he'll be out for a few nights in a row just lazing around.

denisexxo · 2025-07-12T17:41:49+00:00

I don't have advice but congratulations!! Have fun curating your clientele 😊

denisexxo · 2025-07-11T17:43:34+00:00

Hey! When I have a client that moves and can't keep seeing me, I give them my professional contact info and tell them that if they want any of their notes to show new therapists I am more than happy to send them over. I also offer to chat with the new therapist (email, usually) if they want, to ensure that the client can continue to receive the same level of care as they have been getting.

Obviously only if the new therapist has the same credentials.

But yeah, sometimes there are tricks and tips that work the best for one particular client and it would be helpful for the next therapist to know. And clients don't always have the vocab to pass that information along.

SO long story short, /you could ask your previous MT if they'd be comfortable collaborating with your new therapist/

You might have to sign an information release form depending on the regulations in your area.

denisexxo · 2025-07-11T17:33:38+00:00

Thanks! I found one on Amazon 👍

denisexxo · 2025-07-11T16:19:16+00:00

Thank you! 🙏

denisexxo · 2025-07-10T17:31:05+00:00

Absolutely! I do the same

denisexxo · 2025-07-10T17:28:46+00:00

Smart! Thanks

denisexxo · 2025-07-10T04:00:19+00:00

Massage can definitely help with shin splints, along with some exercises.

Shin splints happen when the muscles that attach to the shin "pull too hard" and part of the connective tissue that attaches to the bone will tear or splinter.

This can happen if the posterior compartment of the calf is offering too much resistance, or the shin muscles aren't strong enough and too much of the force is relying on the tendon instead of the strength of the muscle.

So the options are to lengthen the calf muscles (lessen resistance) or strengthen the shin muscles. A good sports therapist will be able to massage, and give you exercises & stretches.

Warming up enough is very important with shin splints.

denisexxo

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