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Hi Deb - ouchy, sorry to hear your new job is beating up your neck & 

back. Can't they get a higher table for you to do massages (and make 
hot packs) on? It shouldn't make any diff to the patient, right? How 
annoying.

Glad to hear Krista still loves shovelglove. Her endorsement carries 
a lot of weight with me.

--- In , "Debbie Feder" 
<deborahfederlmt@h...> wrote:
> 
> Well just as an update on my occupational hazzards theory, I 
always 
> use with my clients who think they hurt themselves "at the gym" 

but 
> can't imagine that it's really their desk/computer whatever, type 

> job which is really doing them in... the gym is what I like to 
refer 
> to as the "straw that broke the camels back".... The stuff we do 

in 
> our daily activities has much more weight when it comes to our 
> postural health and the happiness of our musculoskeletal system... 

> I have been at this pt aide position and I do about 10 mini 
massages 
> a morning, on these very low chiropractic tables... also, I get 
hot 
> packs and put on electric stimulation for the patients... 
Anyway...I 
> have never ever had a problem with my back or neck before, in my 
> three years of doing massage (that includes school) and in merely 

> one and a half weeks of stooping over tables and having to look 
down 
> alot because, those hot packs are hot, and you can't really make 
> them without some looking down at the table, my neck is completely 

> uncomfortable and unhappy! In my office I have the table height 
> right for me and if a client is a bit large, I lower it, and raise 

> it if they are really little... I often work without even opening 

my 
> eyes and just do what feels right... Shovelglove has never hurt 
me, 
> massage has never hurt me.... I've been great,,up till now! I'm 
in 
> an enviornment which isn't encouraging good body mechanics... So 
> this is my challenge for tomorrow, and I plan on getting an 
> adjustment from Robert if he has time as well: I have to figure 
out 
> how I can make hot packs without looking down, and also, give 
> massages without having to bend so much and look down... Maybe 
I'll 
> just sit on people!
> Have a great day!
> Peace,
> Deb :)
> PS.. I wrote to Mistress Krista, from Stumptuous...she seems 
great! 
> Says she loves shovelglove and was happy to hear that I am doing 
> it... Then she said, in regard to Massage Therapists, "my butt is 

> thankful for your existence" LOL :)
> I told her to tell her posterior "You're very welcome" :)