First Successful Treatment

I am happy to say that I treated my first patient yesterday with great success. :)

The patient, let's call him "Patient X", was experiencing shooting pain on his left upper limb and left lateral superior scapula. Patient X had this sharp pain for about a week, but said that it was acumulative over the past months and is most likely work related. He had tried hand held massagers and pain relieving bandages, but nothing worked for him.

Knowing that the patient did not experience any direct trauma/force to the affected area, I decided that I could try treating him with a few Tuina techniques.

I worked on his entire trapezius muscle with special emphasis along GB 21 to LI 16. I also focused on SI 11 and LI 4 to send Qi up his arm to the base of his skull. After about 20 minutes working on the patient, the patient's pain in his arm was almost entirely gone. He was also able to move his neck and felt that he overall radically improved. :)

So... I'm no doctor yet, but this experience is definitely a positive one. I can't wait until I learn more Tuina techniques!

Actually Loving School

"I'm actually loving school."

I never thought that I would EVER EVER EVER say that, but then again, I never studied something that was so captivating to me.

I finally got approval from my dean to drop biology as a requirement. I'm so glad. I mean, I did have 6 college credits for bio. What makes me feel even better is the fact that my bio instructor actually picked my first homework assignment as the "gold standard" for scientific research and theory development. I found this out from a classmate since I dropped the class before I went to class again.

My course work is really piling on now and the lessons are getting more involved, but I still haven't fallen asleep yet or even gotten bored. :)

I have a little confession to make... I've developed a tiny little crush on one of my classmates too. lol... he's cute, intelligent, and totally my type...! But... unfortuantely, I'm not sure if he's gay or even bi. I haven't gotten the courage to become more engaging with him beyond small talk... and rats... that white girl model sat right next to him in class. Obviously, she knows how to pick out the hotties in class. sigh...

Well, it's funny... when it was time to do palpations, Mr. Cutie didn't pair up with the white girl model... he actually didn't even pair up with anyone... this is where I came in. Seeing that he was so lonely... I walked up to him, stood next to him for a minute, then when he still didn't pair up, I paired up with him with four others. :) ehehhee... this gets good...

For our last class, we palpated the different parts of the shoulders. Not much action there, but it was fun. :) I volunteered first to be palpated. I was touched by two women and two men, but Mr. Cutie just stood there and didn't lay his hands on me. What a gentleman. HA. After I was palpated, I palpated two women and one guy. That just didn't cut it for me so I asked Mr. Cutie to sit down on the chair so that we could palpate him instead. hehehee... This was fun. I took my sweet old time feeling his clavicle, down to the acromion, along the scapula spine, feeling his infraspinatus muscle, his supraspinatus muscle, trapezius, medial border of his scapular, inferior angle, deltoids, and finally the biceps. :) In hindsight... I think he actually asked for a massage if I heard correctly. Hmmm... did I really miss that???

In either case... we were all professionals and yes, we palpated with clothes on. :) But I did hear that in the circulatory massage class... everyone has to take their clothes off... yes, including the girls... what a horror that would be. LOL...!!!

Anyway, I'm having fun and I'm learning. :) Having a Mr. Cutie to keep things interesting definitely helps too!