More meditation and yoga for me ...

[magentamom]

Last Sunday my back started spasming. My mid-back, not where you usually expect back pain. It got better after a few days, but I was still thinking a massage was in order. So, the therapist touched my back and confirmed those were some big knots in there. She spent a lot of time on the back itself. It was when she started on other areas that it became clear that I am carrying way too much stress. Every area she touched was a huge knot. Feet, hands, legs, arms, shoulders; I could even feel it when she was relieving tension in my scalp. It's pretty clear I started to cramp in my mid back just because there weren't other muscle groups to tighten up. It's six and a half hours from when the massage ended, and the parts of my back where she focused are still noticeably radiating heat.

So, yeah, renewed focus on stress relief might be in order.