Thursday I had a new massage therapist. I am the lucky one who lives close to a massage therapy school and gets a free massage every week. It's kind of like living close to the zip code for heaven.
This one is young, female, and has a very perky personality. She also has great, if cold, hands. I have a hard time believing she is new at massages, so perhaps she just needs the certificate. I have had some expensive massages in the past at some nice spas, but she probably has the best hands I have run across. I am always a sucker for the ones who do a nice scalp massage anyway.
After the massage she did the usual new student routine and offered me some exercises. She showed me a lower back exercise of sitting on the floor and streching palms to the floor. I looked at her, and said I was pretty sure my palms reach the floor when I sit. She seemed a little confused, so I sat down on the floor, legs straight out in front, and put my palms on the floor with no stretching at all. She still looked confused. It is supposed to be a stretch, and my elbows weren't even tight.
There was another student and the head instructor watching. Both looked at each other, said they weren't sure, and sat down too. All four of us were then sitting on the floor. Two of us were able to put our palms down, but my arms were the knuckle-draggers of the group. Height had nothing to do with it, as the head instructor, at 5'11" was the other one who could do it. I am 5'. I looked at them sitting on the floor comparing arm lengths, and got up and left.
I like doing field research.
I bet you got down and tried it out before you got to this point, right?
5 comments:
Ok, Suz, I can do it and I am 5'5"....am I missing something here? Good grief, you mean I am good at something? Anne
lol..I didnt get in the floor to try it, because there is not enough room in here right now with all the boxes, but I will be trying it when I go back to the living room. I am so envious of you and your massages...lucky duck!
hugs,
Kathi
No, I didn't do it because I was still busy daydreaming of getting a massage! My son Robert used to give me the best massages and I often told him he should go to school for that. Nope, not interested. His fiancee is now the one who benefits from his great massages. Maybe I should look into a massage school! Oh, now to go try ... brb. OK, no stretch for me either and I'm 5'5"
Monica
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i'm a knuckle dragger too apparently - i'm 5'7 ;)
glad you had a great massage...i am so in need of one right now...
I am always on the floor...at this point I am contemplating whether or not to even try and get up...too funny CHICK!
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