@bobbiellen Nerve entrapment can happen in the body because of tight muscles or fascia, and a physical therapist who does myofascial release work can find those and release them. There are some common places where nerves pass through small canals inbetween muscles, bones or joints. It's not the same thing as massage, but it is like a push when you knead bread dough and just hold the push against the body. That creates a shearing action which stretches the fascia, and you just hold it and wait until the fascia remodels and releases itself. The fascia is changing from a semi-solid to a liquid state to do this, and this is how yoga works when you hold a pose for a long time. Internal scar tissue can cause lots of problems like this, and can be treated with MFR therapy. I've done a lot of this with my physical therapist for thoracic outlet syndrome which is a nerve entrapment between the collar bone and rib cage. Some surgeons recommend this therapy, and others don't understand it, and sometimes surgery can be avoided altogether with MFR. See myofascialrelease.com for information.

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