I was diagnosed with gastropariesis in 2010 after enduring many scans, scopes etc. My MD suggested I purchase domperidome via Canada as it was not acceptable by FDA. He also suggested I’d likely need to purée my meals, not eat after 5pm. I was resigned. Researched domperidome and opted to avoid it.
While having a deep muscle massage for back pain (which seemed to accompany bad episodes of stomach challenge) the massage therapist asked if I was having digestive issues,”because my psoas muscle was in firm spasm”, I affirmed I’d struggled with serious digestive issues but as I’d been told I was not curable, I was resigned.
The therapist assured me she understood as she had previously struggled with It. She told me she planned to work to release my psoas spasm, though it would be very uncomfortable and may take more than one massage.
She was right. It was very uncomfortable. But, after the second massage, I realized my sick stomach wasn’t knawing at me and within days, I realized I wasn’t waking around midnight throwing up with nausea. I could eat! I could eat salad!!
For some years, if I felt my stomach was tightening, I’d schedule psoas massage.
It’s been years since I’ve suffered with inability to digest food.
I do have scoliosis, which contributed, but I have learned ways to stretch my psoas anytime I feel it tightening.
Not all massage therapists are knowledgeable enough to release psoas spam. But, for me, it has been remarkable!!