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Sinus issues causes Bronchiectasis exacebation?
MAC & Bronchiectasis | Last Active: Jun 25 7:15am | Replies (27)Comment receiving replies
I have a tight muscle structure and mild bronchiectasisMAC. I don't seem to have a lot of mucous to cough up and use the pipe with ball bearings device to keep my lungs strong and my airways clear. I have a tightness at the base of my rib cage that I have often thought was indigestion, gall bladder problem, etc but CT scans don't show any abnormalities (one showed a sluggish gall bladder but no disease). When I was having a problem I thought was a gall bladder attach, my doctor said what relieved the pain and I said heat. That would be in keeping with some kind of fascia problem? In reading about MFR and problems that it helps, I identified strongly with bladder leakage since a teenager when I jumped, coughed too hard, etc. At 85, it is still there and much worse. When I have a respiratory illness, I go through boxes of maximum strength pads! I am going to pursue whether there is a connection to all of this and the relief that MFR could bring.
I have one other question: could MFR therapy be similar to Gua sha. My acupuncturist has used this on my back and it releases lots of little red bumps on the outside of both the left and right sides of my rib cage. I started having this done thinking it would release any toxins related to MAC and bronchiectasis but it is used for releasing unhealthy bodily matter from blood stasis within sore, tired, stiff or injured muscle areas.
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@northernecknancy6 I had not heard of Gua sha, so I looked that up and see that it is scraping the skin with tools and a bit of pressure. That would be a form of superficial fascial release. Yoga stretches and cupping (suction cups) are also types of fascial release. The difference in MFR, is that it is like kneading bread and the therapist's hands are pushing against the barrier of tightness. Imagine that you are kneading bread dough and you push and instead of rolling over, it feels like rubber and has tension. That is what the therapist feels. They hold the pressure against the barrier until it starts to give and melt. What is happening is that the facsia is unwinding itself. Fascia is like a spider web and can stick to itself and get knotted. It is supposed to move and expand and it changes from a semi solid to a liquid form as it restructures itself. When that happens body fluids are able to return and that will flush out any stored waste products in the tissues. I have seen white patches on my skin held tightly, that then are released and become read when circulation is returned. That doesn't stay very long. When you as a patient are familiar with this, you may be able to feel the fascia change. It starts like a little bit of a tingle and you also feel the pressure start to dissolve. If it is a big problem, it can be a bit painful when you begin, but the therapist can adjust to it. You do not want to be aggressive because that can tear the fascia and just recreate more problems, so it takes patience to just wait for the fascia to unwind. This fascia is everywhere in your body and people develop body wide patterns of tightness. Often my therapist releases the respiratory diaphragm at the base of the ribcage near the pelvis.