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Is It Safe To Continue Massage Treatment While Suffering From Back Pain?
Hello, I am a massage therapist and one of my clients has mottled skin around her spine between t-6 and L-5. She says she goes to the emergency room weekly for severe back pain but does not have a diagnosis from a dr. I am wondering if it is recommended to continue massage treatments.
Thu, 7 Jan 2021
Hi,
Mottled skin can be due to allergy to the drug used for massage or peripheral neuropathy due to spinal nerve compression at the site. Please try giving a gap in therapy. If it's an allergic rash, it should be gone in a few days (15-20 days). In such cases, change the massaging medication. Continue massaging in case there is no positive effect of stopping the massage.
Take care. Hope I have answered your question. Let me know if I can assist you further.
Regards,
Dr. Vasudha Jayant Athavale, General & Family Physician
Mottled skin can be due to allergy to the drug used for massage or peripheral neuropathy due to spinal nerve compression at the site. Please try giving a gap in therapy. If it's an allergic rash, it should be gone in a few days (15-20 days). In such cases, change the massaging medication. Continue massaging in case there is no positive effect of stopping the massage.
Take care. Hope I have answered your question. Let me know if I can assist you further.
Regards,
Dr. Vasudha Jayant Athavale, General & Family Physician
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