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pauline36422
pauline36422

i am giong to turkey for 4  weeks on monday,and was wondering  if turkish  bath and  massage  would be ok.    mainly  the massage. as i dont want to trigger  the    joints  and  muscels     pain  off agian,   i am still on 2 mg.

and   going to try  lower   down to 1  from the last week of holiday   while still in the  hot sun   what do you think

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  • tina-uk_cwall
    tina-uk_cwall pauline36422

    Posted

    Hi Pauline, I wish you a fabulous holiday, however I personally wouldn't reduce until I returned home. You just never know what uncertain things that could happen, set off stress and well you know the rest. Regards, christina 
  • Oregonjohn-UK
    Oregonjohn-UK pauline36422

    Posted

    I personally would not go for a turkish bath - I can still feel the pain and it was 40 + years ago.  Not the sort of thing for someone with PMR!!!  Enjoy your trip a great place to take a vacation.
  • ptolemy
    ptolemy pauline36422

    Posted

    Turkish massage is pretty tough.  Personally I would not have one with PMR, but they are great without PMR. I am not sure that they will know that much about PMR in Turkey. Have a wonderful time, I love Turkey.
  • pauline36422
    pauline36422

    Posted

    thank you one and all   looks like i better  stick to  sea excersize   and  sun bathing     shame !!!!!!!!!!!!
  • EileenH
    EileenH pauline36422

    Posted

    I think it probably depends on how good English the masseur speaks! If you can get them to be gentle it might be worth a whirl.

    Personally I love a good hard massage - even with PMR. I feel worse before I feel better since the massage releases any cytokines that are lurking in the muscles (as in myofascial pain syndrome) so you can feel a bit as if you are having a flare - but I know that and drink loads of water and it passes quickly. But I'm not on holiday when I do it!

    I had the most wonderful masseur when I lived in Germany, a tiny Greek guy who had thumbs of steel! 

    • ptolemy
      ptolemy EileenH

      Posted

      The trouble with a Turkish massage is there is scrubbing and pummeling along with the massage and washing. It really makes you feel vibrant, but I think I will wait for the PMR to burn out before having one again. There is a fantastic place in Istanbul which is famous for their massages. 
    • pauline36422
      pauline36422 EileenH

      Posted

      oh eileen,  now i want to do it   how long did the flare like feeling  last.

      the guy does  speak good   english

    • EileenH
      EileenH ptolemy

      Posted

      I missed my trip to Istanbul - there was a meeting there in August 21 years ago which we should have been at. In the June David was diagnosed with cancer so we were otherwise engaged and his student got to attend the meeting instead. Somehow we've never got round to going.

      Yes - I can imagine you could feel pretty beaten up even without PMR! I just looked it up - it's done in the pool isn't it? Must have a look at the videos when I've time.

      Pauline - it lasts a day or so, but that is after a normal massage. The baths would probably be a good idea though - are there any particular ones that say what they are good for? In Austria they have ones that are particularly good for rheumatism.

    • ptolemy
      ptolemy EileenH

      Posted

      How sad you missed it. Istanbul is a fantastic city, where east meets west, real James Bond. In fact they filmed one James Bond film there where you see loads of rats in the ancient sewers. Apparently they dyed a load of white rats brown and let them loose.  Sewers that have been rat free for hundreds of years were then overrun with rats thanks to the film makers.

      They have special bath places in Bavaria too, my aunt used to go to Berchtesgaden I think it was regularly. I went to somewhere in UK which had special salt baths many years ago which was rather nice, you were wrapped in hot towels when you got out of the warm water. Great for PMR if I had had it then! 

    • EileenH
      EileenH ptolemy

      Posted

      I really would love to go - some day maybe! Some of the thermal baths in Bavaria and Austria have campsites for clients - wonder of one that is good for rheuma has one wink

      The latest James Bond film has a section in it which was filmed just down the road from here - well, about 30-40 miles just down the road. 

      It didn't occur to the film makers to neuter the rats first? 

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