Massage clients report bizarre flu-like reaction after popular spa treatment

RIGHT THE TIMELINE ON THIS IS MAD BECAUSE PEOPLE ARE FEELING SICK FOR TWENTY-FOUR TO FORTY-EIGHT HOURS STRAIGHT JUST FROM GETTING A MASSAGE AND THE THING IS EVERYBODY ON SOCIAL MEDIA CALLS IT MASSAGE FLU OR AN ADJUSTMENT HANGOVER AND THEY THINK IT IS TOXINS LEAVING THE BODY, BUT EXPERTS SAY THAT IS TOTALLY UNTRUE AND NOT AN ACTUAL MEDICAL DIAGNOSIS, WHICH IS WILD BECAUSE A PHYSICAL THERAPIST IN SEATTLE AND A CHIROPRACTOR IN ILLINOIS SAY THE ACHES AND HEADACHES ARE VERY REAL BECAUSE HEAVY PRESSURE ESSENTIALLY BRUISES YOUR TISSUE AND CAUSES A MILD INFLAMMATORY RESPONSE, SO NOW THEY ARE WARNING EVERYONE TO ASK FOR LESS PRESSURE AND SHORTER SESSIONS SO YOU DO NOT WRECK YOURSELF. ANYWAY WHAT ARE YOU DOING LATER?

THIS ONE MADE ME PUT MY PHONE DOWN BECAUSE EVERYBODY ON SOCIAL MEDIA THINKS A MASSAGE IS RELEASING TOXINS FROM YOUR BODY AND THAT IS COMPLETELY WRONG ACCORDING TO EXPERTS, AND THE THING IS PEOPLE ARE ACTUALLY WAKING UP WITH MASSIVE HEADACHES AND FATIGUE CALLING IT MASSAGE FLU, WHICH IS WILD BECAUSE A SEATTLE PHYSICAL THERAPIST EXPLAINED THAT DIGGING INTO MUSCLES FOR TOO LONG ESSENTIALLY JUST BRUISES YOUR TISSUE AND CAUSES A MILD INFLAMMATORY RESPONSE, AND IF THEY WORK ON YOUR NECK, SCALP, OR JAW IT DIRECTLY TRIGGERS TENSION HEADACHES THAT CAN KNOCK YOU OUT FOR TWENTY-FOUR TO FORTY-EIGHT HOURS, SO NOW THEY ARE TELLING PEOPLE TO LITERALLY BEG FOR LESS PRESSURE AND SHORTER SESSIONS INSTEAD OF THINKING THEY ARE DETOXING. ANYWAY THE DJ IS COOKING, LET US GO.

Experts say post-massage flu symptoms like soreness and headaches are caused by muscle tissue bruising and inflammation, not the release of toxins.

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