Seemed like a solution at the time

Today I booked a deep tissue massage, thinking that it would relieve the shoulder problems that I have experienced for the last few years.

Although the masseur certainly knew her stuff, the biggest thing I learnt was that it was not just my shoulder, but whole back, along with the opposite lower leg was in strife. I also realised that trying to undo 27 years of trombone playing related soreness in 90 minutes was a tad ambitious.

I returned home feeling completely shattered, and spent the next 2 hours on the couch recovering. The lesson learnt is that I need to take a whole body approach to the problem. In the past yoga was a great loosener for me, so starting tomorrow, that's what I'll do.