'LAMIG" IS WHAT THEY CALL IT

•    As a massage therapist, I always encounter clients with so-called muscular dysfunctions which is more appropriately called "lamig" in filipino. But what are these dysfunctions called "lamig" really?Well, this is actually the hardened part of the muscles which becomes sore and painful after a strenuous activity like work or exercise.                  Massage clients call home service spa right at their own homes or go to spas for painful body complaints more often than not other than solely for relaxation as more people are becoming stressed and tensed with their daily activities.They often say they have "lamig" and tell the therapist to do something about it and thus emerged the "hilot" tendencies of said therapist and applies all she or he knows about kneading a muscle full of  'lamig'.                                                                                                                            Hilot and lamig is all about filipino massage way way back the ninuno times in history.But actually its also based in science in reference to physiology and anatomy with regards to how our muscles work.         In anything that we do,we use our muscles,be it thinking to walking to eating..there is always a certain group of corresponding muscle group that we use depending on what activity that causes us to have tired bodies.Like if we are cooking..we use our scapula muscles due to endless mixing and shoulder action.Scapula muscles after cooking produces  what we call "lymph" which is a milk like fluid through our veins and arteries.This lymph is hardened as we come in contact with anything cold like if we drink cold water or become exposed to cold air as in airconditioned rooms.So this is how we get lamig in our bodies.Our muscles contracts or becomes so hard and painful and even more painful with our endless daily activities..This lamig just build up and becomes worse and we feel then we need massage.                                                                                     Our bodies signals to us that our veins and arteries becomes so congested with this lamig and we have poor blood circulation and a good massage from the best the best therapist available is a great necessity of the moment.