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On Sat, 13 Dec 1997, Barbara Patterson wrote: > About massage therapy...I agree that it's great. I've only tried it once > but my leg, in fact, my whole body felt terrific afterward. I haven't > felt as relaxed in years. My biggest problem was how to stay awake until > it was time to go to bed. The real big problem is that our provincial health > insurance doesn't cover it and the insurance through McMaster only covers > $15 for each session and each session costs $60 so it's way too expensive > for me. I can highly recommend it for those of us with muscle rigidity > especially if the cost is covered by a medical plan. It might be worth trying acupuncture too. I guess the chances of that being included in your health insurance is rather slim, but if it is: try it. I received(?) acupuncture for something like 5 months, and my spasticity was clearly less pronounced. In the Swedish health care system, acupuncture goes on the same bill as physiotherapy, and costs $10 or something like that, with a cost ceiling at $120: over a 12 month period, you pay max $120 - after that the state pays for the remainder of the period. (FYI, the same goes for medicins, but there the ceiling is at $165 or something like that. $=USD) I might be able to make my physiotherapist to reveal the exact names of the points she uses if anyone's interested? /John (28/0)