Inside 3 Hands Bodyworks - PERMANENTLY CLOSED

Jan 2018

I first met EFay when I was hired as her Feng Shui Consultant for her business. I was immediately impressed with her compassionate, no-nonsense personality, her humor and the obvious passion she has for her work. I learned of the physical challenges she has experienced in her life and how she accepted them as personal challenges from which to learn to heal others. Through sheer grit and determination, EFay fought through pain to experiment with new massage techniques. While working to heal herself, she focused on developing methods that would rehabilitate others! And we became personal friends. Through the years of our friendship, EFay’s passion and ongoing desire to be of service in the healing of others has always been a part of our conversations. And, suddenly, I became the recipient of her incredible gift of healing! In the spring of 2015, what began as an occasional twinge in my left hip gradually, over a two-month period, became a source of full-blown, excruciating pain. I became unable to walk independently, sit in a chair for longer than 10 minutes or lie on my back or stomach. An MRI of my spine revealed a disc impinging on my sciatic nerve. I was given three options: injection, physical therapy or chiropractic. I did not want an injection, as they are, in my opinion, a temporary solution, at best. My pain was too severe for physical therapy so I chose to see my chiropractor. He was skeptical about the diagnosis, informing me that many people who have a disc impinging on the sciatic nerve are asymptomatic. While he did not concur with my MD, he agreed to a trial treatment. If the diagnosis was accurate, he said I would be walking pain-free after about five sessions. Well, after five treatments, there was no change in my excruciating pain. His conclusion was I had sustained a hamstring tear. That required an MRI of the soft tissue. I contacted my primary care physician who, astonishingly said she did not believe my chiropractor and refused to order another MRI. Instead, she wanted me to see a physical therapist. Frustrated, I contacted another doctor for a second opinion who, after seeing me, agreed I needed an MRI of the soft tissue. A hamstring tear was revealed! Finally, after two months of suffering, I had an official diagnosis. Physical therapy was recommended. Having no other option and desperate for help, I worked with the PT for about a month. During that time, I experienced no relief and, in fact, the prescribed exercises increased the pain. At my wit’s end, I fired my physical therapist. With no apparent help in sight, I was desperate. I still couldn’t sit, walk without a walker or lie on my back or stomach – after three months! My injured side had atrophied and the rest of my body was weak and stressed and my pain was constant. I thought of EFay and asked if she could be of assistance. Because I was unable to ride in a car for longer than ten minutes, EFay graciously offered to come to my home for an initial assessment. She set up her massage table in our bedroom; it took both her and my husband to get me on the table (and off). Once there, EFay’s knowledgeable hands began to gently evaluate my muscles and my healing journey began! EFay came to our home for 6 hours every Tuesday for four months. Patiently and confidently, she established a therapeutic plan from week to week based on my level of pain and progress. I could walk several feet using a walker, but had developed a habit of stooping over the walker, using it to hold me up. To encourage an upright position, she asked my husband to assist by walking backwards as I used his arms as a substitute for the walker. My assignment was to look in his eyes as I slowly and painfully walked forward. Over time, I graduated to walking with my arms around his neck (her suggestion). It was an effective and brilliant exercise for encouraging me to return to an upright position as I increased my ability to walk short distances. It also provided an intimacy for my husband and me, absent in the presence of chronic pain and limited mobility. The next

Jan 2018

I started getting massages at Inside 3 Hands over 15 years ago, but not with Efay until about 10 years ago or so. As a dentist, there is a lot of lower back stress and shoulder and neck issues from the way we sit and twist to see in the mouth. Sitting has also lead to some feet numbness issues that can be very annoying. Early on before seeing Efay my treatments were fairly general body work just trying to keep my body aligned, and working properly to be able to continue doing dentistry. In the past 10 years with Efay, I have evolved to two types of sessions, specifically one on just me feet and a longer session for the whole body. All my issues have been very well controlled and at 65 years old, I am able to still enjoy working and plan to continue for several more years, thanks to Efay. I am so convinced that good massage therapy benefits me that I give each of my staff one session a month with Efay. It helps keep everyone in shape and all of us have developed great relationships with Efay professionally and personally. She is clearly a very caring and knowledgeable therapist.

Dec 2017

Efay’s people suggested and performed weekly deep tissue message throughout my entire nine month chemo sessions. They said this would rid steroids out of my joints and I would have no fatigued feelings throughout my chemo period. I had no fatigue symptoms all nine months. They are very good at what they do. She gives a lot of good suggestions so don’t hesitate to share why you are coming.