Dom walks in the kitchen with his hands behind his back looking like he found something he wasn’t supposed to, clears his throat as he presents to me the specious cloth envelope  and starts ”I was looking for the package, I knew this wasn’t it, but I was curious……..(takes the Gua Sha Tool out of the envelope and puts it on like it’s brace knuckles/knuckle dusters) who you dusting?”

🤣 ”Papi, that’s a massage tool!”🤣

Gua sha is a traditional Chinese healing method in which a trained professional uses a smooth-edged tool to stroke your skin while they press on it. This motion raises small, red, rash-like dots that show under your skin called petechiae. People use gua sha to treat chronic pain all over their body. – WebMD

Damion, one of my occupational therapist has been working the hell out of my left arm.  Ma has been trained, today Dad’s taking me to therapy and he will get his gua sha training.

Since I’ve started working with D I’ve taken more control of my left arm. Most recently thanks to the gua sha tool and the home e-steem program he put me on, I can move my left thumb! Which is a game changer. I went from a therapist tell me, not to bother trying with my thumb, which made me feel as tho I might get more out of the left hand if I had my thumb amputated, to working with Damion and now I’m waving to people with my thumb!