Here is something interesting I learned yesterday known as the scratch test:
Take your fingernail and scratch any area on your body. Now observe the shade of red that develops. Do this a few times on different parts of your body. Perhaps you noticed that one area becomes a deeper shade of red than another. Why is this?
The scratch test was developed in order to detect inflammation and possible mobility limitations to that area of the body. A deeper shade of red indicates a greater histamine response and hence greater inflammation. I first saw Chris perform this test on a client complaining of low back pain. The scratch test was done on each side of the low back. We saw that a deeper shade of red developed on the right side, indicating that the right side had more inflammation.
June 25, 2008 at 11:08 pm
This is very interesting. I just performed what is known as the scratch test on various parts of my body and I found that a few were inflamed. Ryan, can you write a post telling us how to relieve this inflammation please?
June 26, 2008 at 4:36 pm
I have a few questions. One of them is, can you perform this on your whole body or just a certain area? I also found inflamed parts on my body like W. Woodesson, and I would also like you to write back telling me how to relieve the inflamed parts.
My last question, which might seem kind of weird, is if you scratch yourself too many times I’ve noticed that it really hurts. Is this a bad thing to scratch multiple times or should I just scratch once?
Thank you for writing this, and I hope you will get back to me as soon as possible. By the way, you seem like a really interesting guy. I wish I could meet you in real life.
June 26, 2008 at 4:50 pm
Interesting! I like how simple yet informative this bit of information is, maybe someday it will come in handy.
June 26, 2008 at 5:05 pm
I have a few questions. One of them is can you perform this on your whole body or just a certain area? I also found inflamed parts on my body like W. Woodesson, and I would also like you to write back telling me how to relieve the inflamed parts.
My last question (which might seem kind of weird) is if you scratch yourself too many times I’ve noticed that it really hurts. Is this a bad thing to scratch multiple times or should I just scratch once?
Thank you for writing this, and I hope you will get back to me as soon as possible. By the way, you seem like a really interesting guy. I wish I could meet you in real life.
June 26, 2008 at 7:02 pm
Wow, lots of comments on this one. Go woods!