I'm interested in starting message therapy to help me deal with my MPD/DID issues that is affect my physical health. I have problems with extreme tension which affects my back. My muscles in my back and neck will spasm causing me extreme pain. This is gotten to the point where I physically can not get out of bed without help. And the act of moving causes screaming pain. I'm not one to take medication so I'm looking for an alternative. I've met and talked with a message therapist. I wasn't sure that I could emotionally put myself into a situation to receive a message. But I was very comfortable with the message therapist and she stated that she had worked with survivors in the past. Ok so this is my question. I'm just wondering if anyone has used message therapy in the past and did to help in anyway? Did it help reduce the muscle tension caused by emotional pain/ stress? I'm looking into trying Deep tissue message. I'm just looking for something that will help with my back & neck pain caused by emotional/ stress tension. Any thought and advice would be more then welcomed. Thanks, Monty