Deep tissue massage........ no, DEEP tissue!

I woke up this morning with my back hurting pretty bad. I was in a car accident about 3 years ago that messed up my back and I've been dealing with it since. I've gone through everything in the medical community- back specialist, physical therapy, etc and nothing has worked. I started going to a chiropractor shortly after the accident and it was the only thing that provided any relief. Well, it's now been almost 3 years and I'm irritated that I still wake up some days feeling like this. So I'm trying a new route. I found a place that does a more holistic approach to medicine and I'm going to try some massage and if that doesn't work, maybe some accupuncture. If that doesn't work, the alternative is shots into the muscles and I'd really like to avoid that. So today I went for a deep tissue massage. If you've had a deep tissue massage at a spa, it was probably nothing like this. There was nothing fun about this. It hurts! They really try to work through the damaged muscles and I thought I might cry at a couple points. Afterwards, she asked if I had plans for the weekend because I probably wasn't going to feel up for doing much of anything. Great. Hopefully it will help though. I can take the pain if it makes a difference. We'll see.