136 A Great Customer (1/2)

Yun Hua Stadium's facilities were luxurious and the whole experience was excellent... but that was all only for front stage.

Backstage, only the tiles beneath the feet were exactly the same as front stage. The paint on the walls, the width of the corridor, and even the floor height were all greatly inferior.

The backstage of the stadium was still as the same as it was in the 1990s. It made one feel as though he had gone back in time.

The smell in the hallway was also unpleasant. There was an alternating odor of sweat, plastic, and garbage, and occasionally they would hit you all at once, which would make one wonder what exactly had happened here.

Ling Ran frowned as he followed Li Lei. He soon entered a props room and saw a few dancers who were suffering from cramps in their legs.

There were three female dancers. They were young and had faces done up with fantasy-like makeup. They wore ballet costumes with white stockings on their legs, and were all leaning back in their chairs. They were frowning with sweat on their foreheads while using pillows and hats to press down their skirts.

”Three people are having cramps at the same time?” Ling Ran was a little surprised. This was too much of a coincidence.

”The stage is not flat. After we stepped on the stage, we did a few moves, and we injured ourselves.” The dancer in the middle was petite and lovely. She blushed as she stared at Ling Ran.

Li Lei coughed twice and said, ”Now is not the time to find excuses. Let's solve the problem first. Doctor Ling, can it be treated?”

Before entering the props room, Li Lei did propose that she wanted Ling Ran to judge whether they could continue to dance. If they could not, she would have to find the dance director to modify the choreography.

”I'll give it a try first.” Ling Ran's current osteopathic manipulation skills were limited to the head, cervical spine, and back. It did not include the legs. However, his three osteopathic manipulation skills were at Master Level. Other than placing 79th in the country for his head massaging technique, his cervical spine massages as well as back massages were ranked among the top fifty in the country.

The addition of three skills had undoubtedly increased Ling Ran's understanding towards the osteopathic manipulation skills.

There was a saying such as this, ”applying your knowledge in other areas.” Right then, Ling Ran literally had to use the three skills he had as a precedent and perform osteopathic manipulation on the leg. His skills would not be up to Master Level, but it would still be possible to be in between Specialist or Sub-Specialist Level.

Smarter osteopathic physicians would need six to eight years before they could reach Specialist Level, which was more than enough to handle the most commonly seen leg cramps.

”Come a little closer.” Ling Ran took out the small bottle of alcohol-based hand sanitizer which he carried with him, wiped his hands, and put his hands on a female dancer's thigh.

The legs of girls who danced often were slender and powerful. Their legs could withstand the pressure as the fingers pressed.

As Ling Ran applied more force, the female dancer immediately moaned. Ling Ran nodded and said, ”It seems to be just an ordinary muscle cramp. Let me treat it for a while.”

”Can you handle it? Can they still go up on stage?” Li Lei asked urgently.

She looked at Ling Ran only to know if the three could still go on stage, or else she would not have caused Ling Ran any trouble for a small problem like a muscle cramp. They would just need to rest.

Li Lei was most unwilling to give Ling Ran any suggestion that his medical skills were very useful.

”Ahhh!” the female dancer loudly cried out again.

Ling Ran grabbed her thigh forcefully without a word and used the rubbing method to relieve the tension in the muscle.

This was unlike performing chiropractic manipulation for the cervical spine, he could perform osteopathic manipulation with ease despite the difficulty of never massaging legs before. And unlike a head massage, he had a variety of osteopathic manipulation methods to choose from.

Ling Ran was unfamiliar with the osteopathic manipulation of the legs. His understanding of the anatomy of the lower limbs was limited to what had he had learned in medical school, and the small amount of reading he had done recently.

Ling Ran would therefore need to spend more time to deal with the cramped muscles. But even so, Ling Ran's practically self-taught leg osteopathic manipulation skill level still exceeded most of the general attending physicians of most Chinese medicine hospitals. It would also exceed similar medical services that most hospitals could provide nowadays.

”Ah... aaahhh...” The female dancer cried out in pain, which sounded like she was moaning. Her voice quivered as she panted, making many people turn to stare at her.

Li Lei's face was tense. She could not close the door of the props room. If she closed it, the situation would be even more difficult to explain.

”It's done.” Ling Ran rubbed the female dancer's leg for a while, and considered his mission completed.

The girl was covered in a layer of sweat from the pain, but she still tried to stand up. Although she was still unused to it, it did not hurt anymore, so she nodded at Li Lei.

The corner of Li Lei's mouth curled upwards at once. She immediately said, ”Doctor Ling, I would have to trouble you with the other two. I'll give you a big red envelope. But do pay attention to the speed of things. They will need to dance in a while, the concert will start in less than an hour, and they still have many things to do.”

Ling Ran just nodded and said, ”Both of you can lie beside me. I can massage you both at the same time.”

Ling Ran moved the chair to the middle of the room, and pulled the chairs of the two dancers to his sides. With one hand on each dancer, he could massage both at the same time.

He did not have much experience before, but now that he had made some discoveries, he used the skills he had with his existing head massage, cervical massage, and back massage techniques to provide a good effect on the legs. The idea of performing the massages simultaneously came his mind.

”Ahh…!”

”Ahh…!”

Muscle cramps were already painful enough to begin with. They would hurt even more when they were massaged.

Both dancers were girls about twenty years old. They had never gone through such punishment on a normal day. The pillows and hats that were once on their skirts were now gripped so tightly they were on the verge of being shredded.

Ling Ran's movements remained the same. He exerted more force as he massaged.

”Ahh...”