Toas from Work
Women universally agreed that toas from work (also called toas sawsaye) was caused by resuming hard work or normal activities too soon after birth. Activities that precipitated this type of relapse included cutting firewood, carrying water carts, carrying water over the shoulder, transplanting rice seedlings, washing clothes, lifting heavy objects, falling down, or riding in a car. Symptoms centered around pain in the sawsaye as well as twitching, weakness, and cramping in joints or extremities. In addition, generalized pain, chest pain, chills, goose flesh, cramping or shivering on the backbone, and shaking were reported. Women reported treatments similar to those reported with toas from food.