I just checked this out and it works similarly to the 'S' curve rod! Its 2 different-sized wooden ball ends are good for different muscle groups. Thanks, Léna On Nov 12, 2012, at 7:29 PM, PT Ferrance wrote:
> You might want to search for a Theracane. It works well for those hard to > reach areas. > PT > > From: Gary Hilt <sobertogod1n...@gmail.com> > To: silver-list@eskimo.com > Sent: Mon, November 12, 2012 3:13:29 PM > Subject: Re: CS>Muscle spasms :more input, FWIW > > Hi Lena > sorry your having the discomfort you mentioned. i have been aware of trigger > point for years but many > of my cramps are a knotting around my rib cage and the diaphragm are so herd > to facilitate there. > Hope that your continued therapy works. > > On Mon, Nov 12, 2012 at 1:59 PM, Lena Guyot <drumr...@stny.rr.com> wrote: > I'm just getting through shingles, and there's a thing called post-herpetic > neuralgia which is gnawing muscle spasm that feels like rats are eating their > way into my back. Nasty stuff. > Years ago, I read Pain Erasure, (Bonnie Prudden was involved in its > publication. It posited the issue of trigger points: areas of 'dead', damaged > muscle, surrounded by other muscles working overtime to compensate. > > I think, no matter what the initial cause for the original muscle problem, > this could contribute to the other issues later on. They mentioned finding > the trigger-points (easy: when you hit a knot of excruciating pain, that's > one!) Then press with an elbow into that knot (awful, simply awful) gathering > pressure for a few minutes until it's completely unbearable and then, just as > gradually, easing up on the pressure. This allows blood flow to reawaken the > 'dead' spot and help it begin to restore itself. > > I tried this this weekend and though it was the last thing I wanted to do, I > could feel warmth and energy and an nasty itchiness return to what had been a > nightmarish pain. Now the scale of pain is ramping down, slowly. > > This is not to say that mag. and pot. and whatever else you do isn't VERY > important, but just to suggest that a mechanical help might be in order too. > > I wish anyone with this sort of pain the very best of recovery as it's truly > wretched and makes life very difficult. Just sitting here, writing this, is > making it all attempt a comeback! > > Be well, > Léna > On Nov 12, 2012, at 11:35 AM, Gary Hilt wrote: > >> Hey Dave >> appreciate your help. There seems to be a consensus about the magnesium. >> >> >> On Mon, Nov 12, 2012 at 11:32 AM, Dave Darrin <davedar...@gmail.com> wrote: >> Gary >> I was never addicted but after I quit drinking I had the same problem, >> It takes not less than 500mg of magnesium, morning and again at night to >> alleviate. >> If I skip just one dose I get cramps. >> Dave >> >> On Sun, Nov 11, 2012 at 8:18 PM, Gary Hilt <sobertogod1n...@gmail.com> wrote: >> Hey yall >> i have been experiencing muscle spasms all over for over 7 years since >> recovering from alcohol addiction. The doctors have no clue. its not >> potassium depletion. We eat and drink lots of veggies etc. >> i wondered if any of yall have any ideas??? >> Thanks >> >> -- >> Eph 1:2 Grace be to you, and peace, from God our Father, and from the Lord >> Jesus Christ. >> Gary & Lennie >> >> >> >> >> >> -- >> Eph 1:2 Grace be to you, and peace, from God our Father, and from the Lord >> Jesus Christ. >> Gary & Lennie >> > > > > > -- > Eph 1:2 Grace be to you, and peace, from God our Father, and from the Lord > Jesus Christ. > Gary & Lennie > >
