help for ruptured disc/was question -idea on stress reliever?

[Guest guest]

Well my advise wasn't particularly to relax, but to get a refreshing sleep and

awaken " wide eyed and bushy

tailed " . Of course I guess you can't do that if you don't relax, can you?

*LOL*

I suppose the antispasmodic property is why it's used for broken bones and

sprains.

Along this line I have a question for all on the list.

My son suffered a ruptured disk several years back and has had every treatment

the medical community dares to

perform on him and it isn't helping. He also gets terrible spasms in his back

that almost look like he's going

into convulsions.

I had tried to help him herbally when he first hurt it, but his doctor was

adamant that he take *no herbs,

because he didn't know how they would interact with the meds, and I didn't

either.

Now he's not on anything and is going down hill fast, loosing all feeling in his

leg, but in terrible pain in

his back.

I want to make the BF & C Tincture and Deep Tissue oil for him, but I'm wondering

about giving him some passion

flower too. As it has such a drastic effect on me, I don't want to include it

in the BF & C Tincture, but rather

make a seperate one for him to take when he can afford to fall asleep. He could

take the BF & C several times a

day, but the passionflower just at night.

How does this plan strike those of you with more experience than me.?

Oh yes, and does anyone have a source for walnut bark? Or is there something I

can sub for it? I can find

everything else.

 

 

Michael Riversong wrote:

 

> This herb is also used for helping to repair broken bones and sprains. I've

> used it for sprains a few times and found it effective. Never found it to

> be particularly relaxing, though.

>

[Guest guest]

This is one of those things that gets me kinda ticked off. There used to be

a chiropractic hospital in Denver. It was to be a prototype for others

around the world. Instead, after the founders died, it got mired in various

legal disputes and eventually closed. I was a patient there about 2 years

before it shut down. The idea was wonderful! What i'm mad about is that

they don't have anything like this going now. Someone in a situation like

your son's would benefit greatly from a short period of hospitalization in a

place like that.

 

Therapy there included:

daily adjustments

daily sessions on bucking machines

needle showers

foot massage every night

great food

 

Your plan certainly can't hurt, but i don't think it's likely to be very

effective either. In situations like this i have found the only real cure

is to see a good chiropractor every day for a while. There still are a few

of those around. I know there are bad ones too, so you have to be very

careful in choosing one. Depending on where you live, i might be able to

supply a good reference.

 

At 03:29 PM 9/9/01 -0500, you wrote:

>Well my advise wasn't particularly to relax, but to get a refreshing sleep

and awaken " wide eyed and bushy

>tailed " . Of course I guess you can't do that if you don't relax, can

you? *LOL*

>I suppose the antispasmodic property is why it's used for broken bones and

sprains.

>Along this line I have a question for all on the list.

>My son suffered a ruptured disk several years back and has had every

treatment the medical community dares to

>perform on him and it isn't helping. He also gets terrible spasms in his

back that almost look like he's going

>into convulsions.

>I had tried to help him herbally when he first hurt it, but his doctor was

adamant that he take *no herbs,

>because he didn't know how they would interact with the meds, and I didn't

either.

>Now he's not on anything and is going down hill fast, loosing all feeling

in his leg, but in terrible pain in

>his back.

>I want to make the BF & C Tincture and Deep Tissue oil for him, but I'm

wondering about giving him some passion

>flower too. As it has such a drastic effect on me, I don't want to include

it in the BF & C Tincture, but rather

>make a seperate one for him to take when he can afford to fall asleep. He

could take the BF & C several times a

>day, but the passionflower just at night.

>How does this plan strike those of you with more experience than me.?

>Oh yes, and does anyone have a source for walnut bark? Or is there

something I can sub for it? I can find

>everything else.

>

>

>Michael Riversong wrote:

>

>> This herb is also used for helping to repair broken bones and sprains. I've

>> used it for sprains a few times and found it effective. Never found it to

>> be particularly relaxing, though.

>>

>

>

>

>

>

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>

[Guest guest]

I guess I'm a little dense, or just don't understand as much as I thought I did

about chiropractics. What good

is daily adjustments going to do for a ruptured disk that is leaking fluid? It

looks like that would only

aggravate it more.

I know 2 *very reputable chiropractors here in Lubbock, but I fail to see the

benefit.

Jennie

Michael Riversong wrote:

 

> Your plan certainly can't hurt, but i don't think it's likely to be very

> effective either. In situations like this i have found the only real cure

> is to see a good chiropractor every day for a while. There still are a few

> of those around. I know there are bad ones too, so you have to be very

> careful in choosing one. Depending on where you live, i might be able to

> supply a good reference.

>

[Guest guest]

Michael, during all that, did you ever have experience

with a TENS unit or anything similar? My sister and I

are looking into the possibility of acquiring one for

my father, who has ruptured discs and all sorts of

other unfortunate things. The doctor gave him a

prescription for Celebrex, and we sure don't want that

for him. He's also on other medications, so we get

very concerned about all the side effects and

interactions, etc., etc. Poor Dad. He's really in

the hands of the medical world now.

 

Valerie

 

 

 

 

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