Caffeine/Old Injuries/Arnica/etc (was For Jent - Old injury (was arnica cream vs pills)

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--- wildmouse <wildmouse wrote:

> I would use these homeopathic remedies for an old injury like that:

> Arnica, Rhus Tox (for nerve pain/damage) and Mag Phos for pain in the

> extremities. These are the ones I have used for an old shoulder injury I

> had and they worked extremely well.

 

I will give them a try - thanks!

 

> Go to http://abchomeopathy.com/ to learn more about homeopathy and these

 

Thanks for this link - I'll check it out later today.

 

> Remember that when taking homeopathic remedies you *must* avoid coffee,

> mint and other strong flavors. For instance, it will do no good to take

 

I remember learning that years ago - thanks for the reminder, because I had

forgotten!

 

> since I took the remedy. I found that out the hard way too. I had

> given up all coffee (and caffeine) years and years ago and had been

 

How did you quit caffeine? I've found that in my 20s and 30s, I had nothing

more than a bit of a headache for a few days when I quit caffeine. But since

having years of chronic fatigue/etc, I find myself even more dependent on

caffeine to get me going in the morning: when I don't have it, I really drag

(I usually drag, but I mean REALLY drag

 

I've tried cutting back a bit each day, but I fail after a day or so. Perhaps

I just need more determination...

 

> Oh yea, another thing I did for my shoulder was deep muscle body work in

> combination with Reiki and aromatherapy. I went into that session with

> the intention of releasing that old injury and pain and to remove the

> memory of it from my muscles. And it worked - after suffering with that

> pain for 20 years, it is completely gone now and I consider the area

 

I've gotten an amazing amount of healing from this book: " The Trigger Point

Therapy Workbook: Your Self-Treatment Guide for Pain Relief (Second Edition) "

by Clair Davies (Here's an amazon link to read more - though I got mine first

from the public library before buying after it worked for me:

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1572243759/sr=8-1/qid=1143475061/ref=pd_bbs_1/1\

03-8228650-4434200?%5Fencoding=UTF8

 

I was able to get rid of every muscle-related problem in my body, except for

the elbow thing. And it cost me only a few bucks for the book and a tennis

ball, and my time

 

> healed. What area are you located? If you don't know a good massage

> therapist I may be able to hook you up with on - depending on where you

> are of course. ;-)

 

I'm in Portland, Oregon.

 

> Hope this helps. Please let us know what you end up trying and how it

> works for you.

 

Thanks Mouse!

 

Jent

 

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