Guest guest Posted September 26, 2003 Report Share Posted September 26, 2003 I have never seen any studies that suggest what I am about to, so please understand this is my best guess. Two supplements that support the nervous system are Alpha Lipoic Acid and DHA. Alpha Lipoic Acid is used with great results in diabetic neuropathy. It helps the nerves work in a hostile environment by acting as an antioxidant. This helps protect against lipid peroxidation, protects the mitochondria, and increases circulation. Given the nervous system, including the brain is 50% DHA, (oil) protecting this oil and the mitochondria from oxidative stress may be a benefit. I think this may be especially important in nervous system damage. In addition, by adding a fair amount of fish oil, which is abundant in DHA, would give the body an opportunity to rebuild the nervous system and reduce the inflammation inherent in injury. You may also consider Vit. E, which primarily protects oils, CoQ10 which increases communication between some cells and acts as a potent antioxidant, and Vit. C which is a great adrenal food and helps to body to rebuild collagen. Collagen is the bodies most abundant protein and helps hold things together. When people are immobile, collagen production falls dramatically and muscle tone fades quickly. I really like the stretching therapy. These two therapies may work well together. All the best, Chris message dated 9/25/2003 10:08:29 PM Pacific Daylight Time, princeofautumn writes: > >I have a male patient (18 years old), who was > >paralysed from waist down after an aotumobile > >accident last year. Doctor confirmed he had lost all > >senses waist down. I had giving him acupuncture and > >tui-na sessions for the past one year. Actual he can > >feel all and even can control his bowel and urine > >movement. He is expriencing spasm at the lower limbs. > >Recently the MD gave him medication to relax his > >spasm in the stomach and legs which resulted in him > >being unable to control his bowel movement. And he > >want very much to do away with them. Can anyone give > >me advice on what points to use or ways of tui-na or > >even on herbal medicine, so that i can reduce > >his spasm? Thanks. JingHong > > I know this isn't TCM, but this group seems like > it might be fairly open to the use of techniques that > work, rather than getting bogged down with stuff > like... " that's not TCM " . > SO, here goes.... I don't know if you are > famillar with the works of Kineseologist Aaron Mattes > but he does alot of stuff with athletes, people with > spinal injury, kids with polio, etc. I have only met > him a couple times (once recently when I went down to > his clinic in Parrish, Fl) and he's done alot of > studies with using stretching to restore the use of > muscles that are experiencing a great deal of > spasticity. > He has had alot of positive results with actively > stretching the muscles to the point where they start > to pull (and then taking them a fraction further) hold > for 2 seconds, then return to neutral and repeat. His > hip routine would start with strapping them to the > table (at the abdomen so they don't twist their body), > and bending the knees towards the body toward the > axillary, then toward the outside edge of the table, > then toward the opposite breast.... > Now, many of Aaron's stretches are also assisted > with the client helping, using a heavy 8' rope. The > next would be straighten led and using cord to flex > tows and stretch calves, followed by stretches for > hamstrings... He's got a book if you're interested. > Also, Aaron is open to therapists coming to his > clinic to watch him work.... > > The next thing to consider is talking... What was > his life before the accident? The reason I mention > this is I had a similar client who used to be " billy > bad ass " and then he had an accident. Only the > impression he gave me was he was glad he didn't have > to live up to that reputation anymore. He could move > and feel his toes, but he just wanted feel good > massage. He didn't want to have to live up to the > expectations he had on him before his accident, not to > mention the perks of his new lifestyle... (someone > bathing him, feeding him, check from gov, etc. -his > words). > > M > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 26, 2003 Report Share Posted September 26, 2003 This is interesting stuff, Chris. Do you think these supplements would benefit people with MS? How about ME, which is a slightly different animal... Karen Musiclear wrote: > I have never seen any studies that suggest what I am about to, so > please understand this is my best guess. > Two supplements that support the nervous system are Alpha Lipoic Acid > and DHA. > Alpha Lipoic Acid is used with great results in diabetic neuropathy. > It helps the nerves work in a hostile environment by acting as an > antioxidant. > This helps protect against lipid peroxidation, protects the mitochondria, > and increases circulation. > Given the nervous system, including the brain is 50% DHA, (oil) > protecting this oil and the mitochondria from oxidative stress may be > a benefit. I > think this may be especially important in nervous system damage. > In addition, by adding a fair amount of fish oil, which is abundant in > DHA, would give the body an opportunity to rebuild the nervous system and > reduce the inflammation inherent in injury. > You may also consider Vit. E, which primarily protects oils, CoQ10 > which increases communication between some cells and acts as a potent > antioxidant, and Vit. C which is a great adrenal food and helps to > body to rebuild > collagen. Collagen is the bodies most abundant protein and helps hold > things > together. When people are immobile, collagen production falls > dramatically and > muscle tone fades quickly. > I really like the stretching therapy. These two therapies may work > well together. > > All the best, > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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