SPAM-LOW: Re: Rich - Rotator cuff and zinc???

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Penny,

Was this caused by injury or was it gradual onset? I had this also, for

many years, mostly in one shoulder, mine was gradual onset. Eventually

I traced it back to the onset of Lyme Disease. And interestingly

enough, after 16 years the shoulder/muscle pain stopped and the FULL

range of motion returned a few months into Salt/C. So maybe it was

Borrelia in the joints all along. Hard to say, but the salt did

something.

Here is a post I wrote recently on the Salt/C protocols:

http://kurtsprotocol.blogspot.com/2005/05/review-of-several-saltc-protoc

ols.html

I did not even need the full dose to get the benefit, I just went up to

7-8g of Salt and about 2g of C, and that helped, not a cure, but

significant, very major improvement, from about 15% functional

housebound with full disability to about 50% and able to leave the house

again and starting a new work project. I am now on a low maintenance

dose and the benefit is holding. I rotate salts, using Recup, CMC salt

tablets (the ONLY tablets that work, pharma grade), Krystal salt, and

sometimes RealSalt. I was using mostly the CMC tablets when the

shoulder was resolved. I did not even realize it was working right

again until I went outside and played softball with my boys, which I

have never been able to do before, BTW (I was already sick when they

were born).

--Kurt

SPAM-LOW: Re: Rich - Rotator cuff and

zinc???

Rich, zinc is helping your rotator cuffs? I have tendinosis in both

rotator cuffs which causes a lot of discomfort and I can't really use

my arms much. Really hard, since I'm a sculptor. Can you point me to

some articles on rotator cuff and zinc? If this helps me, I'd be

thrilled. Unfortunately, I haven't done well with zinc in the past.

Makes me very hyper and anxious. But I'd stick it out if it could help

the shoulder situation.

penny

I decided to stop chelating and boost

> my zinc intake to help heal the tendon. My rotator cuff is nearly

> back to normal now, so maybe I'll give the EDTA another try.

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> Rich

This list is intended for patients to share personal experiences with

each other, not to give medical advice. If you are interested in any

treatment discussed here, please consult your doctor.

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[Guest guest]

Definitely gradual onset, no injury, and it got worse after a few

months on Cipro, I'm afraid. (the quinolones can damage tendons).

I'm really encouraged that you improved like that. Did you have

trouble sleeping on your side? It's getting really hard for me,

especially the left side, which is odd, because originally my right

shoulder was worse, but that lessened somewhat (but also moved into

the elbow area), and now my left shoulder's really bad. I've also

got a lot of pain radiating down into my left tricep and right

bicep. I'm starting to feel like the " armless sculptor " .

I'm dx'd with tendenosis, which supposedly is not inflammatory,

although Benicar has helped relieve a lot of the pain, so I'm not

sure how exactly that works. But my range of motion is lessening all

the time and it's scary. Need to get to the ortho, but really dread

surgery. Seems hard to believe I could get the range of motion back,

but I'm encouraged by your experience.

Very good news about the salt/C. I've been very hopeful about that

protocol, and need to try it again, but want to use salt tabs this

time.

I'm also confused about the actual salt itself, since there are so

many different ingredients in salt besides sodium which vary from

product to product.

But yes, I think the salt/C thing sounds very promising and cheap,

and the fact that it completely bypasses the medical establishment,

is fine with me. :-)

penny

> I decided to stop chelating and boost

> > my zinc intake to help heal the tendon. My rotator cuff is

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