Re: Damb Shoulder - Slings

[Guest guest]

I completely agree with you about it being difficult to get a

proper fit in the immobilaser slings. I have one for when my shoulder

dislocates and find i can still move my arm and the sling ends up

slipping down too as I'm only tiny - I'm 5ft, weigh 38kg, have a

20inch waist and you could play the xylophone on my ribs! (I have

terrible trouble keeping weight and muscle tone, but that's another

issue)

Sharon, I'm hoping to get something more subsyntial and immobilsing

form my OS when I see him next as I'm still subluxing in the current

one. You might be as well asking your GP or a PT about a more

immobilising splint such as the ones Rhea has been looking into for

her shoulder. I'll let you know if Mac has any suggestions for mine

though too.

An MRI might not be a bad idea of it still giving you trouble after

the weekend Darl. I actually have my shoulder MRI on Tuesday (they

couldn't do an arthrogram because of my Iondine allergy) so I'm

keeping everything crossed thta by some miracle he'll have some idea

of how to stabilse it when I see him too. Here's hoping!

Take care and know I'm thinking of you and cringing at how painful

these shoulders of ours can be!

Love and hugs...Jo

xxx

[Guest guest]

> Just thought I'd add a bit to my last comment on 's

shoulder.When Mike saw her, he worked on her shoulder for about 10

minutes. almost immediately said " oh, this feels weird " .

Things were moving around in there, and Mike was only holding some

points.

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Just some additional comments about that session. For those of you

who have already picked up copies, don't bother running to your Gach

book trying to figure out which points I was using - you won't find

them. Well, you would find the points I used, but I was also doing

a few other things at the same time.

I have said in a few of my postings that I usually use a combination

of techniques/modalities, that I usually blend or integrate various

things at the same time, and that was what I was doing here.

I was using some specific Jin Shin Do acupressure shoulder points, a

polarity therapy technique called the X-technique, plus bone two-

pointing and general myofascial release work. I have a reasonable

idea in my own mind how each of the pieces worked and fit together,

but I can't honestly say in 's case that I fully understand

the total mechanism that caused the change. And I seriously doubt

that any single one of the methods I used would have gotten the same

results if done just by itself. Done in combination, however, they

did work.

One of the things I have been taught (and do believe) in learning

some of the energetic work is that any time there is a trauma or

injury to the body, it happens not only to the physical body, but

also to the energetic part. And you have to treat both to affect

meaningful, long-term change. If you just treat the physical

component, the problem will probably keep coming back and become

chronic.

What I was doing was using the Jin Shin Do to open up the " blocked "

energy paths. The polarity was to free up the joint capsule and

open space in it, and the myofascial release work was to loosen up

the rotator cuff muscles and any fascial restrictions that went

along with them.

What was feeling initially when she made her first comment

of " oh, this feels wierd " was the flow of energy between the medial

edge of her scapula out to the acromian process at the shoulder. A

little further into the session, what she was feeling was the fascia

in her shoulder girdle loosening up, followed by a physical

quivering in the rotator cuff muscles themselves as they relaxed.

The end result was restored range of motion and reduction in felt

pain. Like said, we still need to do some more work to

address 's elbow, but at least the shoulder range is back.

And it obviously wasn't some fluke placebo effect because it has

been over a week now. It also couldn't have been a placebo effect

because she had no idea what I was going to do or what I was trying

to achieve. The only thing I said to her before starting the work

was " lay down on the table on your back. " She didn't have a clue

what to expect after that.

I actually asked off-list to tell the rest of you the rest of

the story. I asked her to do it for a couple of reasons. To me,

this is a really good example or illustration that " conventional

medicine " does not always have the answer, that there are valid (and

as far as I am concerned, proven) alternative methods or therapies

that can sometimes do what conventional medicine can't or says is

impossible.

Someone walking into that room with no knowledge and simply watching

what I was doing would have seen a session of what for all practical

purposes looked like " laying on of hands, " and with a result that

that terminology implies. In reality, it was the deliberate

application of some very specific techniques from a combination of

eastern or alternative therapies.

And that is the point that I have been trying to drive home. It is

not snake oil. It is not voodoo. It is not supernatural. It is

not miraculous. It is just " something different. " And sometimes

you get very happy results with it.

And like I said in an earlier post, the unfortunate reality is that

the vast majority of the general public doesn't even know that they

exist. For that matter, how many on the list were aware of half the

things I have talked about before I started talking about them?