[TheForge] Elbows and muscle relaxants and cortosone shots

[Stephen McGehee]

 Bob Schade, the afflicted one, and all

A well known New Mexico blacksmith worked with an Osteopath to document,
with high speed photography, the flexing of body parts as forging
operations were performed.  Among many of their discoveries was this:
Pertaining to the specific sore elbow problem, they deduced that the
problem stems from only exercising the muscles to clench or grip,
whether it be hammer, stock or tongs;  we never do anything to counter
that action, we just keep clenching down. (now, go down and re-read
Randy Mundt's earlier post on this topic.)  The action of stretching the
fingers against the Broccoli Rubber Band works a significant group of
muscles to strengthen them, thus restoring balance to your arms, wrists,
hands.  I have been debilitated with this soreness myself, it can stop
you from working.

As to the cortisone peddlers, I am married to a Massage Therapist, and
from her and her circle of healers I have learned a lot about how bodies
work.  The amount of chemicals and surgeries sold unsuspecting people
with sore muscles is criminal.  Once you have your spine fused, you can
never go back. You can never get un-surgeried.  Since the spinal cord
contains almost every circuit used to control and monitor our bodies,
the care of the muscles and vertebra around it is much more effective
when handled by someone with healing hands, rather than hands wielding a
needle or scalpel, and please pay the lady on your way out.  I recommend
that you find a massage therapist who specializes in therapeutic massage
or creative healing and allow them to get inside your shoulder or
wherever your specific problem originates, and massage the symptoms out.
A therapist who only can do relaxation massage will help, but you
possibly have some "stuff" knotted up in your body somewhere that  it
might take a special therapist to find and work out.   Then get those
rubber bands.  Medical Doctors have their place, they aren't taught body
work, they are taught Allopathic Medicine and the concept of 10 year old
trauma buried in your muscles re emerging as a pattern of pain in some
other part of the body is totally unbelievable to most of them.

You also could just have a sore arm...


 Stephen McGehee
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