Mind over matter?

[Mr_Top_Shot]

Guys and gals, as i love to pick your brains every now and then i was wondering if you could answer me this.

Have any of you used or are using the Dual Loop Magnetic/Ion Bracelet or have yoou heard any reports about it. Seen them about but was wondering do they actually have any noticable benefit or is it all a bit Paul McKenna?

 

[USER1999]

Ahh, I tried to bring this up a while ago, regarding the q link pendant.

Prepare to get slaughtered my friend.

 

[billyg]

Guys and gals, as i love to pick your brains every now and then i was wondering if you could answer me this.

Have any of you used or are using the Dual Loop Magnetic/Ion Bracelet or have yoou heard any reports about it. Seen them about but was wondering do they actually have any noticable benefit or is it all a bit Paul McKenna?

Something like the Sebona ring of the 80's?It's gotta be the emporers clothes right? If was of any use it would be available on the NHS or in tablet form in a pharmacy. IMHO- pure hocum- mind over matter/placebo at best

 

[Parmo]

I would prefer Mystic Meg as my caddie to be honest.

 

[HTL]

I am wearing one now! And im a Sports Scientist!

I have arthritis in wrist and ankle and honestly feel it has helped me with the pain. I also sleep like a baby now im wearing it instead of taking ages to unwind after work. No real benefits when im playing golf as I dont get stressed when playing.

I know it does have a huge placebo affect, but its working for me and im not going to try and prove it wrong.

 

[billyg]

I know it does have a huge placebo affect, but its working for me and im not going to try and prove it wrong.

As a sports scientist- perhaps more importantly can you prove it right?

 

[HTL]

Seeing as im ace, I probably could. I really dont want to argue or debate this as its working for me and I dont want to talk myself into something I regret.

Sorry for sounding an arse.

 

[Pinhal_Pete]

It will probably work just as well as the 460cc driver, rescue woods, game-improving irons, distance balls and other things that we all have in our bags ... just as the title of the thread says!

 

[USER1999]

I always swear by my lucky rabbits foot. Not so lucky for the rabbit though.

 

[billyg]

Seeing as im ace, I probably could.

Confidence- probably the most valuable and under-rated tool in the golfers armoury

 

[HTL]

Exactly! But I meant that bit in my job.

I have done similar research projects and they take bloody ages and are so boring, especially writing up all the data.

 

[medwayjon]

Confidence is everything when it comes to a lot of things in life, golf included.

If something you use gives you confidence then it can only be a good thing.

 

[USER1999]

Does confidence come in little blue pills.....

 

[billyg]

Exactly! But I meant that bit in my job.

I have done similar research projects and they take bloody ages and are so boring, especially writing up all the data.

got any ideas about how to relieve pain from inoperable patella compression and bursitis which developed from Osgoodslatters disease?

Ibuprofen keeps it in check on the golf course. Not bending it too much helps at others.

 

[USER1999]

Que?

 

[HTL]

Ouch billyg, Not my area of expertise sorry mate.

I had Osgoodslatters when I was younger, it bloody hurts!

 

[DCB]

BillyG

I developed OSD after a fairly inoccuous tackle whilst playing in a football match when I was about 12-13. the classic, "you'll walk that one off son" from the coach left me with a very large protrusion at the top of my tibia. Its still absoulutely hell if I get a direct blow on the point of the lump. 35ish years have past and I've learned to cope with it, but I'll be looking out for any injury like that in my little un.

 

[billyg]

BillyG

I developed OSD after a fairly inoccuous tackle whilst playing in a football match when I was about 12-13. the classic, "you'll walk that one off son" from the coach left me with a very large protrusion at the top of my tibia. Its still absoulutely hell if I get a direct blow on the point of the lump. 35ish years have past and I've learned to cope with it, but I'll be looking out for any injury like that in my little un.

(Applause)Good for you. I got mine from doing a forsburry flop (high jump) when I was thirteen at school.To this day I regret that single half second moment in my life more than almost anything else ive ever done before or since. As with you, I got the, ' it'll sort itself out in time' sh1te. How I wish I could find the useless cretin that told me that and shatter their knee caps with a bat

For anyone interested it's something that can happen in a period of teenage 'growth spirt' when your bones are not fully hardened and are prone to injury. In my case the ligaments surrounding the knee cap (patella) were wrenched tearing a piece of the bone away from the rest. You end up with what they call a 'mouse' or floating piece of bone in the knee. If I could go back now it's something that a competant orthopeadic surgeon might have been able to sort out. Now at 37 - nada.

All manor of symptoms can develop from it. In my case, after consulting both NHS and Harley st. specialists over the years it's patella compression which is where the bone sits too heavily on the network of ligaments that make up the knee which leads to swelling and pockets on internal bleeding - bursitis.

Over the years it has cost me innumerable life chances through my inability to kneel- (primarily as a spark but I would have liked to do almost any trade) and carry heavy loads (it finished my career as a camera assistant in it's infancy- 16mm, 35mm, and even digibeta equipment comes in large heavy flight cases).

Many recreational opportunities have been limited. I remember climbing down Biddian am Bion in Glencoe (apologies to the Scots amongst you for my slaughtering of the spelling of this awesome natural monument) and getting halfway down before the repeated impact caused the knee to seize completely. I had to almost drag myself the rest of the way down. This was before I realised the paliative effects that anti-inflammatories could bring- no b@stard in the medical profession even thought to tell me even this!

The moral of the story is- if your kids get something similar in their teens then tear the hospital down and make as much fuss as you can to get it sorted properly.

I'm lucky I can play golf but i'm always mindful of the injury and I always carry ibuprofen.

bill

 

[johng]

I purchased a TRION Z bracelet last year, June time I think. Can't say it's improved my golf, helped me sleep, relax or anything like that, BUT I haven't had a cough, cold, sniffle or any type of infection since either.









admittedly though that could be down to having the flu jab in work as well

John.

 

[toonarmy]

billyg - PM if you want to talk about knees and the patella. There's not much I can't tell you these days!