- Note - These doctors are sniffing around but haven't
figured it out yet. Strong magnets should be placed directly ON the spinal
injury site. One of the main causes of spinal cord injury paralysis is
the body's reaction to trauma by forming scar tissue which can - and will
- block severed nerves from regenerating andreattaching.
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- There was at least one study at an eastern University
in which a number of rats had their spinal cords severed. Half of the rats
were left to heal on their own; the other half had simple magnets taped
OVER the injury site. Between 60-70% of the rats with magnets regained
FULL and TOTAL use of their lower bodies.
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- Magnets, as few people yet realize, cause an immediate
increase in blood circulation in the area they are placed. This increased
blood flow can not only speed overall healing by 50% or better, but will
largely prevent or mitigate the usual congestion, swelling, bruising -
and the formation of scar tissue which blocks spinal nerves from growing
back together.
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- In our opinion, anyone with a spinal cord injury should
have a strong magnet taped over the injury site beginning 18-24 hours after
injury and then left in place. Waiting for a short period of time is important
because increasing blood circulation in an area of bleeding in the initial
hours after an injury is not helpful. Time should be given for the body
to control the injury-caused bleeding and to begin to start the healing
process...at THAT point, magnet/s should be applied.
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- Magnets are recognized therapeutic tools in the equine
industry and there are numerous magentic therapy products for people...
everything from magnetic sleep pads to small, individual neodymium magnets
for placement on injuries of all sorts. (see New Earth at the top of Rense.com)
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- In one study, a horse was given a simple blood stream
injection of a trackable radioactive isotope. Magnets were then placed
on ONE of the horse's forelegs. A scanning device was then used to see
how many of the isotopes were present in each leg. The leg with the magnets
showed 3 times the isotope count beneath the magnets as the leg without
magnets - in other words, approximately triple the blood circulation.
- Jeff Rense)
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- Magnetic Therapy May Help People With Spinal
Cord Injuries
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- BBC News
5-13-4
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- Doctors at Imperial College London administered magnetic
stimulation to the brains of people with partial damage to their spinal
cord.
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- The therapy led to improved muscle and limb movement,
and increased ability to feel sensations.
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- Details of the technique - known as repetitive transcranial
magnetic stimulation (rTMS) - are published in the journal Spinal Cord.
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- It works by using an electromagnet placed on the scalp
to generate brief magnetic pulses, about the strength of an MRI scan.
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- These pulses stimulate the part of the brain called the
cerebral cortex.
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- The technique was tested on four patients with what are
known as incomplete spinal cord injuries.
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- This is where the spinal cord has not been entirely severed,
but the patient has still lost the ability to move or feel properly below
the injury point.
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- Brain signals
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- Researcher Dr Nick Davey said: "Through rTMS we
may be able to help people who have suffered partial injuries to the spinal
cord recover some of their movement and feeling.
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- "We think it works by strengthening the information
leaving the brain through the undamaged neurons in the spinal cord. It
may work like physiotherapy but instead of repeating a physical task, the
machine activates the surviving nerves to strengthen their connections."
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- The patients had all sustained their injuries at least
18 months previously and had already received conventional rehabilitation
including physiotherapy.
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- They were all considered stable in that they were no
longer undergoing natural improvement.
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- The patients received both real and sham rTMS treatment
over a three-week period.
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- The rTMS treatment involved five consecutive days of
magnetic stimulation for one hour per day.
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- The researchers focused on a phenomenon called intracortical
inhibition which makes it easier for mesage from the brain to pass down
the spinal cord to the rest of the body.
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- They found rTMS treatment resulted in a 37.5% drop in
intracortical inhibition, compared with normal physiotherapy.
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- This reduction in intracortical inhibition was accompanied
by improvement in both motor and sensory function, which lasted for at
least three weeks after the treatment.
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- Dr Davey said: "Despite this, we still need to be
extremely careful in interpreting these results as we only sampled a small
number of patients.
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- "Further studies on larger groups of patients will
need to be carried out before we will know if this treatment is fully effective.
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- "Similarly we have no idea how long the treatment
benefits will last over a longer period."
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- The treatment was originally designed to treat psychiatric
disorders, and has been used in treating some of the symptoms of schizophrenia.
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- © BBC MMIV http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/3701365.stm
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