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How are your hands? Do they ache? Are they stiff and swollen? Have you been told you have arthritis, carpal tunnel, or trigger finger? I have an easy solution I want to tell you about that has saved my patients from needing painful injections, awkward braces, and invasive surgeries. So simple, you are going to think, no way! But proven through lots of medical studies (that I will include in the links below). Let’s jump in! So I practice in Florida and I tend to treat a lot of seniors with stiff, sore hands. They complain about opening jars, or holding tennis rackets, that sort of stuff. One of the easiest ways I screen the hands is with the Ellis Test (remember that name). Place your hands together like this and then reverse them like this then, make fists like this. We are looking for pain, stiffness, numbness or tingling. Usually, if any of these movements cause symptoms, I will be able to help them with my protocol. Ok, so what is the treatment? Well, I never thought much about hand pain until a few years ago when I started to notice my own hands would start hurting at the end of the workday. Now as a Chiropractor, I work a lot with my hands so I started looking for a solution. I tried many different treatments including wrist braces, massage, stretches, and exercises but nothing worked. By the end of the workday, my hands were bound up in little tight fists and I had to go home a soak them in Epsom salts just to be able to open my hands. No good right? Maybe you can relate? Anyways in my research I discovered a book written in the ’60s by Dr. John Ellis, a medical doctor from Texas, The book is called, The Doctor who looked at hands.  Dr. Ellis was able to conclusively demonstrate that the synovium which is the membrane that allows the tendons to slide, underwent degenerative changes in the absence of vitamin B6, which resulted in Carpal Tunnel Syndrome, Tendinitis and Tenosynovitis, as well as many other forms of soft-tissue diseases. Ellis tested this theory and document the results he saw in his patients. In conclusion, Dr. Ellis wrote that 90% of what is called arthritis in the United States is, in reality, a biochemical change in the synovium caused by a lack of B6. He stated that a person will see improvement in 6 weeks with definitive changes in the joints and tendons by the 12th week and in cases of severe stiffness, there will be gradual improvement up to a year.  Now B6 is found in foods like turkey, chickpeas, tuna, salmon, potatoes, and bananas but it is difficult to build up your levels without supplementation. The recommended solution is a product called B6-NIACINAMIDE from Standard Process. This contains a ratio of 50 mg of B6 pyridoxine (which assists in the healing of the synovium) and 10 mg niacinamide (which is a nerve relaxer that also helps bring blood to the injury). A natural product that is made up of only Nutritional yeast, liver, organic mushroom powder, no binders or fillers. Patients will take 3-6 tablets these per day for 12 weeks. I have yet to see it fail and it is exactly what worked for me. You can purchase B6-NIACINAMIDE and other useful products (HERE). LINKS AND REFERENCES: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/artic... http://www.pnas.org/content/79/23/749... http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29... http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/87... http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/72... http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/38... http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11... http://74.125.113.132/search?q=cache:... http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/artic... http://www.clarinet.org/clarinetFestA... http://www.arthritistrust.org/Article... |
AuthorHello, I am Dr. Stephen Stokes, my patients call me Dr. Steve, and my friends call me Steve. So what can plants do for you? Well, the short answer is everything! Keep an open mind and discover what you have been missing. Please share this information with everyone you know. Categories
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