nerve damage after a minor op

[Daniel T]

My friend has just had a lump removed from the side of her neck, the good news is that the results have come back as all clear, but she's been told she will have permanent nerve damage down her arm and across her chest a little bit.

I gave her a reflexology treatment to help her anxiety whilst waiting for the results which really helped. Now I wonder if I can help with the nerve damage, as she's been told there's nothing to be done!

Does anyone have experience of treating a client with nerve damage?
Any pointers gratefully received. thank you

 

[swerrinna]

Hi,
About your friend, what doctors call nerve damage is usually a blocked meridian, and these can often be easily cleared. Sounds like it might be the Triple Heater / Pericadium meridians that have been affected. She could try acupuncture . Hope that helps.
Cassandra

 

[VivaLaVida]

Do you have any evidence for this?

 

[TurBreeaiu]

Yes, AcuEnergetics and I'm sure Acupuncturists, treatments have shown this to be true. It is explained in the book The Psychology of the Body by Kevin Farrow.

 

[Aerohead]

You should publish your results of solving "permanent" nerve damage.

Also, publish the evidence that 'meridians' exist, because as yet, there is ZERO. (Im presuming you mean 'chi energy').

Of course, these are two separate issues. (whether a therapy works or not doesnt prove the existence of 'chi').

 

[Charter]

Yes, it would be good but I dont have the time right now however the school & clinic in Australia may do this.
As for the proof of the existence of meridians, most practitioners dont consider they need proof, having been documented for 1000's of years and been used to effectively treat many complaints during this time. People, including western doctors and acupuncturists, feel them (often for the first time) when we 'open' them energetically for them. If you need proof of their existence then start reading the literature on them. Its fascinating.

 

[Pompal 09.]

Bunchie
whether something can recover or not depends on the various obstacles to healing, whatever they are in each case. Surgery involves structural change, whether this includes actual destruction of nerve tissue, from here we couldn't say, obviously. Some kinds of trauma to nerves do repair and recover, others do not. Anything you can do to help living tissue to get what it needs may make a difference, and what harm is there? None.

So I would say no harm in trying, lack of evidence-base is only a contraindication if you're about to do something dangerous, like cut out more tissue with a knife or poison the patient with drugs. It's not an appropriate requirement for what you're proposing to do, providing your patient understands this comes with no guarantees then it's their choice, they may feel it's worth a shot, there's not enough evidence to justify denying them that chance.

 

[Jarvis]

thanks to all for your advice and comments.
I'll be giving her regular reflexology treatments soon

I'll suggest she looks into Acupuncture, as it's certainly worth a try. It's always good to keep an open mind, I feel. I'll post any updates on her condition too.

Bunchie x

 

[Natalie ?]

I agree its fascinating, but I just found your statement very worrying, in the sense "what doctors call nerve damage is usually a blocked meridian", when the reality is what a neurosurgeon calls nerve damage IS actually nerve damage. It just sounded like an "ignore the doctor" type statement.
I agree there could a "blocked" psychological impact from such predictament which could be helped via a range of therapies.
The more I learn about recovering from ill health, trauma etc the more I feel the meridian theory is most likely a mistaken detection for collections of muscular movements/texture etc, which is not a comment on the effectiveness of any therapy (as I found reflex excellent).

 

[Yakov Smirnov]

Hi Matty

You may be right about quote "..meridian theory is most likely a mistaken detection for collections of muscular movements/texture etc.." and that may be one explanation. There is research into meridian lines and acu-points, but I can't quite quote the sources and information at the mo. Off the top of my head, acu-points are areas of low electrical resistance. There is a recent research that consider acupuncture meridians are channels of hydrouronic acid within connective tissues and that stimulation of connective tissue acts as a secondary nervous system with various electrical transmission times, which can be faster or slow than the nervous system. Also there has been research where radioactive isotropes with been injected into a person and then been MRI scanned. The scan showed lines similar to traditional acupuncture meridians. Recent research in Belgium (according to a university lecturer I was talking to the other day) showed thermal temperature changes in blood along the "Lung meridian" when acupuncture was used on a point along that meridian.

As for Qi (Chi), I see it as term to relate many functions together - electro, chemical, mechanical, and forms of energy we may not be able to measure yet. For example, cellular respiration generates a form of Qi and that powers the body. Call it ATP* if you want be scientific, but it is still a form of Qi. And what makes the body animate? If you stick food into a corpse and move its arms and legs, it doesn't make it alive! Lol So what is it that drives life and allows an organism to self-heal?

Best Wishes

RP

*Adenosine triphosphate