Interesting convention Mr. Rose. Spinal Cord Injuries remain a paradox only because two people injured in the same spot can have equal or different effects. Rarely are two injuries identical and their effects are just as different. Blame the medical industry, blame the hospitals, blame the nurses, blame the medicines and blame the ambulance. I've also witnessed a couple of cases that were 3-5 post injury on C 4/5 Quads that fully recovered and released by their doctors who scratched their combined head and reviewed all of their MRIs and Xrays. So I continue to learn and learn. Best Wishes In a message dated 10/10/2010 3:09:21 P.M. Central Daylight Time, [email protected] writes:
I am classified a incomplete quad, C4C5. Based on my own personal experience I am theorizing that in regard to spinal cord injury the pinched water hose effect is much more common than currently believed. I believe that this does not occur only at the injury sight but as a side effect it can result at the base of the spine as well. My theory is that upon injury of the spinal cord the nervous system in shock tries to retract back within itself and in the process puts a pull on the muscle it’s embedded in. This can result in a vise like effect on the nerves at the base of the spine given the joints and strong muscles in that area, thus the pinched water hose effect. My supporting evidence is myself and the notes I have from when that area finally really opened up on me. I do not need the medical communities support in this respect for myself as I have opened up there through my own r elentless work. It is thirty years since my injury and I am experiencing muscular change in all quadrants, how much is yet to be known. I present this knowing there has to be other spinal cord injured whose recovery is being restricted by this same condition. Think what it could mean for both old and newly injured. A obvious indicator, the knee bones appear torqued inward. I am approaching the point were the evidence of this theory will be undeniable in my case. Botox targeting what I am claiming specifically could prove effective. I am guessing the muscles that rotate the hip and knee inward should be targeted. The botox I received was not targeted based on this theory as the theory did not exist.. Knowing what ones trying to accomplish and having me available to consult about my own experience pioneering my way through this should make it much easier for those that might follow. Working up from a long downed nervous system is a interesting experience to say the least. This is a cheap easy harmless thing to run trials on or some of us can just try it for ourselves. At this point I am not saying this is a cure however I personally am experiencing significant physical benefit. I personally experienced two surges of nerve releases that there was no mistaking for anything else. If more of us experience this the medical community will have to raise there heads to it How many spinal cord injured have these hidden inward spiral twists in the limbs of there body and a lot of muscle pulled tight to there mid section? Until nerves were released I was unaware of these conditions in me. What percentage of the spinal cord injured would benefit from more open nerve passages if the strong torque holding these twists was removed? NOTES Keep in mind that my notes will be bazar to the non spinal cord injured and that my body has been locked in a contorted position for thirty years. It’ s taking some doing for muscles, joints and such to fire up, break loose, pull out and adjust. Pre July, 2010 About three years ago being 2006, 2007 while getting botox shots I made the association between small stringy electrically charged pulls in my groin area and muscles elsewhere in my body responding in some way. We had minimal success achieving what we were targeting physically. Botox treatment was discontinued. Looking back improvement may have come fast had we known what has been revealed to me while working through this. Though unintended the botox I did receive did start me on the slow path to were I am now. I continued to intensely flex, stretch and work my groin area and these sensations inside me that started while I was on botox have slowly progressed even without more botox. I sensed inactive muscle activate from time to time but not much I could really make use of. Not until late summer 2010 after the only two huge surges of nerve releases came from my crotch area have things progressed internally to were improvement is becoming externally evident. Useful exercise aids have been a spring bar, a piece of PCV tubing between my thighs or knees, my cane as a bar, lever or hook and my stand at stretching bars. Mid July 2010 A big muscle in my back started to move. I got a big surge of nerves releasing causing muscles throughout my torso to very quickly completely move to new positions, some seemed to unravel, some seemed to untangle, some seemed to take on new shapes. Previously I could not actually feel these muscles. Mid August 2010 I got my second and latest big surge of nerves being released. My right hip and knee seemed to release somewhat especially the inward torque at the knee. There was a surge of muscles in my legs doing the same thing the muscles in my torso did in mid July. There were also sensations of webby membranes and elastic like cords. I would find myself feeling tight places that I had little sense of tightness prior. Late August 2010 I got the sensation that the whole mass of my torso released forward and out to the sides hinging from my spine kind of like a book opening with my spine as the binding. My buttocks and hip turned outward some as well. I encountered a few more stages of this over following weeks. I became aware of more of those tingly webs I talked about. I started sensing more things within me, muscles and stretchy cords that needed to be pumped out, Muscles that seemed to have turned to a solid that needed to be broken loose, broken up and worked up. I started sensing twists in my body that previously I was completely unaware of, most notable an inward spiral twist through my upper and lower right quadrants and to a lesser degree in my lower left quadrant. Sept 2010 Spent this month working up, pulling out and stretching all I’ve talked about so far. More and more muscles are moving all the time in all four quadrants of my body. They seem to go through multiple stages as they return. I get the sense my body is folding open from the spine in stages as well. Much of the muscle within me has became pliable. I have made progress removing the twists in my body but am unable to keep them out permanently yet. At this point I’m still finding there is always something new needing work on top of what already needs it. Functionally I am starting to notice improvement and expect much more with time if I get all the new muscles I am now aware of worked up and the twists I encounter pulled out permanently bringing back joints alignment. Right now a lot of areas on my body that had felt hard all these years feels soft but I am aware of hard spots within me that generally turn out to be muscle that is not active yet. Beginning Oct 2010 In some movements I’m still encountering restricting cords and membranes that muscles can work and stretch but are unable to completely pull out yet. Much of the muscle movement throughout me feels like soft thick moving gel. I continue to work at pulling the spiral twists out of each side of my body. Standing my legs feel much solider under me however there is a lot of changes happening through my mid section and buttocks so it may be awhile till my walking improves. The twist in my right shoulder is pretty stubborn so it could be awhile till I can get the two arm motions I am after most.
