bruceb
18th February 2003, 13:32
Dr. Prosper Meniere came up with an observation, while working in a hospital for the insane, about a group of symptoms that appeared to be identified with what he thought was hearing displaying a ringing or fullness of the ears, malaise, paranoia, schitzofrenia, and a whole group of identifiable symptoms that became known as Meniere's disease.
If that wasn't bad enough, a case of Bell's palsy on the right side,then on the left side of my face left me with trigeminal neuralgia, to which more drugs were prescribed.
I spent nearly four years increasing the drug dosages or changing to newer more effective drug treatments, only to find that diet, acupuncture and electrical stimulation of facial nerves were the way to attain some relief. It was not by the methods of denying either eastern or western medicine, but finding a balance of the two.
At this time, minimum drig dosages, and being able to miss days of taking drug dosages have shown there to be a dramatic improvement from researching and applying many eastern diagnosis for prevailing symptoms manifested by these conditions.
In the eastern thought, there are other concerns as to the circulation of the bodys ki/chi, and some of this is done with physical treatments for ailments that are obvious, and personal efforts of stretching or mental exercises that enhance the mind to tell the body to get better.
Western medicine is adopting some of these ideas in the form of trying to make the environment of a hospital more friendly, and the people you deal with when you are ill attluned to your needs. This environment reducing stress, the individual given reinforcement, and the pain/stress of the illness is lessoned.
In terms of deterioration for my conditions, practicing or participating in class is sometimes equal to hitting the dehydration wall of a hot summer day, or having an asmatic attack the physically sidelines me from practice.
In terms of doing Budo when it must be done in moderation, or the practice modified with rest periods ..... what are the thoughts of Budo and the Body in light of a 50 year old man doing some of the practice like a 30 year old man, then reaching a point where he must sit out like an 80 year old man? Are there other concerns I should be aware of that I have not considered?
If that wasn't bad enough, a case of Bell's palsy on the right side,then on the left side of my face left me with trigeminal neuralgia, to which more drugs were prescribed.
I spent nearly four years increasing the drug dosages or changing to newer more effective drug treatments, only to find that diet, acupuncture and electrical stimulation of facial nerves were the way to attain some relief. It was not by the methods of denying either eastern or western medicine, but finding a balance of the two.
At this time, minimum drig dosages, and being able to miss days of taking drug dosages have shown there to be a dramatic improvement from researching and applying many eastern diagnosis for prevailing symptoms manifested by these conditions.
In the eastern thought, there are other concerns as to the circulation of the bodys ki/chi, and some of this is done with physical treatments for ailments that are obvious, and personal efforts of stretching or mental exercises that enhance the mind to tell the body to get better.
Western medicine is adopting some of these ideas in the form of trying to make the environment of a hospital more friendly, and the people you deal with when you are ill attluned to your needs. This environment reducing stress, the individual given reinforcement, and the pain/stress of the illness is lessoned.
In terms of deterioration for my conditions, practicing or participating in class is sometimes equal to hitting the dehydration wall of a hot summer day, or having an asmatic attack the physically sidelines me from practice.
In terms of doing Budo when it must be done in moderation, or the practice modified with rest periods ..... what are the thoughts of Budo and the Body in light of a 50 year old man doing some of the practice like a 30 year old man, then reaching a point where he must sit out like an 80 year old man? Are there other concerns I should be aware of that I have not considered?