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Case #1
Wrist Injury

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Normal Anatomical Structure of the Wrist, Hand, and Fingers

Accident History

This is a 23 year old motocross racer who avulsed and medially dislocated the right navicular wrist bone when he impacted with the front face of a triple jump on 05-05-01. He initially complained of deep right pain (10/10) to the carpal tissue area with noted bruising, discoloration, & swelling. Resting pain present was (8-10/10) that increased to 10/10 with motion or movement. Also there was marked restriction in his right wrist joint range of motion. There was a marked right wrist joint movement apprehensive response present ,as well. Discoloration to right palmer midline surface in carpal region was noted.

Initial Self-Help Treatment

He followed the guidelines of the RICES-rule, as well as applied Ceramic Magnets above and below the injured site using the north pole surfaces to arrest the trauma.

Let's review both
RICES-S Rule
1. R = Rest (place the injury a state of physiological rest & stay off of it)
2. I = Ice (apply cold therapy to the involved site)
3. I = Immobilization (movement or motion will worsen an existing injury)
4. C = Compression (use a support wrap or elastic ace bandage)
5. E = Elevation (keep injury in a raised position allowing gravity to help remove the
swelling and edema)
6. S = treat for body’s shifts in electrical energy caused by the shock (see below)
S = correctly fit a support product such as splint, crutches, etc.

Ceramic Magnets
For Broken Bones
In off-road motorcycle raci41 broken bones occur often and the following treatment procedure was found to be extremely effective in arresting and assisting the body to heal the fracture both faster and better than present day conventional "Outdated" procedures. This procedure requires 2, N-1 and/or 2, N-2 magnets. Initially, the north poles of both magnets are used. Following approximately two weeks you will change to pole settings to South, unless a non-union formation occurs. I have repeatedly found that when the body no longer needs the North poles, they will begin to produce an increasing pain condition at the fracture site. And, the longer they stay on, the greater the pain becomes, until the individual can no longer stand it and must remove them. This exact point in the healing process marks the end of passive congestion and demarks the fibro (soft tissue) and osteo (hard tissue) plastic and aplastic formations. This soft tissue point of regeneration demarks the exact point to reverse the magnetic fields to South Pole surfaces.

Place the North Pole surfaces, of two different N-1 magnets, on opposite sides of the fracture site, and gently secure them with an ace bandage, tape, etc,

Treatment times will vary from 30 to 45 minutes, two to four times per day, to continuously during the first few weeks. If the magnetic field generated by the two magnets controls or eliminates the pain longer treatment times are well within normal limits.

X-rays

Now let's take a look at what a dislocated and displaced navicular (lunate) bone looks like. Notice in the x-rays distal to the ulnar bone there is a translucent space indication the absents of the lunate or navicular bone. Upon closer examination you will see the navicular bone overlapped on top of the scaphoid, trapezium, and capitate bone structures.

Initial x-rays taken before surgery. Note the evolved and dislocated navicular bone.

Following reconstruction surgery the repair looked like this.

Treatment protocol included the following:

1. Diapulse (involved and uninvolved wrist) & common iliac artery Rt & Lt legs
The pulse frequency was 600 and a poser setting of 6 for a minimum time of 30 minutes to both the dorsal and plantar surfaces of his wrist three times per day (TID). For more information of the Diapulse see Diapulse and Diapulse Treatment Protocols.

2. Skin Brushing (cross over and over flow).
Skin brushing was self applied many times per day to the opposite side (contralateral), as well as above and below the injured site on the effected side.

3. Rehab Exercise Program
Rehabilitation exercising was employed immediately upon his arrival to the uninvolved or side contralateral side. Surgical tubing provided the isotonic full range of resistant motion following the methodology outlined in this chapter.

Contralateral or uninvolved side wrist supenation and pronation exercising

4. Spineolator

5. Cervical & thoracic spinal manipulation

6. Reflexology (both feet to knees)
Reflexology was employed twice the first week of treatment to activate the unity of body harmony and functionability

7. Orthotics
The rider tested positive on two different occasion for custom molded arch supports orthotics utilizing the taped arches technique. Both times there was marked improvement in muscle strength to both upper extremities, as well as a notable improvement in circulation to the effected arm as measured by skin blanching recovery response times.

8. Solomon's Seal
Solomon's seal was used three times per day initially followed by a reduction to once a day at the end of the initial five day time period.

9. Hypnosis
Hypnosis and neuro linguistic programming were employed several times through the course of the treatments to improve the quality of tissue repair as well as the speed of tissue regeneration and recovery.

Case #1 Wrist Injury

Case #1
Wrist Injury