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Case #2
Wrist Injury 

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Accident History
This is a 34 year old motocross racer who fractured the left lateral distal aspect of his radial bone when he fell after hitting a kicker bump on the evening of 05-22-0.  In the initial phone call  he complained of:
1. Pain (6/10) to his right forehead crown region where his head impacted with the ground. 
    He also complained of a headache associated to the same cranial area.  

2.  Left forearm, wrist, and hand deep tissue pain (10/10) with noted bruising, discoloration,
     & swelling.  Resting pain present (8/10) that increased to 10/10 with motion and marked
     restriction in its range of motion.  Marked left wrist movement apprehensive response
     present.  Discoloration to left palmer midline surface in carpal region. 

3. And a deep tissue bruise like pain to his right lateral-anterior abdominal area just below
    his rib cage. 
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.  He said that he always carried these self-help treatment tools in his rider bag. 

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 Magnetics 
Broken Bones & Fractures
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in arresting and assisting the body to heal the fracture both faster and better than present day conventional "Outdated" procedures.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.

North Pole Surfaces of both N-1 magnets are in direct contact with the skin over the injury. And in the image on the right you can see the south pole surface of this N-1 ceramic magnet.

Non-Unions - (Pseudoarthosis) such as Collar Bone Fractures.
The most common non-union fracture occurs to the collar (clavicle) bone. Following its fracture, the ends of the bone will not align up, but rather, overlap each other. Surgical procedures have had basically zero success with anatomical alignment by places or pins. For that reason I do not recommend surgery for the clavicle. The recommended procedure for approximating the alignment of a collar bone fracture is the use of a figure 8 belt. The belt will be applied around both shoulder-arm junctions, extending the shoulders backwards, and then buckling and fixing that shoulder position. When the shoulders are retracted the broken sections of the clavicle approximate each other.

Treatment - Place the North Pole surface of the magnet directly over the fracture site initially, as much or long as possible. As tolerances will allow, lie the individual down, face up, placing an N-2 magnet behind the shoulder directly opposite the fracture while placing an N-1 directly on the fracture site.

Initial Examinational findings from observation

Note the skin discoloration and swelling to his left forearm, wrist and thumb.  But also notice how very little discoloration (bruising & hematoma) and swelling there is 12 hours after the injury using the RICES-S rule and ceramic magnets. 
X-rays




Diapulse Treatment

For more information of the Diapulse and treatment protocols see Diapulse and Diapulse Treatment Protocols.
Head Injury & Diapulse Treatment

Note no skin discoloration to his right forehead area but palpation showed the area to be very pressure pain sensitive and exacerbated his headache pain from 6/10 top 8/10 momentarily. 

Wrist Bracing                

6" elastic wrist brace with a metal stay

This 6" elastic wrist brace with a metal stay  and comes in small, medium, and large for both the right and left wrist.  In my raci41 experience I have found this particular wrist brace the one most preferred by the riders. I use it for both recovery (rehab) treatment and care as well as prevention (prehab) protective gear.  This 6" elastic wrist brace can be purchased from our bookstore or phone 843-669-5795.

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.

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.
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