United Brachial Plexus Network

<t><br/> Dear Anne,<br/> Were the specialists that you consulted bpi or nuerologists ? Did they say if there was the same effect on nevre shrinkage if it was nmes or tes? Now I'm not so sure it would be good for my son.It's so hard to sort through all the pros and cons and conflicting medical opinio...

<t>"What your doctor doesn't know about nutritional medicine may be killing you" is a book written by Dr.Ray D. Strand, M.D. His wife suffered chronic fatigue and fibromyalgia and being a M.D. who didn't really believe in nutritional medicine he sought out the best medical care the USA had to offer ...

<t>You mentioned the e-stim shrinks nerves? I have not heard about this can you tell me more? This sounds like a negative side effect of e-stim. I am just looking into starting some e-stim and would like to know all the positive and negatives - the only negative I had heard was it can be uncomfortab...

make that "the rest of us too" I should really proof read before I push post.

Francine, you are appreciated and needed more than you'll ever know, you have such amazing strength and depth to not only be so good at taking care of Miai, but to have the capacity to take care of the rest of too! Bless you. VANDA

<t>I thought that tes was to improve circulation and bring the growth hormones to help make sure that the arms don't end up with a difference in bone growth especially length. And this is indeed one of the uses for it.( TES -threshold electrical stimulation doesn't actually cause the muscles to cont...

<t>When I got the 3DCT done I got the hospital to make me ten copies for two dollars a piece on CDs . This allows me to send them to whoever I choose and I can view them myself at home on my regular computer so I can try and see for myself what the Drs. are talking about. Whoever took the images sho...

Thanks for sharing Cindy, I will definitely have to contact Dr.Kozins and check this out. I wonder if it's "too late " for my son as he is 12yrs. but I guess I'll find out. Vanda

<t>Was Mathew dislocated? Whatwere other proceedures recommended for him and how did you rule those out and come to your conclusion? Also how old is your son and did this proceedure improve the posture and how he held the arm? How did he hold his arm before surgery? It sounds like this may be anothe...