Does this actually work?

[cherise]

Some time back a friend told me about a new type of alternative self-help. It was nothing very special, just a way of curing minor aches and pains. But it still seemed interesting, so if anyone knows about it, could you tell me if it really works?

Anyway, the idea of the treatment was to select some object in your vicinity that appealed to you (He talked a lot about finding something with the right vibrations, I didn't understand all of it). Then you should hold that object against your ear, and wait until you felt "in tune" with it. After that you'd hold it against the body part that was troubling you, and the pain would go away.

It could be really useful if it works, especially for me, since I tend to develop little cramps and cricks during yoga. But when I've tried it, I haven't been able to tell if it's really been working, or if I was just imagining it, or if I was doing it wrong.

So does anyone here know if it really works? Or does anyone feel like trying it, so we can compare notes on it?

 

[Magenta]

Does this therapy have a name?

It sounds like some sort of Neuro-Linguistic Programming (NLP) type technique or a little like Psyche-K(tm) (see here for more info on Psyche-K [link=http://www.wonderfullywell.com/]http://www.wonderfullywell.com/[/link])

There's no reason, by the sounds of it,why it shouldn't work, although the information you have given is very brief. It's not something I've tried myself.

Love and Reiki Hugs

 

[ThatBoyThamer]

It would be interesting to know more - sounds like picking a crystal - although why would you hold it to your ear specifically?

 

[Mike J Kobe for MVP!!]

Try it - if it works for you thenfine! Its horses for courses. There will be no side effects, so have a go with an open mind. We often don't know how these things work, but they do The medical profession is constantly berating homeopathy because they cant prove there is anything in the pill to work. But it does work especially on problems that the Medical profession wont/or cant treat.

 

[daniellemariex]

It probable has a name, but I don't remember him saying what it was. It just came up as part of a discussion about easy-to-use self-help techniques.
It supposedly works if you hold it against any part of your head, but the ear is best. I dunno why, but I suppose it makes sense if you want to pick up its vibrations. That's the best explanation I can come up with, anyway.

It seems to work when I try it, but not very well. So I'm trying to figure out if I'm just doing something wrong, or if it's simply ineffective. That's why I'd like to find someone else who's tried it too.