Old-Wives tale: Wearing Copper on the wrist

[Blackhawks2]

I have heard many people mention that wearing a copper band on your wrist can help alleviate back pain. Normally I would shrug this off as a simple placebo effect, but it seems to be that everyone I speak to who has tried it has attested to it... can anyone relate to this, and what are your thoughts?

 

[`~$$r0x~`]

Well, if you're going to call it an old wives tale, you may as well refer to all complementary therapies like that.

Copper bracelets and magenetised bracelets have been shown in studies to have a positive effect on a persons health and alleviate pains, that's why they are so popular and you can buy them from many places that you wouldn't normally consider a place that deals with complementary therapy products.

Is it simply placebo effect? Well first you have to consider what placebo effect is. The placebo effect is the belief of a condition changing causing the condition to change. In truth, the placebo effect can be as effective (if not more so) than orthodox medications and there is much to be said for "mind over matter". Placebo effect is often looked upon as something negative and therefore not trustworthy, but in truth, it often does have positive benefits and even orthodox treatments for conditions work on the principle of empowering the person to have a more positive belief in getting better in the knowledge that people who want to get better more often do get better far quicker than those who believe that they won't.

Back to the copper bracelets, you may want to look into the area of meridian energy channels and energy flow as the principle behind them is sometimes considered to be rooted in this field of complementary health.

All Love and Reiki Hugs

 

[ovmxdzhc]

I've have two different copper bands, one gold plated. But they both turn my wrist green.

Myarka.

 

[shantel]

Well, if it works for you, why not, it's better for you than voltarol. But much depends what is meant by 'works' (have to leave that door closed for now).

Back pain can be caused by many things, often complex, but it certainly isn't caused by lack of copper bracelets!

In my work I see a lot of cases of back pain, and whilst many are stubborn, I have never had to resort to copper bracelets to make a difference.

I did see one lady who got much worse after wearing a magnetic vest.

Rationale for treatment is seldom one-to-one. Placing metal against the body, or especially IN the body, creates a galvanic effect, it turns us into a half-cell, two kinds of metal and we become a battery, with very unpredictable consequences.

 

[Cybi]

On the subject of placebo, it's part of the broader issue of the role of cognition in physiology, and as such is too important to overlook. Why it's so important to remove this from the clinic is beyond me.

I do get asked if my results are mainly due to placebo. In return I always ask why, if it worked for me, it didn't work for the last practitioner who saw the patient.

 

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Broadly on the topic of wearing a copper bracelet and wrists.

I feel that my career in holistic therapies is just taking off (been trying for about 2 years and finally I'm seeing enough people to get some sort of decent income from) The only thing is that now this is snowballing, my wrist is starting to suffer. There is certain moves that cause too much pressure for it and it lets me know so Ive stopped doing these.

I'm wondering if this is quite common for therapists to endure and is there anything I can do about it for example wrist strengthening exercises, keeping a straight wrist posture or even learning about the 'no hands massage' of using just forearms and elbows.

Has anyone else been though this and what did you do? I feel very lost, it feels like a massive part of the massage isn't top quality.

Any advice would be welcome.

Thanks
Joanna

 

[B.Lieve]

well i can comment about copper but this ladycare magnet down my knickers is doing my hot flushes the world of good not to mention the gales of laughter shared by my girlfriends as they think of new and varied ways of teasing me about shuch things as setting off the metal dectetors at airports, being spent spining round the scanner if i escorted someone to scan, ha ha ha they get more creative each day. Its been worth every penny just for the fun factor xx