| RSI pain relief - How I became free from RSI | | | | work. |
| pain in 20 minutes. | | | | Other than having worked as a receptionist, |
| Hi, my name is Dagmar and I am 35 years of | | | | cleaning was the only thing I was really good at |
| age. | | | | and that gave me satisfaction. But now I couldn't |
| Please note: I am not a medical doctor, nor a | | | | do it anymore. |
| scientist. The contents of this article are therefore | | | | Since having left cleaning I have undertaken other |
| not to be used as a cure for RSI and/or | | | | types of work which haven't required as much |
| Fibromayalgia. It is a report about my personal | | | | use of my hands to give them the opportunity to |
| experience with something I like to call a | | | | relax and settle down. But still I would get pains |
| “wonder treatment” for terrible pain and I | | | | from just working the computer for more than |
| sincerely hope to be able to help others becoming | | | | 10 minutes. |
| pain free too. | | | | After that I worked at a commercial laundry for |
| My pains first started in July of 2005, whilst | | | | 9 months during which time the pain resurfaced. I |
| working in Housekeeping at a Holiday resort. It | | | | took painkillers and went on with my duties. I |
| started as RSI (repetitive strain injury) from | | | | knew though that things would get bad again. |
| making beds, cleaning showers/bathrooms and | | | | For most of this year I had been suffering from |
| dusting all day long. I informed my supervisor of | | | | tendonitis. Vacuuming for only 20 minutes brought |
| this pain I was feeling and they sent me straight | | | | great pain to my arm and shoulders and it would |
| to the doctor. The doctor advised me there was | | | | last for days. It was around this time that I was |
| not much he could do, and he commenced with | | | | introduced to a natural food supplement by my |
| giving me steroid injections every three months, | | | | mother. She read about the sometimes incredible |
| so I could go on without too much pain. It was | | | | effects it has on various auto-immune disorders |
| great being able to get the injections as I was | | | | and pains. I took three (capsules) straight away |
| able to keep working. | | | | and within 20 minutes, the pain was gone |
| I could always feel it though when the injections | | | | completely! (I kid you not!) |
| were running out and I was due for another shot. | | | | I had strong shoulder pains that morning before |
| At one point the pain got so bad that I had to | | | | taking the supplement and it was gone. Mum |
| take a week off work. I couldn't hold anything in | | | | couldn't believe it and neither could I but it was |
| my right hand anymore. Sleeping was a nightmare | | | | true! Now I am vacuuming for long periods and |
| as I wasn't able to get my hand comfortable. Any | | | | doing 5-hour long cleans without a single pain in |
| kind of twisting of the hand would send sharp | | | | my wrist and arms. It's incredible! I am taking 2 |
| pains up my arm. Well… if you suffer from the | | | | capsules a day for maintenance and when I go |
| same thing, you know what I mean. | | | | out cleaning I take 3 capsules before I leave. That |
| I continued with the steroid injections and | | | | is enough to keep me absolutely pain free, the |
| occasional painkillers until it got unbearable. I was 2 | | | | whole day. |
| years into the injections and at my new place of | | | | The supplement also helped restore and rebuilt |
| employment (still cleaning) when I had to give it all | | | | the muscle tissue of my arms, shoulders and |
| up. After heavy days of cleaning, my upper arm | | | | wrists. It also cleared the inflammation, which |
| would swell up so much and I'd be left feeling like | | | | caused these terrible pains. Who could have |
| my arm had been severely beaten up. An | | | | dreamed that something like this existed? |
| inflammation had developed and the doctor | | | | I love it and swear by it! |
| suggested that with continual use of the | | | | You don’t have to suffer from terrible pain |
| injections, I would suffer the consequences down | | | | either. You could be pain free too. |
| the track so he recommended I seek alternative | | | | |