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[–]JasonCarswellDAT Mod[S] 1 insightful - 2 fun1 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 2 fun -  (14 children)

My brother's a chiropractor. He uses electro-thingies and magnets and all sorts of stuff a lot. Don't know if that kind of stuff might help at all.

Buddha says life is suffering. Largely I'd agree, but not entirely.

[–]Area_88 4 insightful - 4 fun4 insightful - 3 fun5 insightful - 4 fun -  (2 children)

Buddha says life is suffering. Largely I'd agree

Completely disagree with him on that.

Life is pure bliss.

The suffering is our inability to cope with the fact that that bliss comes in a limited edition and needs to be washed and sometimes cooked first to be enjoyed.

[–]JasonCarswellDAT Mod[S] 1 insightful - 2 fun1 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 2 fun -  (1 child)

No matter how much bliss you have, no one is exempt from suffering, so your bliss can never be pure.

If you knew anything about legit suffering you'd have more respect for it.

Life is not good. Life is not a bitch. Life is bittersweet.

[–]Area_88 2 insightful - 2 fun2 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

No matter how much bliss you have, no one is exempt from suffering, so your bliss can never be pure.

That's like saying sugar can never be sweet, because everyone receives it as a dirty sack of corn, and once it's finished, it's finished.

In medieval times, sugar was worth gold. Because it was so scarce, not despite of it. 😉

If you knew anything about legit suffering you'd have more respect for it.

If you knew anything about legit suffering, you'd have less.

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electro-thingies

TENs units. Another thing it boggles my mind how anyone could properly fit electrodes without knowing that biofeedback.

Never got to say biofeedback so many times. TENs units are awesome.

[–]JasonCarswellDAT Mod[S] 2 insightful - 2 fun2 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 2 fun -  (2 children)

Yes those are them. I've never seen them written. My bro's expert at kinesiology and anatomy. I know first hand he takes it slow with the TENs and other things. He's there to help, not hurt.

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I just don't see how anyone is going to know where to put those things, ideally, besides the patient.

[–]JasonCarswellDAT Mod[S] 1 insightful - 2 fun1 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

The patient won't likely understand anatomy as well, what's important to work on and what's important to avoid. Somethings you do NOT want to figure out via trial-by-error.

[–][deleted] 2 insightful - 2 fun2 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 2 fun -  (3 children)

My brother's a chiropractor

I would NEVER trust another person to do these things to me. I have immediate biofeedback for everything I do, how could anyone possibly do it better?

On a related note, if you ever need an earwax cleaning I recommend you buy an ear loop and do it yourself very carefully. Biofeedback can help keep your eardrum from being punctured.

[–]JasonCarswellDAT Mod[S] 1 insightful - 2 fun1 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 2 fun -  (2 children)

I mention it because the professional gadgets he has have are now largely abundantly available for lesser versions and home use. My Mom even has some now. I don't know if magnets or electric shocks are what your knee needs, but maybe. I'd say "couldn't hurt" but that would be wrong, maybe doubly so.

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They're not lesser versions. It's just now thanks to China you can buy what was a $300 unit for $20. The absolute best, money is no object, version I found was only $120.

I use them. It's not perfect but it's a tool in the box.

[–]JasonCarswellDAT Mod[S] 1 insightful - 2 fun1 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

They are lesser. My brother's are industrial with strong wires, used many times daily - one in each room. My Mom's is light and portable and is not meant to be durable nor used more than once a day.

[–][deleted] 2 insightful - 2 fun2 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 2 fun -  (2 children)

Buddha says life is suffering.

Buddha says, suffering exists, it has a cause and an end, there is a way to make it stop existing. The four noble truths.

Buddha was a perfectionist. He had rejected already existing techniques because they require reinforcement.

[–]JasonCarswellDAT Mod[S] 1 insightful - 2 fun1 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 2 fun -  (1 child)

Some suffering won't stop until you stop existing.

I don't recall the techniques. I studied Zen Buddhism 29 years ago at university, and then thereafter, but forgot much of it. Still like it the best of all religions, as my statue collection attests.

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Some suffering won't stop until you stop existing.

Suffering is produced by the mind. Find the cause, show it to the mind, never suffer again. Buddhism simplified.

I don't recall the techniques.

Yoga, it's India. Let the mind know it can produce pleasure, enjoy the result.