posted April 21, 2011 11:29 PM            

Did they work for you? or not?

posted April 22, 2011 11:27 PM            

what site did you order from?

posted April 22, 2011 11:36 PM            

That's where I got it from.. There's a special here that's really good if you're wanting to get the large plage, small plate, and a disk to use as a necklace..

http://www.purpleplates.com/cart/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=65&products_ id=298

I was rather impressed with them myself, but I don't have any pain issues. I'd also recommend this book on one of the best pain management programs.. it involves putting attention on and breathing through parts of your body (like the corpse pose in yoga only I think the breathing effect is actually healing). It's based on buddhist meditation techniques and actually involves meditation. It has a very high success rate in treating severe chronic pain when followed.

http://www.amazon.com/Full-Catastrophe-Living-Wisdo m-Illness/dp/0385303122/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1303529688&sr=8-1

Here are some of the stats for efficacy rates for MBSR. I recall seeing other stats that were more optimistic, but it's still one of the best pain management programs out there with users continuing body scans/meditations long after the program ends.

Pain:
- 1/2 of patients >> 50% decrease
- 2/3 of patients >> 33% decrease
- significant increase in life activities
Medical symptoms (MSCL):
- 1/2 of patients >> 33% decrease
- 1/3 of patients >> 50% decrease
Psychological symptoms (GSI):
- 1/2 of patients >> 33% decrease
- 1/3 of patients >> 50% decrease
Mood symptoms (TMD):
- 2/3 of patients >> 50% decrease
- 3/4 of patients >> 33% decrease

And another more optimistic study with the parameters.. (sorry for going off topic!)

In another pain study, two groups of pain patients were compared. All 42 people in this study were being treated in the hospital’s pain clinic using standard medical protocols as well as supportive therapies such as physical therapy. But one group of 21 patients also participated in the MBSR program in addition to their pain clinic treatments, while the other group had not yet been referred to the stress clinic. Both groups were followed over a ten week period, the MBSR participants between the time they started and the time they finished the stress clinic; the other group between the time they started their pain clinic treatments and ten weeks later.

The Clinical Use of Mindfulness Meditation for the Self-Regulation of Chronic Pain

•Kabat-Zinn, J.
•Journal of Behavioral Medicine
•1985
Results

Pain:
- 3/4 of patients >> 33% decrease in pain
- 1/2 of patients >> 50% decrease in pain
- 44% of patients >> decreased analgesic use
- 28% of patients >> discontinued analgesics
Mood:
- 1/2 of patients >> 33% decrease
- 1/3 of patients >> 50% decrease
Compliance:
- 70% still meditating at follow-up
Pain Clinic comparison group:
- no significant improvement

posted April 23, 2011 11:32 AM            

I totally agree with breathing the pain out.....esp with yoga stretches, it helps but still need a bit more of something, Im hoping the plates will be that

posted April 27, 2011 09:02 PM            

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Originally posted by Randall:
They do somehow dematerialize. I had an original one (still carry it with me) and a new EIP stamped one that I held together with a rubber band. The original one ate the new one! It just went POOF!

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Your kidding? I really need me some purple plates then!