Essential oils
Essential oils
A woman at work keeps trying to convince me that essential oils can help my nerves grow faster. Anyone here know anything about these?
Re: Essential oils
can you say SCAM!!!!!
LOL
daniel
LOL
daniel
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marieke
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- Joined: Fri Apr 01, 2005 6:00 pm
- Injury Description, Date, extent, surgical intervention etc: LOBPI
no external rotation against gravity, can only go to 90 degree fwd flexion, no hand-to-mouth
1 surgery at age 14 (latissimus dorsi transfer). In 2004, at age 28 I was struck with Transverse Myelitis which paralyzed me from the chest down. I recovered movement to my right leg, but need a KAFO to walk on my left leg. I became an RN in 2008. - Location: Montreal, Qc, Canada
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Re: Essential oils
Exactly.. it's BS. BUT Vitamin B12 is good for nerve growth/health. You might want to check your levels (blood test) or just buy some at the pharmacy and take a pill a day. One Vit B12 pill won't hurt you and may help..
Marieke RN
33, LOBPI
Marieke RN
33, LOBPI
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Christopher
- Posts: 845
- Joined: Wed Jun 18, 2003 10:09 pm
- Injury Description, Date, extent, surgical intervention etc: Date of Injury: 12/15/02
Level of Injury:
-dominant side C5, C6, & C7 avulsed. C8 & T1 stretched & crushed
BPI Related Surgeries:
-2 Intercostal nerves grafted to Biceps muscle,
-Free-Gracilis muscle transfer to Biceps Region innervated with 2 Intercostal nerves grafts.
-2 Sural nerves harvested from both Calves for nerve grafting.
-Partial Ulnar nerve grafted to Long Triceps.
-Uninjured C7 Hemi-Contralateral cross-over to Deltoid muscle.
-Wrist flexor tendon transfer to middle, ring, & pinky finger extensors.
Surgical medical facility:
Brachial Plexus Clinic at The Mayo Clinic, Rochester MN
(all surgeries successful)
"Do what you can, with what you have, where you are."
~Theodore Roosevelt - Location: Los Angeles, California USA
Re: Essential oils
Omega-3 fatty acids are very important for nerve conductivity. The Myelin Sheath that surrounds each nerve and insulates it, enables it to conduct its signals. There have been studies that show that the lack of Omega-3s can hinder the Myelins ability. 60% of the brain weight is fat, this fat helps the relay of signals and communications between neurons, with out it we're screwed.
To be on the safe side, I'd be loading up on Omega-3s. When I started doing that (3 years post injury) my depression finally started lifting, which may be due to the fact I was taking a more well rounded better care of my self. I take it regularly now, but wish I'd been taking immediately after my accident . If you read up on it, there are many other benefits from taking it as well.
Good Luck,
Christopher
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/10793236
http://jn.nutrition.org/cgi/content/full/129/1/207
PS also if someone wants to contribute by proving or disproving any information that is trying to be shared or understood, it'd help if it is backed up by an explanation of personal experience, or an actual study. We've all got opinions, and its great to share them, but peoples lives are on the line here with these injuries, so we might want to think twice before coughing up an answer (just me opinion
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To be on the safe side, I'd be loading up on Omega-3s. When I started doing that (3 years post injury) my depression finally started lifting, which may be due to the fact I was taking a more well rounded better care of my self. I take it regularly now, but wish I'd been taking immediately after my accident . If you read up on it, there are many other benefits from taking it as well.
Good Luck,
Christopher
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/10793236
http://jn.nutrition.org/cgi/content/full/129/1/207
PS also if someone wants to contribute by proving or disproving any information that is trying to be shared or understood, it'd help if it is backed up by an explanation of personal experience, or an actual study. We've all got opinions, and its great to share them, but peoples lives are on the line here with these injuries, so we might want to think twice before coughing up an answer (just me opinion
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Thanks for the feedback. I didn't have a lot of faith in what she was saying/selling. I found it ironic that she was so 'gung ho' on these non-FDA Approved oils when we both work in a major pharma company! 
) I have been taking a B complex vitamin, but thanks for the good info on the omega-3s.
thanks!
f.
) I have been taking a B complex vitamin, but thanks for the good info on the omega-3s.thanks!
f.