United Brachial Plexus Network, Inc.

Something for anyone interested to check into....
http://www.energetic-medicine.net/scenar.html
This is a link about SCENAR THERAPY. My therapist has been using this with me and I have had a HUGE decrease in pain!! There are few places in the United States that have this machine and are using it, but in Europe it's more widely used! Any more information needed, email me or post here! Good luck to everyone!
~Courtney xoxo

hi courtney
glad to hear you're getting some pain relief. I'm really interested in the SCENAR therapy, I found a site about it a year or so ago and as it was just after I'd watched a BBC documentary saying that the key to the body's self-repair is stimulation of neuropeptides, which is what SCENAR claims to do, it sounded promising. The programme made the point that the body cells soon learn to ignore regular pulses from a stimulator, but this device varies the pulse according to biofeedback, making it difficult for the body to ignore. I've never spoken to anyone who's used it before and there are a million miracle therapies out there, so it became just another thing I found on the internet-until you made this post! It is supposed to actually encourage regrowth of cells and self-repair, so it's interesting to me that despite your diagnosis of avulsions you have had some functional recovery. It is now known that repair of avulsions is one of the best forms of pain relief in tbpi. So, to me, either the initial diagnosis was wrong, or this therapy actually works. What does your therapist have to say about this? Are you doing other therapies that could have accounted for your great progress? Whether it was the SCENAR or not, I'm glad for you that things are progressing so well.
Thanks for posting, maybe one day something like this will be the answer for us, meantime please keep us updated on your progress, you're like a guinea pig for the rest of us :0)
take care Jen NZ

Jen,
So far so good with the scenar therapy. I am getting it once a week for about 25 minutes at therapy. The machine does work with bio feedback, which is what really makes it different than a TENS unit or an e-stem machine. As the machine is going over your arm, the area that needs the stimulation the most, the skin turns red. Then my therapist will work with that area. My doctorsthought that C5 was avulsed but not I am not showing signs of that at all and my deltoid is returning!!! YEAH!!! I do ROM exercises and a few pully (sp?) excercises for my shoulder but thats about it anymore. I have gone back to the gym as well and just the cardio even makes me feel better which makes my hand feel better! Who knows whats making my muscles return but I am greatful and keeping up with this! I think if you can find someone near you that you should try it out and see! It's very relaxing and helps a great deal with the pain! I will keep you informed!
~Courtney xoxo

Courtney - I want more info! I just finished reading all about this and it has certainly peaked my interest. Can I call you sometime? here's my email
francine@injurednewborn.com.

Thanks,
francine

francine, feel free to call anytime! i want to make people aware of this, I think it has helped a bunch! ill email you....
~Courtney xoxo

heres the link i posted here when I discovered SCENAR a while back, most peeps ignored it or laughed at the time! It might be useful and there are links and articles http://www.scenar.info/ thanks courtney for trying this out for us all :0)

thanks jen! i hope that people will check into this! i think its great!!!
~Courtney xoxo