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Fri Nov 05, 2010 3:39 pm  |
HI YA jasminerosey,
Besides fighting negative thoughts during rehabilitation. I faithfully did the baby shoulder exercises. Which made me wince, when I thought of my daily gym workout that I am accustomed too. I still went daily to the gym for right arm and lower body work. I would tape my EMS unit and electrodes with medical tape to my body and traipse off to the gym.
I did my baby left arm workout at home since I didn't want to waste time at the gym when I could do it sitting off the edge of my bed. The most vigorous exercise I did , (to demonstrate how incapacitated I was), was to bend at the waist and let my arm dangle and do small circular circles clockwise, very slowly and gently!
(I lift 25 pound dumbbells ,each arm,, I leg press 200 pounds and do various machines. and always stretch alot. A secret most women don't know is to go for the heavier weight and repetitions than to get a weight you can easily lift and do alot of reps.)
I used EMS and one other thing now that I think about it, visualization. I visualized the bad arm doing the exercises when ever I was at the gym, though it was at my side the whole time.
The EMS unit helped with the visualization, each time a crescendo in the muscle occurred I would see myself lifting a weight, as I worked the good arm.
I told the the Dr. about my vain muscle concern and she said I should picture working out the arm. That coupled with a report I remember reading about the "power of intent" ,that it is VERY potent. Prompted me to try anything non-invasive.
The study I read (in a long lost magazine) was about two groups of people. Half went to the gym as usual, the other half were ask to have the intent and to keep the intention of going to the gym, but NOT to go.
The study found results in the sedentary group as beneficial as those that actually went. I suppose I was influenced by this. ad remembered it a couple of days into my recovery. And thats how I decided to start visualizing results.
So now I really don't know what to attribute the maintenance of muscle.Was it a machine or mind over matter? HHHUUUMMMMMMM
Could it be that the placebo effect or power of intent is what worked???? I'm a believer in things metaphysical ,so I hope this doesn't jar anyone. I don't mean to open a Pandora's Box .Just recording my experience for posterity.
My bottom line is that I ascribe to all three, the EMS device, facial exercise and not the least of which is "power of intent". After all, aren't all three energy? Not sure if I answered your question or if I waxed poetic. anyway HTH. |
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Sat Nov 06, 2010 7:27 am |
| Love your post, Creamcheese.....just no time this weekend to respond in depth...But it is very very inspiring (intention, to me, is much closer to the core of reality then the physical realm is anyway...(and, imo, love is even closer)...I suspect it all played a part. |
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71 years, primarily raw living food 35 years(vegan 45 years) herbal tea decoctions, homeopathy, TCM, facial massage, facial exercises, vacu-lifting, gua aha, shiatsu/acupressure, intention, home microcurrrent |
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Fri Oct 16, 2015 6:57 pm |
Anyone worry that both facial exercises and microcurrent might cause fat burning on the face?
CM said this in an earlier post on this thread:
"....I've never heard of bodybuilders using electric muscle stimulation (EMS) to **increase muscle size**, but I have heard of a small handful that used EMS for either rehabilitation, to boost muscle recovery, or to cut fat faster pre-competition, but that's totally different from using EMS regularly to build muscle size. "
I just had a couple micocurrent facials this last week (plus I have been facial exercising more lately) and this has me kind of freaking out! Thoughts anyone? |
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Almost 40! with sensitive/responsive skin, using facial exercises very lightly. Derminator or prof micropen just a few times a year. AQ eye serum (great for lash growth too) on occasion. Otherwise natural skin care products. |
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