Dear MendMeShop, I am 56 years old and purchased your ultrasound equipment to repair minor joint deterioration in my shoulders, hips, knees, and ankles.
I was experiencing minor tenderness and crackling sounds in some of my joints. After one 10-15 minute treatment on each of my joints, the tenderness the next day had mostly disappeared and the crackling sounds in my knees were reduced. Greater flexibility in my ankles was the most amazing.
I offered to help my friends and family with treatments on their trouble areas. My 32 year old niece had developed stabbing pains in the arch of one foot (plantar fasciitis?) causing her to hop on the other foot first thing in the morning. With one treatment, she woke up the next morning and could walk instead of hop/limp to the bathroom. She came back right away for a second treatment and to have her husband work on his knee. They both got further relief. Now she and her husband are ready to order their own ultrasound equipment.
I also assisted my 94 year old mother that had a frozen shoulder. After two treatments, she gained a about six inches in her range of motion and she became pain free in the resting position. That is very fast progress for all of us.
Over the last 3 weeks, more of my friends got relief from the ultrasound equipment for tender Achilles heals, elbows, wrists and neck stiffness. Most comment about how pleasing the therapeutic gel is that has lavender, eucalyptus, and other ingredients.
This has been a very inexpensive way to self treat and cut down on chiropractor visits that did not really solve the problem. Rating:  Connie Patterson Dear MendMeShop, Thank you so much. I use the Planter/Spur Inferno wrap just about every evening. The MendMeShop has great products which I am always telling someone about. I hope the company realizes the excellent employee they have and how prompt, and pleasant you have been to assist me with getting the right item to my home. I just can’t thank you enough. Rating: L. Parker Agrafiotis
More Plantar Facts:
The plantar fascia supports the arch of the foot in carrying the weight of the body.
Approximately 90% of women and 40% of men with plantar fasciitis are overweight.
It frequently affects athletes, people who are on their feet all day and those over 40 years of age.
Among professional athletes, plantar fasciitis is one of the 5 most common foot and ankle injuries.
If left untreated the condition could become chronic and can lead to a host of other issues.
Most sufferers are able to overcome the pain with non-invasive therapy.
Night splints prevent contraction and stretch your plantar fascia while you sleep to help with pain.
Treatment includes avoiding the activity, icing the inflammation, gently stretching and warming the area.
Ultrasound can speed plantar fasciitis recovery significantly.
Dear MendMeShop, I am using the ultrasound mostly 3 times a day. I occasionally can only get in 2 times a day due to the traveling at present. I think I have had good results, it has helped a constant pain go away, unfortunately I continue to have occassions where I move a certain way and my shoulder is in pain. This causes a set back. At present these pain times are less severe and I'm having fewer of these occurances. I rest my arm as much as possible. I bought an AC adapter for use in the car while on the road.
All the walking I've done over the past 6 days has caused a knot to reappear in the arch of my foot from a previous injury to a tendon sheath. I've used the ultrasound on it and it helps it go down and has greatly eased the pain, since I'm still needing to walk.
The ultrasound has been a blessing for me and I'm sure will continue to do so. Rating: Vonda Clerke Dear MendMeShop, At the end of the 2009 school year, (I'm a teacher) I developed plantar fasciitis in my right foot. I remember literally being in agony the last day of school and calling my orthopedic surgeon for an emergency appointment. He saw me, prescribed ice, supportive shoes, and offered to give me a shot of corticosteroid. He informed me that the shot might help but it also might make it worse! Needless to say, with that comment, I passed on the shot. I was really having a hard time with the pain. I began to search on the internet to find out all I could about plantar facsciitis and possible regimens to follow to aleviate my problem.. One site led to another and I finally found MendMeShop. MendMeShop offered a foot wrap that sounded like the perfect way to ice my foot. The plantar Freezie gel pack didn't freeze solid and the wrap molded perfectly to my foot. It certainly beat a tub full of hard ice! After that, I began researching the little ultrasound machine offered at MendMeShop. I was a little afraid of the price, but decided, after reading many testimonials, to invest in something many said worked well for them. I used the ultrasound regularly with great success along with the plantar Freezie. Following the directions in the ultrasound box, (I also got a phone call from MendMeShop to help me with the machine) I felt a great deal of difference in the level of pain in my foot after just a couple of days treatment. The condition is now gone from my right foot. I routinely exercise fairly vigorously including jogging on the treadmill. I would never have been able to do that last summer! My husband and I continue to use the ultrasound on sore tendons and muscle spasms. The ultrasound was a bit of an investment, but who can put a price on freedom from pain? Rating: Caroline Withers |
Repetitive Strain Injury, Repetitive Stress Injury (RSI)
Repetitive Stress Injuries Plague the Manufacturing and Customer Service Based Industries. RSI's cost US employers on average over 1 billion U S Dollars per year. Current estimates suggest that repetitive strain injury (RSI) conditions cost UK industry between £5bn and £20bn every year.
Symptoms of RSI can include numbness, swelling, pain, stiffness, weakness or tingling in the shoulders, back, neck, hands, wrists, elbows and lower limbs. Typically, discomfort brought on by a particular task will improve when it is stopped i.e. if the pain lessens or disappears over weekends or during holidays. If the discomfort begins in one area but then spreads to other parts of the body this may manifest as sore shoulders, neck pain, stiffness in the limbs and hands. The earlier RSI is detected, the greater the likelihood that the condition can be reversed or symptoms can be eased.
If you have been diagnosed with RSI, the typical treatment is to rest the limb from aggravating factors (especially the task(s) that incited the condition). Your physician may also recommend painkillers/anti-inflammatories, physiotherapy, massage, ultrasound or even surgery in some cases.
Constant ultrasound treatment (2 to 3 times daily) over a couple weeks during this phase is often very helpful in speeding recovery or as an alternative to avoiding surgery. Ultrasound is making inroads into business, mostly at the prodding of company therapists, and proven success in other companies that have made it a large part of their therapy programs. Ultrasound drops the cost of RSI dramatically, as both a preventative and as part of an RSI treatment program.
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Plantar Fasciitis Facts:
Plantar Fasciitis is the inflammation of the ligament that runs along the arch of the foot.
This condition affects over 2 million Americans.
Sufferers experience an intense stabbing pain in the heel.
Heel spurs can be caused by plantar fasciitis.
50% of people with plantar fasciitis have heel spurs.
The pain is most severe in the morning after the tissue has contracted during sleep.
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