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| 31 | I am female and I've never actually had a treatment, though I did study it and we practiced on each other in massage school. I do have to say, the spots on my feet that were 'assigned' to parts of me that are injured/screwed up were sure sore! I nearly went through the ceiling when my classmate pushed on the spot for the upper digestive system, where I have a hiatal hernia. | Have you ever had a reflexology treatment? |
| 32 | I have to agree with you, Cloudy. I am in no way opposed to Western medicine, but it's all about chemicals, and most won't believe what they can't grow in a petrie dish. I believe that all these forms of prevention and treatment have a place. A comparison that comes to mind is if someone says that exercise can't cure diabetes or high blood pressure, and you must have medication. The absoluteness of such a statement is close-minded at best. Exercise and diet changes can cure (for lack of a better word) diabetes and/or high blood pressure in most people. Eastern medicine that uses body work and herbal remedies has been around for centuries... if something doesn't work, eventually people figure it out and that method/item falls out of favor and is eventually ended.
The nerve pathways do not end at the brain or the spinal cord, those areas are intersections. People can manipulate specific areas of the feet, back, and hands to make someone nauseous, and also the opposite. I find it strange that most people completely discount any kind of body treatment medicine, but then they'll turn around and push and rub that 'magic spot' in the web of the thumb to help end their headache. I've heard it said that pain is a great equalizer. The body is interconnected, and when you stub your toe, your whole body is impacted, not just that digit. The brain is the least-understood organ of the body, and its potential is severely limited by so many narrow-minded medical fields. The best approach, IMHO, is to combine methods of treatment to help treat various symptoms and problems of medical, physical, spiritual, mental natures. I am very much a 'believe it to see it' kind of person, as many of you know... if I hadn't seen these methods work or at least help, I wouldn't believe in them either. Where I grew up, more and more physicians are beginning to see the benefits of using bodywork in conjunction with medication. My family doctor in the Tri-Cities is a D.O., not an M.D. If there was a D.O. in this wide-spot town, I'd go to see them. When I had my near-fatal car accident eight years ago, he first sent me to physical therapy, but that didn't help. So he told me that before he prescribed muscle relaxers, he wanted me to try massage therapy. Best thing a doctor ever did for me (except for helping deliver my daughter, of course). When I was in massage school, we also covered some ground in essential oils. I know for a fact, first-hand, personally that lavender and sandalwood essential oils work much better at healing cuts than any medicated ointment, and lavender works fantastically on burns and headaches. So many people have bottles of aloe vera gel in their homes, but most don't stop to think that essentially that bottle is a representation of Eastern medicine. Ironic, isn't it, my irony-loving comrade? | Have you ever had a reflexology treatment? |
| 33 | > I cannot understand is how people can say something is crap when you and I and
> many others see that these are very qualified health care options. And that they discount it without trying it themselves or doing any research. | Have you ever had a reflexology treatment? |
| 34 |
> I don't think it's ironic for western-medicine practicing people to have aloe vera in their house. It's as ironic > as if I were not a hula dancer with a pineapple in my fridge. I think you missed a bit of what I meant. What I mean is people who do not believe in something, yet they have that very item or a good representation of it in their home, and they use it in a manner that goes back to what they don't believe in. I hope that made sense. The hula dancer analogy isn't quite on because you don't have a misbelief about them. I would love to try yoga, simply for my body and a bit of time away from it all... I wouldn't be trying for some new spiritual plane either. That is not what my viewpoint is about. I am expressing my belief that herbal and bodywork remedies do work for people, and it's a shame that it's been labeled as 'mystic' or even 'witchcraft' or 'alternative' (read: weird) methods. | Have you ever had a reflexology treatment? |
| 35 | And on... and on... and on... and on... andon andonandonandon........... YAAAHHHH!!! | Have you ever had a reflexology treatment? |
| 36 | No preference, really... the hubby has his watch set on military time (the 24 hour time) because that's what he likes, being a military man, and that is what his employer uses as well. | Do you prefer your clocks/watches to be set on 12hr or 24hr time? |
| 37 | Not just yes, but hell yes! My house has front and back doors, and many, many HUGE windows. The locks on those windows are very simple. All the rooms in my house have windows except the tiny upstairs bathroom, which has immediate access to three enormous windows right outside the door. If my house was on fire, it would be pretty damn hard NOT to escape! | In your home/dwelling are there sufficient exits for you to get out, in case of a fire? |
| 38 | Matty, I'm surprised by that from you.
I guess 'sufficient' would be: can you and your family escape easily and safely? | In your home/dwelling are there sufficient exits for you to get out, in case of a fire? |
| 39 | Absolutely none of them... sharks would have been on my list along with these... If I had to choose one off this list, I'd have to say tigers. | Which of these endangered species would you least like to become extinct? |
| 40 | I do like crackers in my soup
I do not like them soft like poop I do like them in large crumblies I do not like them tiny like my undies I do like them tangy salty I do not like them totally nekkie I like all sorts of different kinds I do not like the ones from elves' behinds! Yeah, lame, but it was fun to write. | How do you eat your crackers and soup? |
