| If you are like me, you will have reached the age | | | | know and care about is it works and I can continue |
| where you now suffer from a few pain issues. | | | | playing golf. |
| Therefore you will more than likely be interested in a | | | | 10 years ago I could only play three painful holes of |
| simple way of decreasing inflammation, RSI, muscle, | | | | golf before the inside of my right knee would swell to |
| tendon, and medial nerve pain particularly in your hands, | | | | the size of a tennis ball with inflammation, I either had |
| wrists and other joints. | | | | to waddle on in severe pain or give up. |
| For over 10 years now I have suffered from these | | | | An old football friend of mine showed me how to do a |
| problems particularly in my hands, wrists and right knee | | | | kind of figure 8 bandage around my knee using rigid |
| joint, which all become more inflamed when I play my | | | | tape, which stabilized the joint and supported my |
| favorite sport -- golf once a week. | | | | kneecap. Walking up to 36 holes pain free became |
| Some years ago I came up with what I believe to be a | | | | possible after mastering this simple taping technique. |
| pretty ingenious solution that enables me to cope with | | | | Three years ago I started taking a cheap brand of fish |
| the pain when I play. There are about 14 points where I | | | | oil capsules and noticed some minor improvements in |
| experience pain in my hands and wrists when I grip the | | | | my joints. However 18 months ago I stumbled across a |
| club and take a swing. Sometimes it hurts so much I | | | | superior brand of fish oil on the Internet with a high |
| can barely grip the club at all. | | | | concentration of DHA omega-3 fatty acid in particular. |
| My simple method is to place small circles of BluTack | | | | There has been a marked improvement in reducing |
| held in place by rigid tape at the points of pain, | | | | joint pain in my hands. |
| commonly where the finger joints form a V on top of | | | | Think about trying natural alternative methods to |
| your hand and sides of your wrists. This is then | | | | control your joint, muscular, tendon and nerve pain, |
| covered with an elastic pressure bandage. I guess you | | | | including stretching exercises. Taking painkilling pills or |
| could possibly relate this method to some type of | | | | rubbing on these types of chemical ointments is not |
| acupuncture, where you are applying pressure to a | | | | necessarily the most effective, safest or best long |
| certain point. I don't really care about the theory -- all I | | | | term solution. |