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  1. METaylor
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    Nocturnal leg cramps

    Nocturnal leg cramps mostly respond to magnesium 3-400mg/day as it is nature's calcium channel blocker and is essential for parathyroid hormone...
    Post by: METaylor, Feb 1, 2012 in forum: General Issues and Discussion Forum
  2. METaylor
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    26 yo with Chronic Posterior Tibial Tendonitis

    Re: 26 yo with Chronic Post Tib Tendonitis Find a doctor or podiatrist who does prolotherapy. Glucose injections restart the healing cascade. I...
    Post by: METaylor, Feb 1, 2012 in forum: Biomechanics, Sports and Foot orthoses
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    26 yo with Chronic Post Tib Tendonitis

    Find a doctor or podiatrist who does prolotherapy. Glucose injections restart the healing cascade. I have treated dozens of tib post lesions and...
    Post by: METaylor, Feb 1, 2012 in forum: Biomechanics, Sports and Foot orthoses
  4. METaylor
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    The latest on gout

    How come drug companies are allowed to talk on this forum?
    Post by: METaylor, Jan 7, 2012 in forum: General Issues and Discussion Forum
  5. METaylor
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    The latest on gout

    Celery seed tabs 6/day work as well or better than Indocid and colchicine and have no known side effects - some very grateful patients. And it...
    Post by: METaylor, Dec 7, 2011 in forum: General Issues and Discussion Forum
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    34 year female OA of T-N joint

    Dear Kirsten I couldn't read your letter while I was writing and have missed some of your important points. Sorry. You will also need to treat...
    Post by: METaylor, Oct 26, 2011 in forum: Biomechanics, Sports and Foot orthoses
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    34 year female OA of T-N joint

    Dear Kirsten This would be an ideal case for prolotherapy ie injections of 20% glucose and lignocaine. It is a property of collagen that under...
    Post by: METaylor, Oct 26, 2011 in forum: Biomechanics, Sports and Foot orthoses
  8. METaylor
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    Ankle Pain 11 year old boy

    Looking at Travell and Simons I think you are right about Tib ant. The trigger point in TA has a pain pattern that is over the ankle joint and...
    Post by: METaylor, Apr 20, 2011 in forum: Biomechanics, Sports and Foot orthoses
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    Ankle Pain 11 year old boy

    Sorry, I made it sound too simple, didn't I. I thought I was giving a way of diagnosing it and that people would look up tib post syndrome on the...
    Post by: METaylor, Apr 20, 2011 in forum: Biomechanics, Sports and Foot orthoses
  10. METaylor
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    Bilateral leg pain in a 9 year old

    Get him checked for coeliac disease. Sounds to me as though he's not absorbing minerals properly and so minor musculo-skeletal strains that happen...
    Post by: METaylor, Apr 20, 2011 in forum: Biomechanics, Sports and Foot orthoses
  11. METaylor
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    Ankle Pain 11 year old boy

    Has he got a strained tibialis posterior? If so he will be tender at the insertion under the navicular and 1st cuneiform. Prolotherapy would...
    Post by: METaylor, Apr 20, 2011 in forum: Biomechanics, Sports and Foot orthoses
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    Help with a patient who is constantly spraining his ankles, once every 3 months!

    There are over 60 references to prolotherapy on PubMed including the one by Michael Yelland and podiatrist Kent Sweeting on Achilles tendinopathy...
    Post by: METaylor, Jan 27, 2011 in forum: Biomechanics, Sports and Foot orthoses
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    Help with a patient who is constantly spraining his ankles, once every 3 months!

    depends where the lesion is - exercises mainly help muscles to get strong and if the underlying ligament is strong, the muscle can relax and just...
    Post by: METaylor, Jan 26, 2011 in forum: Biomechanics, Sports and Foot orthoses
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    Help with a patient who is constantly spraining his ankles, once every 3 months!

    Ligaments that are strained usually don't regain full strength - 70-80% is usual and from then on are at increased risk of straining again....
    Post by: METaylor, Jan 26, 2011 in forum: Biomechanics, Sports and Foot orthoses
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    Fifth Metatarsal/Lateral Foot Pain following Fracture

    We don't know what causes most headaches and we can treat them effectively, and we were using aspirin effectively for decades before we knew how...
    Post by: METaylor, Jul 12, 2010 in forum: General Issues and Discussion Forum
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    Fifth Metatarsal/Lateral Foot Pain following Fracture

    Who cares what it's called or which part of the nervous system is involved. In 10 years time it will be called something different and our...
    Post by: METaylor, Jul 12, 2010 in forum: General Issues and Discussion Forum
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    Fifth Metatarsal/Lateral Foot Pain following Fracture

    Dear Mark - the diagnoses are probably all mostly correct - neuropathic pain means pain in the nerves, and sudeck's and CRPS are the same - both...
    Post by: METaylor, Jul 9, 2010 in forum: General Issues and Discussion Forum
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    Topic wanted for a talk

    What about the role of zinc in wound healing and the frequency of zinc deficiency in Australia and especially in diabetics
    Post by: METaylor, Jun 11, 2009 in forum: Diabetic Foot & Wound Management
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    Fibromyalgia and Heel Pain

    How depressing! Pity the poor patients who are treated with this paradigm - Count your 11 tender points and learn how to ignore the pain with CBT,...
    Post by: METaylor, Jul 22, 2007 in forum: General Issues and Discussion Forum
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    Prolotherapy - feed back

    I don't know of any studies on plantar fascia, but if you want to look at some other randomised double blind studies (OA knee, fingers) and a 3...
    Post by: METaylor, Jun 20, 2007 in forum: Biomechanics, Sports and Foot orthoses
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    Prolotherapy - feed back

    With plantar fasciitis you mark the tender area (may be more than a point) and then slowly do a tunnel of 1% local anaesthetic from skin down to...
    Post by: METaylor, May 9, 2007 in forum: Biomechanics, Sports and Foot orthoses
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    Prolotherapy - feed back

    Hi Omar Im quite excited about it too as I think that pods are going to get great results with prolotherapy as they use gait analysis as well and...
    Post by: METaylor, May 9, 2007 in forum: Biomechanics, Sports and Foot orthoses
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    Vitamin D and numbness

    A numb-like feeling but with full sensation, ie can feel monofilament, sounds like a sensation called 'Nulliness' by the pioneers of prolotherapy....
    Post by: METaylor, Apr 9, 2007 in forum: General Issues and Discussion Forum
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    Pain sub 5th mpj of bare-foot karate dude

    Dear Mark - It sounds like he has a strained ligament around the 5th mpj, that is slightly loose in one direction and is only put on the stretch...
    Post by: METaylor, Feb 26, 2007 in forum: Biomechanics, Sports and Foot orthoses
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    Snapped Posterior Tibialis-Treatment?

    Yes we do need to "irritate the body further" to initiate the healing cascade as the inflammatory process has become arrested for some reason...
    Post by: METaylor, Feb 2, 2007 in forum: Biomechanics, Sports and Foot orthoses
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    Snapped Posterior Tibialis-Treatment?

    If the tendon hasn't ruptured but is strained or tearing but the tendon has not withdrawn into the tendon sheath, prolotherapy is the ideal...
    Post by: METaylor, Jan 31, 2007 in forum: Biomechanics, Sports and Foot orthoses
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    Restless Leg Syndrome

    Dosages: Absolutely agree - magnesium is the one for cramps and restless legs, but you need calcium as well for the cramps. 500mg calcium (as...
    Post by: METaylor, Oct 31, 2006 in forum: General Issues and Discussion Forum
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    Barefooted Activity

    prolotherapy Dear Mark Prolotherapy does have some pretty amazing results for young healthy fit people like your patient, and even some of the...
    Post by: METaylor, Oct 9, 2006 in forum: General Issues and Discussion Forum
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    Restless Leg Syndrome

    Restless legs is only one of many symptoms of magnesium deficiency. the others are: fatigue, anxiety, insomnia, palpitations especially frequent...
    Post by: METaylor, Oct 2, 2006 in forum: General Issues and Discussion Forum
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    Injection therapy research studies

    In Australia we can just go into a surgical supplies shop and buy an IV bag with 25% sterile glucose for IV infusion for about $7 - ie very cheap...
    Post by: METaylor, Aug 7, 2006 in forum: Biomechanics, Sports and Foot orthoses
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    Injection therapy research studies

    A few questions (and answers) about prolotherapy that may be of interest to others: RE Plantar fasciitis: Are you aiming to infiltrate the...
    Post by: METaylor, Aug 2, 2006 in forum: Biomechanics, Sports and Foot orthoses
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    Injection therapy research studies

    Someone else could answer this better than I. I hope there will be more after I come to UK in October. - keep in touch, there may be a workshop....
    Post by: METaylor, Aug 2, 2006 in forum: Biomechanics, Sports and Foot orthoses
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    Injection therapy research studies

    Dunno I'm just an Aussie Doctor, what would I know?? But firstly, in my workshop I would be teaching neural therapy which IS just local...
    Post by: METaylor, Jul 31, 2006 in forum: Biomechanics, Sports and Foot orthoses
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    Injection therapy research studies

    Prolotherapy workshop in Sydney is at 27 Monro Ave Kirrawee on Sunday 27.8.06 from 8.30am-5.30pm for $300 plus GST - contact me at...
    Post by: METaylor, Jul 28, 2006 in forum: Biomechanics, Sports and Foot orthoses
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    Injection therapy research studies

    Neural therapy is a European technique involving injections of local anaesthetics - fascinating results - used it for years. See...
    Post by: METaylor, Jul 27, 2006 in forum: Biomechanics, Sports and Foot orthoses
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    Fibromyalgia and Heel Pain

    Half of women with FM have low vit D (2 studies) and Vitamin D deficiency (Osteomalacia = bone pain and muscle weakness) is often misdiagnosed as...
    Post by: METaylor, Jul 27, 2006 in forum: General Issues and Discussion Forum
  37. METaylor
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    Introduction

    'new' technique dear Matt and Trent you may be interested in a workshop/get together in Sydney (Kirrawee, miles from Penrith) that I'm running -...
    Post by: METaylor, Jul 17, 2006 in forum: Introductions
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