More on Pull-ups, Dips, a Minor Injury and Homeopathy

Today I tried pull-ups again (See So Strong!). One pull-up seems to be my limit and three is my goal. Looks like I will be doing a lot of negative resistance training to do more. I wore workout gloves but still lost skin on my hand.

Ryan and I moved on to dips, which I haven’t done before. Ryan just stepped up and whipped them out. I, on the other hand, had to try four times to figure out how to do them and then managed three. I pulled something around my shoulder/collarbone area, so I will be resting it for a few days and taking some homeopathic Arnica to hopefully speed healing up. I also need to purchase the homeopathic cream, Traumeel, which works wonderfully for me and my highly skeptical, anti-complementary and alternative medicine Dad (see Another Traumeel Victory).

This paleo workout stuff is tough! Isolation movements seem so much safer, but the body work isn’t even close in comparison.

For those not familiar with homeopathy, Sloan-Kettering recognizes the effectiveness of Arnica (see Sloan-Kettering - Arnica), for example). Keep in mind, though, that some medical studies say it is ineffective and many studies across the spectrum of medicine are flawed (see Lies, Damned Lies and Medical Science). That said, the Nobel Prize winning MD who discovered the AIDS virus is a big homeopathy supporter (see Homeopathy – Great Explanation at Last!)

What to do? Figure it out for yourself – there is no getting around personal experience. Arnica, Traumeel and other homeopathics may not work for everyone (I know that Traumeel works better than Arnica for me) for a variety of reasons too long to detail. And even if it is just all in my head, as violent critics of homeopathy claim, who cares? If my head makes me better faster, I am all for it.

Comments

[Robin]

The homeopathic teething medicine (Boiron Camilia, a liquid in a plastic ampule that you squeeze into your little one's mouth) that I gave to my 3 month old son (who had no idea what I was giving him) that worked like a charm made it crystal clear to me that homeopathic remedies work (assuming you have the correct remedy for the situation) :)

[Laura Combs]

Thank you for reading and thank you for the comment! I enjoy hearing the success stories and agree with you regarding having the "right" remedy.

The first time I was given a remedy by my former chiro, who is a homeopathic physician from the Netherlands, I had no idea what it was, but I took it at his urging and it changed my life 180°. There is NO WAY I could have generated the physical reaction that occurred without it. I had no idea what homeopathy was, what to expect, and I am simply not that creative.

[Lawrence]

Homeopathy is literally nothing - at the dilutions that homeopaths use (12 - 20c) there is less of a chance of a single molecule existing in the solution as if you used tap water straight out of your faucet.

If homeopathy worked, it would violate several laws of physics. And if water has memory, shouldn't it remember all of the "crud" that flows out of the sewers too?