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Thread #93617 Message #1803992
Posted By: Bobert
07-Aug-06 - 08:11 PM
Thread Name: Playing Guitar with Arthritis
Subject: RE: Playing Guitar with Arthritis
Hey, help is on the way...
About 5 years ago I was havin' lots of pain in my right thumb and as an acoustic blues player that ain't good... I had the x-rays and all an' was diagnosed as sufferin' from arthritis in the "thumb base"...
Treatment, you ask??? A danged cast to imobilze the joint for 2 weeks... And then, maybe surgery... So, I did the cast and then slowly went back to playin' guitar... It took a couple of weeks an' I was back where I had been before the cast but...
...a few months later the pain came back and I went to the internet and read everything I could... I even posted a thread here on Mudcat an' got more info and here is what will work:
1. Salmon oil: 3000 mg per day
2. Glucosamine: 3000 mg per day
3. Chondroitin Sulfate: 2000 mg per day
4. Methylsulfonylmethane (MSM): 100 mg per day
Now if you go to www.vitaminworld.com you can purchase one pill that has #2, #3 & #4 in it and 2 a day plus the salmon oil will work!!!
I know...
My right thumb is my music and I am now 100% pain free!!!
I promise you that this will work...
Bobert