Originally Posted by mrsD

One week eh? Well, I am not impressed. Yet.

There are all sorts of desensitizing treatments for nerve pain.

Originally Posted by Diandra

hi melody...not only have I heard of it, it is a suggested treatment at an alternative type health spa I attended in Florida. they had an ice cold pool and a very hot jacuzzi next to each other. You were supposed to plunge in one pool and then run and plunge in the other, going back and forth many times.

I could never do it but my older brother is one tough guy and he did it. I cannot say for sure that it helped anyone but the theory behind it is that it does something to reset your nervous system by confusing it with the quick changes from extreme hot to cold....it did something to the brain. sorry I am not more technical.

I can see how your friend could do his feet but the entire body, especially sensitive areas, was tough. We did have alot of fun watching various people attempt it though.
D.

Originally Posted by mrsD

Yes, this is an old cultural thing in many countries. It is not new by any means.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sauna
At the end of this wiki article are the medical statements, which are very interesting. So don't miss those!

Originally Posted by MelodyL

Hi Aussie:

I think my friend has been doing this for over one week now. He started, not with ice baths in the container, but with cool water in one and warm water in the other. He immediately felt better after one day so he threw in the ice in the cold water bucket. He also made the other bucket a bit hotter. The day he knew this was working was when he climbed into bed, pulled the sheet over his toes and he FELT his feet. He also said "Oh, there's something in my shoe". He then said "how the heck do I know something is in my shoe, when I can never feel my feet?" He was starting to get his feeling back. And in the past he could NEVER have anyone touch his toes. He has gone to this lady two times now. The second time she PULLED his toes, one by one. He was in no pain. As for the tea, she makes various blends for various people and she asked them "how are your bowel movements". One person (this story was told to my friend". One person told the russian lady "I never go to the bathroom" The russian lady said "I'm going to add something to your tea blend". I would imagine it's some kind of herbal laxative? maybe Senna??.

All I can tell you is that my friend is now a completely different human being. He was SO excited doing jumping jacks while on the phone with me. He put the phone down, put it on speaker and said "Listen to me doing Jumping Jacks'. I said 'Holy Cow".

So (and I really do believe this) what did we all do before drugs were invented? How did people survive the conditions that they had?

I make my own colloidal silver. Been doing this for 5 years now. Haven't had so much as a cold or anything. And you all know that I sprout and do microgreens. So for me, this is great.

I wonder if doing the ice and hot thing would help my osteoarthritis? lol

I just might give it a whirl.

And my friend (who is now a happy man), well, his feet burned all the time. And were touch sensitive. That is not the case any more.

Will update more as I hear it.

Melody

Originally Posted by Stacy2012

I have to agree with MrsD on the broken toe thing. I do not believe a sheet can break a toe, that is too out there even for me, lol.

However, I do not want to be negative to this approach, if it works for him great, if people here choose not to believe it that is ok too. Maybe you will try it and it will work for you and no one here will disbelieve YOU...hopefully.

You were told something and shared it here, and I say thank you. You never know what might work and it certainly cost nobody ANYTHING to use hot and cold water.

Closed minds are everywhere, I have lived with it my whole life. It doesn't bother me when people think I am crazy, I know my truth. It's ok to be skeptical, I am very skeptical of things, but I do have an open mind to possabilities.

If I had not been open to things, modern medicine would have cut open my sons chests, going through every breast bone and inserting a bar and then redoing it when it was time to remove the bar. Thank God I looked beyond mondern medicine.

You have to have thick skin, and confidence to go against the flow in this world. Thankfully...I have BOTH.