The Mineral that Could Save Your Heart
Q: Can magnesium actually stop a heart attack? I had one last year and am terrified of having another. How can I get this treatment if this happens again?
Dr. Wright: When a heart attack occurs, the coronary arteries are usually in spasm, which makes the conduction of electrical impulses in the heart unstable. Rapid intravenous infusion of the right amount of magnesium can dilate those spasming arteries, improving blood flow, and stabilizing electrical conduction.
As for obtaining this treatment if you do suffer a heart attack, working with a physician skilled and knowledgeable in natural medicine well before that situation occurs really helps. If that isn't possible, speak to your own doctor hypothetically and get him to agree that he'll use low-dose intravenous magnesium should you ever have a problem.
You can also put specific instructions on your medical bracelet or other emergency information. Most emergency rooms have the magnesium IV solution on hand (since it's an accepted treatment for severe asthma attacks). So, in a heart attack situation, if you or a family member demand (persistently) to be treated with a magnesium IV, the ER doctors might comply.
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Jonathan V. Wright, M.D. has degrees from both Harvard University (cum laude) and the University of Michigan. More than any other doctor, he practically invented the modern science of applied nutritional biochemistry and he has advanced nutritional medicine for nearly three decades.
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Linda Andersson
Magnesium oxide has been a huge life saver for me! I had an awful fall from a high place and landed on my butt, crushing my lower back. I have no health insurance, so all I could do was treat myself. I crawled into the house and spent a week in bed, unable to walk more than a few feet to the bathroom or kitchen. I am such an active person that it was pure torture to stay in bed for a week, but that's all I could do: I couldn't stand up and even worse, I couldn't even think of sitting down. I grabbed my nutrition manuals and read them whenever I could, and among other things---like drinking 8 glasses of water per day to keep the moisture in my discs, and eating good protein with its healing essential amino acids---I also read that magnesium oxide is "the back mineral". I took it with food (remember to break the tablet in half before swallowing), and after a week I was able to stand up and walk. I discovered that tightening my tummy muscles (holding my tummy in) also relieved a lot of pain and made walking easier. I still cannot sit well, but I can walk and dance and work in my vegetable garden. I take around 1200 mg of Magnesium per day (with food), but if I have a day where the back pain returns, I immediately take it with a handful of raw nuts and poof! The pain is gone within minutes.
Does anyone know how to heal my back to the point where I'll be able to sit again?
Lucille
I herniated a disc in 2001 improperly lifting a heavy stone step.
I used acupunturist who used both acupunture, herbal remedies - Sun Chlorella was one, and light therapy (LED type as I recall). I also had a lot of physical/massage therapy to reduce the pain from the muscles trying to keep everything in place, along with exercise. As you mentioned strengtheining the core or abdominal muscless is one of the best ways to help your back.
One simple exercise which really helped with the pain was called a nerver glide. Lay on your back with no pillow, bring your chin to your chest and point your toes away from you. Slowly tip your head so your chin goes as far up and back as possible, while at the same time bringing your toes up toward you as far as possible.
Adding some vinegar to a hot bath also helps with the pain.
And lastly I found out about magnets and have been using those as well. (Nikken is one of the best brands available.) Magnet appear to break up pain signals, plus draw blood and fluids to the area which helps with the healing somehow.
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