tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1526647904385272392.post2376190811105990270..comments2024-03-28T03:05:37.670-06:00Comments on The Barb Wire: About Dr. George Alan Rekers --just maybe he's telling the truth?Barbhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05016832868807957194noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1526647904385272392.post-54357515735241565652010-05-08T14:06:06.084-06:002010-05-08T14:06:06.084-06:00I meant by the "miserable" --that I was ...I meant by the "miserable" --that I was pretty miserable post-surgery--and yes, it was a perfectly pleasant therapeutic back rub from a professional. I didn't mean I was miserable receiving the therapy!Barbhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05016832868807957194noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1526647904385272392.post-64922582034915790712010-05-08T12:12:01.658-06:002010-05-08T12:12:01.658-06:00Nurses are trained to give back massages as a dist...Nurses are trained to give back massages as a distraction for pain management. I guess she could have just given you some more morphine. <br /><br />It involves the "gate theory" of neurologic pain transmission. The bandwidth of neural highways and byways can only accommodate a given amount of sensory data. If you are in pain, the pain is taking up all the bandwidth of that particular neural network. So if you input other sensations, like a backrub for example, that activity can squelch and crowd out the pain sensations. <br /><br />I say just pump these fuddy duddy's full of drugs. Nurses don't have time for stupid backrubs anyway.stevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06187937248190953487noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1526647904385272392.post-6206931974013383342010-05-07T10:24:52.543-06:002010-05-07T10:24:52.543-06:00I should say that I did get a back massage with lo...I should say that I did get a back massage with lotion from a visiting nurse soon after my surgery. She offered and I assumed it was part of the follow-up visit. I was pretty miserable. <br /><br />I want to clarify this in the name of full disclosure!!!Barbhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05016832868807957194noreply@blogger.com