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Has anybody ever had injection site pain with lipotonix?

Question by Nichole: Has anybody ever had injection site pain with lipotonix?
I started the HCG diet today with lipotonix and HCG injections. The lipotnix injection site is so painful that it is difficult to work or relax or do anything really. Is this normal? Or should I call my doctor?

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Answer by izzy
Talk to your doctor.
You could have hit a blood vessel with the IM injection,
any subsequent swelling pressing on a nerve can cause pain.
Depending on the medicine and the volume injected, there is usually some discomfort at the injection site.

Methionine is found in good quantities in meat, fish, beans, eggs, garlic, lentils, onions, yogurt and seeds.
A number of foods contain at least trace amounts of inositol. Cereals with a high bran content are relatively good sources of inositol.
Food sources of choline include soybeans, egg yolk, butter, peanuts, potatoes, cauliflower, lentils, oats, sesame seeds and flax seeds.
Aso re the ingredients in liponix.

Is your doctor supervising this treatment? HCG is pretty useless for weight loss. Scientists have actually investigated this “miracle cure for obesity.”

Not only is the diet no more effective than calorie restriction alone, the HCG also doesn’t affect hunger or other more subjective factors of dieting.

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Acupuncture for Pain. Welcome to Jordan Hoffman Acupuncture!

Tired of being in pain? Frustrated with the health care you’ve been receiving? Want results? Discover why Acupuncture and Chinese Medicine is the fastest growing health care system in the United States today. Please enjoy this video and feel free to go to www.JordanHoffmanAcupuncture.com to learn more!
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(Acupuncture Los Angeles-LA) (Back Pain Fertility Weight Loss Depression Allergies) Yasmin I

(Acupuncture Los Angeles-LA) (Back Pain Fertility Weight Loss Depression Allergies) Yasmin Harounian www.co-creativesynergy.com Acupuncture for weight loss, infertility, fertility, back pain, anxiety. Acupuncture literally means to puncture with a needle. Acupuncture restores the energy balanced on the body, when it has been through an emotional, physical, spiritual, or psychological trauma. The application of acupuncture needles on the human body (and animals too) is often used in combination with moxibustion-the burning on or over the skin of selected herbs-and may also involve the application of other kinds of stimulation to certain points. We use the term acupuncture in its broad sense to include traditional body needling, moxibustion, electric acupuncture (electro-acupuncture), laser acupuncture (photo-acupuncture), microsystem acupuncture such as ear (auricular), face, hand and scalp acupuncture, and acupressure (the application of pressure at selected sites) Acupuncture is very effective in numerous health condition situations, like: analgesic acupuncture, where it is safer than drug analgesics and has no side effects ————————————————————————————- Acupuncture Los Angeles -Cedars, El Segundo, LAX, Manhattan … www.live-better.org On staff at Cedars Sinai, Dr. Barrett provides the most comprehensive approach to Acupuncture and Alternative Medicine in Los Angeles. Insurance Billed. (Acupuncture Los Angeles …

How To Fix Shoulder Pain for athletes

www.hulsestrength.com CLICK THIS LINK to download part 1 of my Manifesto Of Strength document for free. In this video Elliott explains why sports like swimming, biking, running, baseball, hockey or any sport that supports a pattern overload can lead to shoulder pain or injury…. and what you can do to heal or fix it.
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Best weight loss method/program for person with severe back pain?

Question by Amy B: Best weight loss method/program for person with severe back pain?
Hi, I’m a 24 year old female, I’m 67″ and have been 155 pounds since high school. I have severe low back pain due to spondylolisthesis and sciatica. I would like to lose 30 pounds, and realize this will take some time. What would be the best method for me to lose the weight. I’m not supposed to lift more than 20 pounds, and running is VERY painful. I walk as much as possible. I also take 1200 mg of Gabapentin and 10 mg of flexeril daily. Thanks!

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Answer by Strength Coach Guy
eat less

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Getting rid of knee pain for good

Have you ever dropped a running program because it hurt? Were your joints suffering more pain than pleasure? If so, then you might have fallen victim to a common issue of overtraining for your current fitness level. Without a proper and SLOW progression to your running program it is a question of when, not if, you will get hurt. l suggest starting with a few basic exercises and light runs to build up your consistency. You should practice this exercise after every run, and if possible every strength workout as well. 2 sets on each side with 8 -10 repetitions per side however, make sure that you practice QUALITY OVER QUANTITY! I always suggest sacrificing repetitions in the name of quality. You want to feel this exercise deep in the butt cheek of the lower leg (the leg that is supporting you).
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Reduce Knee Pain With These Exercises! (Part 1 of 2)

fitness.mercola.com Learn exercises that will help reduce knee pain. (Part 1 of 2)

Q&A: 19 y/o male with a lower left back Mass – extreme pain, leg numbness, eye pain, dizziness. Any Ideas?

Question by tmt731: 19 y/o male with a lower left back Mass – extreme pain, leg numbness, eye pain, dizziness. Any Ideas?
Hi there,

My brother has had an issue with his back for about a year and a half to two years now. He did physical therapy and massage therapy for about a year, after being told it was a strained muscle. The pain continued so this past summer, he went to a new doctor who noticed it was not a strained muscle at all but what the doctor thought was cartilage that’s grown to protect his muscles from a previous injury as well as scoliosis. My brother went back to physical and massage therapy. The mass continued to grow and become even more painful. He went to a chiropractor and had acupuncture performed. MRI’s showed no obvious signs of a tumor, and doctors had no idea what it was, although they could see a growth. This past August, he went to college in Indiana and woke up one morning and couldn’t feel or move his legs. He went to the ER and was sent back home to NY because the doctor said he needed far more work done then they could give him. Since then, his legs have gone numb many times and when he gets numb his eyes hurt and he gets dizzy and agitated.

Today he had scans of his brain and abdomen. Does anyone know what this could be? He has lost 15 pounds in the past 2 weeks and is already a skinny kid to begin with (but my mom has made sure to have him eat every meal everyday). He is also extremely exhausted. For background – he’s a 19 year old male. Weighed 180 before the weight loss and is 6’5″.

In addition – I have been diagnosed with Behcets Disease, an autoimmune condition that presents itself (for me) with extreme GI pain/inflammation/bleeding, cankersores, joint pain, and skin lesions. Don’t know if it’s related, but worth mentioning.

Thank you.

Best answer:

Answer by Douglas B
I don’t think the tests are going to show anything wrong. His back pain is caused by a pinched nerve in his back. When a nerve gets pinched it tightens up the muscles around it to trap it in that pain. When the muscle is used it presses onto the nerve so it reacts by tightening up the muscle and that goes on until the muscle can’t move any more. As these muscles are pulling on the vertebrae the one thing they may find is problems with his discs for it’s that pressure that causes them to fail The mass can be the pinched muscle itself. The muscles are tight in his whole back now. The muscles in his lower back can press onto the nerves going to his legs to cause pains in them and the inability to move them as well, the muscles being that tight. Over night the pressure on the muscle causes it to slowly keep tightening up and putting more pressure on the nerves. By morning there was enough pressure on them that it was the same as when your arm goes to sleep. To get rid of this problem he has to free up his back muscles to release the nerve and here’s how to free them up:
Back:
(do while sitting)
Place your left hand on your left leg next to your body. Place your right hand over your left shoulder, fingers over the back and the palm in the front and firmly pull down on them and hold. After 30 seconds slowly lower your body forward and to the outside of your left leg, keeping your left arm fairly straight as you do. When you reach your lap remain there for another 10 seconds, release the pressure but rest there for another 30 seconds. Then reverse your hand positions and do your right side.
The back and neck muscles share some so when one place is in a lot of pain it can follow into the other place to cause problems there as well. He must be having headaches along with this for they are caused by tight neck muscles. The neck muscles go to the top of the head where they connect with muscles going around your head. When the neck muscles get tight they pull the head muscles into pain and that’s the headache. The nerves for the eyes go to the back of the head passing next to the neck muscles. When the neck muscles are tight they can press onto the nerves going to the eyes to cause the pains on the backs of his eyes where the nerve is attached. When neck muscles are tight they are squeezing the muscles which restricts the blood leaving the head so less blood enters to result in a lowered oxygen level in the brain. There are three stages of lowered oxygen levels in the brain and they are; feeling very tired; getting dizzy or light headed; and passing out. To get rid of these problems he has to free up his neck muscles to release the tight muscles and here’s how to free them up:
Neck
Put your hands alongside your head so your thumbs are on the front of the muscle under your ear and your fingers are on the back of the muscle behind your neck. Squeeze your thumb and fingers together and hold. Relax your body. After about 30 to 45 seconds, when you don’t feel the muscles releasing any longer, slowly lower your head as far as you can, release the pressure but hold your neck lowered for another 30 seconds. For best results relax the body first by taking a deep breath and exhaling then remain this relaxed.
For you, you can have tight back muscles causing your problems. When tight the back muscles can press onto the nerves, as they leave the spine, going to the organs. Pressure on the nerves to your stomach will cause it to release more gastric acid which is going to burn your stomach lining for your pain and inflammation. Freeing up your back muscles, like above, will release the pressure off the nerves to get rid of that problem for you. One last thing, if your brother has trouble with the neck one he can try this instead, it doesn’t do quit the job the other one does but it can be helpful, just trying to cover all the bases for you.

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Trainer Josh Fixes Low Back Pain: Hip Bridge Progressions

www.TrainerJosh.com Great exercise to activate the glutes and strengthen the lower back. Our sedentary lifestyles leave our backsides weak and therefore the right muscles won’t fire when they’re needed. Doing hip bridges daily & prior to exercise is a great way to prevent or rehabilitate from low back pain or injuries. If you liked this video check out my article “The Most Critical Exercise to Cure Lower Back Pain” here http
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19 y/o male with a lower left back Mass – extreme pain, leg numbness, eye pain, dizziness. Any Ideas?

Question by tmt731: 19 y/o male with a lower left back Mass – extreme pain, leg numbness, eye pain, dizziness. Any Ideas?
Hi there,

My brother has had an issue with his back for about a year and a half to two years now. He did physical therapy and massage therapy for about a year, after being told it was a strained muscle. The pain continued so this past summer, he went to a new doctor who noticed it was not a strained muscle at all but what the doctor thought was cartilage that’s grown to protect his muscles from a previous injury as well as scoliosis. My brother went back to physical and massage therapy. The mass continued to grow and become even more painful. He went to a chiropractor and had acupuncture performed. MRI’s showed no obvious signs of a tumor, and doctors had no idea what it was, although they could see a growth. This past August, he went to college in Indiana and woke up one morning and couldn’t feel or move his legs. He went to the ER and was sent back home to NY because the doctor said he needed far more work done then they could give him. Since then, his legs have gone numb many times and when he gets numb his eyes hurt and he gets dizzy and agitated.

Today he had scans of his brain and abdomen. Does anyone know what this could be? He has lost 15 pounds in the past 2 weeks and is already a skinny kid to begin with (but my mom has made sure to have him eat every meal everyday). He is also extremely exhausted. For background – he’s a 19 year old male. Weighed 180 before the weight loss and is 6’5″.

In addition – I have been diagnosed with Behcets Disease, an autoimmune condition that presents itself (for me) with extreme GI pain/inflammation/bleeding, cankersores, joint pain, and skin lesions. Don’t know if it’s related, but worth mentioning.

Thank you.

Best answer:

Answer by Belliger
Hello,

I am sorry about your brother.

If he has had a solid back injury in the past, and has a marked scoliosis, then the presumption must be that he has a local problem somewhere nearby, in his spinal-column bones, joints or disks.

It sounds now as if his brain and his legs, are out of direct nerve-connection with each other. The point of disconnection could theoretically be anywhere between the brain and the legs, – but it would be best to tie this new problem in with his old one, if we possibly can, because that would be most likely to be the correct diagnosis.

This principle is technically called “Occam’s Razor,” – a philosophical principle which in this case states, ” if you can diagnose only one medical problem, instead of two, then you should do so “.

To link the two problems, the most likely thing is that the part of his spine which was causing him all that pain, – has now trapped his whole spinal cord at that point, inside his spine-bones.

Out of all the possible reasons for trapping, I speculate that he has a slipped or prolapsed inter vertebral disk, which has now ruptured backwards against his spinal cord, – like in this picture, (click and return, or right-click and choose ‘open in a new tab’ ), http://www.eorthopod.com/images/ContentImages/spine/spine_lumbar/lumbar_stenosis/lumbar_stenosis_cause03.jpg

Wakening up with a slipped disk, is a relatively common way for a slipped disk to start. What is unusual in that case, is for the disk to have “popped out” directly backwards onto the spinal cord, – rather than (as normally), sideways, then causing sciatica leg pain on just one side.

The “level” or position of spinal cord pressure which would isolate the legs, but not the chest or lower abdomen, – is somewhere in the “lumbar” spine, – please see this helpful picture, http://hon.nucleusinc.com/imagescooked/4887W.jpg

A very bad lower spinal-cord compression, would also give your brother difficulty in both wee- ing and having his bowels moved, – something you don’t mention?

Other local causes of cord compression, like a cancerous tumor or a complete spinal-bone collapse, seem less likely because of this long history of his back pain, ( for 2 years ). On the other hand, one worrying cause of weight loss, is having a cancer somewhere.

It strikes me that the combination of your brother’s height and his poor muscle development, may be a bad combination for his spine, – I mean, a 6 foot 5 inch spine supported by hardly any back muscles, ( I think you have written 6′ 5″ and not 65 inches ).

I don’t think your Behcets disease is relevant, or probably not.

This is bound to be a bit speculative, but I hope it is of some help. If he has local pressure on his lower spinal cord, then that should be relieved surgically as a matter of urgency, in my opinion. Otherwise the cord (i.e. the nerve-) damage may not recover properly. That, (surgical “decompression”), is now a greater priority, in my opinion, than waiting to diagnose his enlarging lump. Particularly if he also starts getting bladder- and bowel problems, with the intermittent numbness and paralysis.

It is more difficult to explain these pains in his eyes, and his dizziness, – unless we say that this (postulated -) lower spinal cord damage, is also stopping your brother’s brain from controlling the blood-pressures in his legs, – and that that in turn, is causing him to get general blood-pressure drops, – and so, the dizziness and eye pains when the numbness is active.

Best wishes,

Belliger
retired uk gp
belliger@nym.hush.com

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