something i dont understand

[Squirrel]

what are the reasons people wear all those 'health' wrist bracelets?....i see tons of people with them on, do they actually do anything useful besides take up watch space?

[Koll]

Which ones? Do you mean like the Livestrong bracelets?
If so my buddy has a white one that says "they spinnin"

[BonzoHansen]

IMO, It's like car magnets, 'conspicuous' caring.

[LuvMyF8LWS6]

IMO, It's like car magnets, 'conspicuous' caring.

I agree with that. I had a dream once that someone put one of those magnets on my car. Magnets on a silver car? I wanted to kill! ha

[Little G]

If they are incapacitated, they contain useful information about the persons ailments which would aide EMT personnel.

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[JL8Jeff]

Or is he referring to those bracelets that work magically to reduce back pain and give you a better golf game? :roll:

[BonzoHansen]

If they are incapacitated, they contain useful information about the persons ailments which would aide EMT personnel.

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No, those are the metal ones, the medi-alerts or something. I think he means like the yellow ones, etc.

[Squirrel]

Or is he referring to those bracelets that work magically to reduce back pain and give you a better golf game? :roll:
correct, whats the deal with these things?

[JL8Jeff]

correct, whats the deal with these things?

They make you feel great! And I got a box full of them I'll sell ya for $25 each! ;-) Actually, I think they're made from the remains of the crashed UFO from Roswell and it's the alien technology that makes us feel so good!

[rgaynor85]

i got one for my gf, the one called the q-ray and sense i bought it for her i havent heard her complain about her back more than 2 or 3 times and this is like 8 months later she used to bitch and complain all day everyday. my mother also has one and had major arm pain, partly arthritis, she got one and in a couple days felt amazing 2 times already she forgot to put it back on and was in alot of pain for about a week and couldnt figure out why then realized she forgot it and put it back on and the next day the pain was gone again. she swears by it so i supose they actually work.

[PBodyGT87]

The ones that supposedly alleviate pain, (braided metal bracelet with a ball at each end) are magentized. Supposedly the magnets draw the iron in your blood, making your blood circulate better, and thus helping alleviate pain and such. I believe it's a bunch of bs. It's just homeopathic therapy or something, if that's the right word. But it's really just all in your head. If they think that it works, then it does. It's more of healing through the belief that it actually works, than the actual ability of the bracelet to do so.

[misterjuice]

I have one that says "many women, one reason"..............nuff said.

[Ian]

The ones that supposedly alleviate pain, (braided metal bracelet with a ball at each end) are magentized. Supposedly the magnets draw the iron in your blood, making your blood circulate better, and thus helping alleviate pain and such. I believe it's a bunch of bs. It's just homeopathic therapy or something, if that's the right word. But it's really just all in your head. If they think that it works, then it does. It's more of healing through the belief that it actually works, than the actual ability of the bracelet to do so.

:werd:

placebo effect for sure.

[Tsar]

:werd:

placebo effect for sure.
**** i was gonna say that!

[Ian]

russia, coming in last AGAIN! :lol:

[Tsar]

russia, coming in last AGAIN! :lol:
awwe Ian made a funny :lol:

[qwikz28]

you guys say placebo effect while other people swear by it. tell that to an arthritic person that can now play tennis again and he will spit in your face.

[Tsar]

you guys say placebo effect while other people swear by it. tell that to an arthritic person that can now play tennis again and he will spit in your face.
do u know what a placebo effect is? your mind if pretty powerful you know.

[qwikz28]

do u know what a placebo effect is? your mind if pretty powerful you know.
i am aware and i agree that the placebo effect does play a role in those bracelets but you are making speculations. i am saying that people that use them swear by them and therefore your argument is crap compared to theirs.

[Tsar]

i am aware and i agree that the placebo effect does play a role in those bracelets but you are making speculations. i am saying that people that use them swear by them and therefore your argument is crap compared to theirs.
there are also people that swear by penis enlargment pills. however the fact is they dont work. no i havent tried i wont waste my money.

[Tsar]

i was waling thru a mall once and a woman came up to me and put something on my shoulders, it ended up being a warm bag thingies. kinda like stupid bracelts. she said that if i keep that thing on my shoulders for like 20 minutes a day it will cure heart problems, make your bones stronger and all sorts of non sense. so its all crap. no warm bag on my shoulders is gonna make my bones stronger and prevent any potenital heart problems... but im sure there's someone who'll swear that it works

[JL8Jeff]

I put a cold beer in my hand and I suddenly feel better!:p
:cheers:

[qwikz28]

but one thing you cant argue is that if it works, then who cares. reguardless of it works the way they say it does. half the drugs on the market, the mechanism that makes them work is unknown or they were found by accident

[Tsar]

but one thing you cant argue is that if it works, then who cares. reguardless of it works the way they say it does. half the drugs on the market, the mechanism that makes them work is unknown or they were found by accident
i wasnt trying to argue, i dont really care if it works or not. i know im not spending my money on it cuz i know a braclet or a warm baggy wont cure my problems. if i ever go that low ill just pop some sugar pills and pretend its cure for cancer or something.


ahh im tired. :?

[qwikz28]

i wasnt trying to argue, i dont really care if it works or not. i know im not spending my money on it cuz i know a braclet or a warm baggy wont cure my problems. if i ever go that low ill just pop some sugar pills and pretend its cure for cancer or something.


ahh im tired. :?
lol im arguing just cause i feel like arguing

[Tsar]

lol im arguing just cause i feel like arguing
i think i need one of those bracelet thingies to make me not tired. **** sleep. :lol:

[Brando56894]

do u know what a placebo effect is? your mind if very powerful you know.

fixed. i didnt realize it until i took a psych course. for example look at fight club when ed norton thinks hes fighting brad pitt and he throws himself down the stairs and punches himself in the face. your mind can make you do crazy ****. im sure it could reduce/block pain with no problem. its all done with neurotransmitters and receptors. block those receptors and you wont feel pain :D

[PBodyGT87]

im sure it could reduce/block pain with no problem. its all done with neurotransmitters and receptors. block those receptors and you wont feel pain :D

exactly. that's why when you get a little cut on your hand (like maybe a papercut) and you don't notice it until way later when you look down and see some dried blood, you didn't have any pain. but, now that you know it's there, it stings like a bitch. but when you were paying no mind to it, oblivious that the cut was even there in the first place, you didn't feel anything, not even the initial breaking of the skin itself.

So what Tsar was trying to say is that it's not the bracelet that works, it's your mind that heals the pain, because they believe so strongly that it's the bracelet, that their mind actually starts believing what it's thinking, and blocking those pain receptors. Sure, the bracelets "work" for some people, but it's not coming from the bracelet, it's coming from their mind. Hell, they could carry a petrified mcdonalds french fry in their back pocket and believe that it would alleviate pain, and it would "work" the same way.

[Savage_Messiah]

True stuff, end of middle school and 9th-11th grades walking to school I basically trained myself to block out the cold

[Tru2Chevy]

True stuff, end of middle school and 9th-11th grades walking to school I basically trained myself to block out the cold

I've been doing that since I was a wee boy. Coats are for mussies!

- Justin

[Tsar]

exactly. that's why when you get a little cut on your hand (like maybe a papercut) and you don't notice it until way later when you look down and see some dried blood, you didn't have any pain. but, now that you know it's there, it stings like a bitch. but when you were paying no mind to it, oblivious that the cut was even there in the first place, you didn't feel anything, not even the initial breaking of the skin itself.

So what Tsar was trying to say is that it's not the bracelet that works, it's your mind that heals the pain, because they believe so strongly that it's the bracelet, that their mind actually starts believing what it's thinking, and blocking those pain receptors. Sure, the bracelets "work" for some people, but it's not coming from the bracelet, it's coming from their mind. Hell, they could carry a petrified mcdonalds french fry in their back pocket and believe that it would alleviate pain, and it would "work" the same way.
thanks Liz

[Brando56894]

yea one time last week or so when i was workin on my moms stang the side of my index finger got sliced and i didnt even notice it until like a few hours later. the mind works in stange and mysterious ways...

[Savage_Messiah]

yea one time last week or so when i was workin on my moms stang the side of my index finger got sliced and i didnt even notice it until like a few hours later. the mind works in stange and mysterious ways...

your mind just coughs

[Brando56894]

:huh:

[PBodyGT87]

:huh:

he means your mind only works in sporadic spurts of competent thought.

(so, you should be somewhat offended at that one. )

[Brando56894]

ahh ok thanks for smarting it up for me liz :lol:

[JL8Jeff]

ahh ok thanks for smarting it up for me liz :lol:

Cough!

[Brando56894]

:huh:








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