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Date: | Thu, 14 Jun 2001 05:36:42 -0700 |
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I ware lots of night splints and they are helping me a
lot. I ware a Total Contact Boot on my right leg, a
resting hand brace on my right hand/arm, and knee
immobolizers on both legs as well.
--- Emma G Murphy <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Hello everyone,
>
> I'm back after a long long absence..... It's
> getting pretty
> cold in adelaide too, rayna. I've started taking
> magnesium
> and calcium, which is good stuff. Also- I've found
> a way of
> pouring my hot water into the hot water bottle. It
> seems
> fairly safe for me, tell me what you reckon:
>
> If you lean the bottle up against the inside of the
> sink, it
> bends into a 90 degree angle, but stays with the
> spout
> reaching upwards, and then I can pour from the
> kettle into the
> hot water bottle with both hands, and don't need to
> hold the
> hot water bottle or worry about burning myself.
> Obviously a
> bit of water gets spilt but it just goes down the
> sink, and
> once I've screwed the lid in I towel the bottle
> dry.... what
> do you think,eh? I was pretty pleased!!
>
> I'm wondering if anybody on this list has any
> knowledge of or
> experience with night splints. I've been told that
> they might
> help my muscle tightness in my legs, but I've never
> even heard
> of them..... (i've alread figured out that they're
> splints
> which you wear at night, by the way!!
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