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Wheatgrass Healing Tips
| Wheatgrass has remarkable healing properties, many examples of which can be found on this website. I believe these effects are most likely due to the influence of wheatgrass bioactives on gene expression. Time will tell. Your comments are welcome. Thank you. Dr. Chris Reynolds. M.B.,B.S. |
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Almost every day in general practice, I see wheatgrass-generated “mini-miracles” – healing phenomena I never saw until I began using wheatgrass sprout extract in 1995. Here is an example.A 35 year old piano salesman suffered a nasty shoulder injury at work a year earlier. His shoulder “froze”, was painful on movement and pain interrupted his sleep. Steroid injections and physiotherapy gave some temporary relief but had no effect on shoulder movement. The diagnosis? Shoulder impingement syndrome. When I saw him, he was to have corrective surgery in 5 weeks - a last resort option. This condition is very common and is thought to be caused by a pinching of one of the shoulder tendons between the top of the humerus (upper arm) and the part of the shoulder blade (acromion) that overlies this area. (See diagram).  Pain and limitation of movement are the prime symptoms of this condition, particularly when lifting or rotating the arm. This patient was unable to lift his arm higher than 60 degrees from the vertical and all other movements including rotation, were severely limited. I had managed similar problems many times before, and the audible, palpable crunching sound I detected on examination suggested that impingement might not be the problem. I have seen wheatgrass loosen up stiffness in osteoarthritic joints by softening the tissues around the joint - often within 10 - 20 minutes. This suggests it is not necessarily roughened joint surfaces that prevent movement, but the soft tissue - muscles, tendons etc. around the joint that stiffen it. I applied a little wheatgrass Superbalm mostly over the tender areas and worked it in for a few minutes. About ten minutes later, the Piano Man’s shoulder was moving freely without pain, and the crunching had disappeared. Needless to say, both patient and practice nurse were rather astonished. The following day, the patient had enjoyed his first painless night's sleep for a year, and his shoulder movements were perfectly normal. Understandably, he couldn't see why he needed an operation. I suggested he seek review by his orthopedic surgeon. There are of course, numerous types of shoulder injury that will not respond to wheatgrass the way this patient's did. But if there is a chance that wheatgrass MAY help you recover more quickly (from any injury), that it relaxes soft tissue stiffness and reduces inflammation, wouldn't you try it before consenting to an operation? I would. Dr. Chris Reynolds | Wednesday, June 30, 2010 | Comments (1) | Permalink
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