flat truss

[MM]

Hello, everyone:)
I`ve recently found out that the father of osteopathy Andrew Taylor Still had a hernia and treated it with a truss he constructed:

"  413 I reasoned that an oval truss would enlarge the opening, and this I know is what follows the use of the ordinary truss which is oval. My truss consists of a small block of wood peculiar in shape and well understood only by seeing it. The wooden pad is about five inches in length and is so fastened to a single spring that it may turn in any direction that the body will take. The pad of wood, one spring, and a simple belt make up the truss, which will suit for either side. It holds the parts in place until the orifice heals up, in most cases of single hernia".  from "Osteopathy Research And Practice" by A T Andrew Taylor Still (http://www.onread.com/reader/25817).

Who knows what that truss looks like? Or maybe you have your own home made ideas - please share! My inguinal hernia alway manages to slip out:(
Thanks:)

[Xavier Boyreau]

whaoo, that looks a very valuable information !

let's search for the truss !!

2011/1/28 MM <jouir.o...@gmail.com>

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[wilson strausser]

Hello MM;
 
Given your explanation it makes perfect sense to me to place an object over the hernia with a very slight concave surface which encourages the opening to close over time. Having said that would it not also make sense to tape the area with slight pressure to also encourage re-growth of tissue over the herniated opening? I would also suggest here a broad band of flexible material that can be adjusted for comfort.
I never gave a thought to conventional truss design being a detriment to healing because the convex surface places pressure in the wrong directions! That is an excellent observation and a very good reason not to employ using one! Better to place a flat or concave object over the opening!
 
Wilson
 

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Date: Fri, 28 Jan 2011 13:02:43 +0300
Subject: [herniasupport:2128] flat truss
From: jouir.o...@gmail.com
To: hernia...@googlegroups.com

[MM]

Thanks, Wilson! I tried different types of objects over my hernia but alway in vain - it slips out when I move and then the pressure of a truss only pinches. Sometimes I discovered that only in the evening - the whole day I was moving with a pinched part of my hernia. So I refused to use it at all...

2011/1/28 wilson strausser <will...@hotmail.com>

[duttyb...@gmail.com]

Hi Wilson!

For the record I found an old hernia belt in a thrift shop, removed the foam "bubbles" for want of a better name, and bought a half dozen 28 inch jock straps. I'm a 34" waist. They stretch. And while I was working as a brush mule, dragging branches and lifting heavy logs into a chipper-- my home made truss worked fine. When I started doing Binyin's abdominal exercises, the hernia disappeared, went back into where it's supposed to be. I still wear jock straps, but I don't use the foam "bubble" any more. I don't do crunches, but I do do the vacume,  raised leg exercises for the lower abs (30xs twice) and 3 sets of 12 on the Roman chair. I also do about an hour and a half of yoga 7 days a week--but I've recently slowed down on the yoga to do a half hour on a stationary bike  to get the wait down. Yes I have a Polar heart rate monitor. Stu Mittleman's Slow Burn is excellent, although I've been opting out for Mercola's Peak 8 strategy--8 times going full blast at a 7 on the bike for 30 seconds, then coasting for 90 seconds at a 1--which brings the heart rate back down to almost normal. Mercola does this 3 times a week and said he lost 3 inches off his waist in 4 months. I've been at it for a little over a month. I think the hernia is simply a symptom, an indication, that we're not in shape. Gotta deal with the whole body. I used to walk my dogs 3 to 5 miles a day, but the dogs are rebelling, getting old. One developed seizures, the other arthritis and a enormous stone in the bladder. Alls well with them now, but they don't wanna walk like they used to. So, I got the stationary bike.

 

dutty

[MM]

Hello, Dutty!
Can you please show us a pic of your truss? I don`t understand the construction.
Thanks!

2011/1/29 <duttyb...@gmail.com>

[duttyb...@gmail.com]

 

Hi MM!

It's just a wide belt jockstrap, McDavid, small. I'll catch a photo of both the bubble and the stockstrap in a little while. But I'd get one first to see how it fits. You might need a larger one.

 

Dutty

 

 

 

 

 

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[wilson strausser]

Wow, Dutty! That's a lot to comprehend for me! I'm happy your techniques have worked for you! I've never been one to work out for extended periods. I've tried to start routines a couple times and couldn't stick with them. Thanks for the info on your successes, though. That shows someone can stick to something that works!
I also don't have a motivation to look for something that works since I have no pain or discomfort and the hernia is slowly disappearing anyway.
Wilson
 

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From: duttyb...@gmail.com
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Subject: Re: [herniasupport:2133] flat truss
Date: Fri, 28 Jan 2011 19:49:50 -0500

[MM]

Thanks, Dutty!
So you used both a jockstrap and a truss without ‎"bubbles"?

2011/1/30 <duttyb...@gmail.com>

[duttyb...@gmail.com]

[duttyb...@gmail.com]

No, I use a jockstrap with the hernia "bubble."

 

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Sent: Sunday, January 30, 2011 9:59 AM

Subject: Re: [herniasupport:2141] flat truss

[MM]

Ok, I got it. Thanks!

2011/1/31 <duttyb...@gmail.com>

[Andrew]

Hi - sorry I didn't see this earlier - but better late than never, some feedback:

regarding trusses: indeed I think having one that is concave would be detrimental to healing ..  I have tried four different trusses and alternated at various times. One did come with a foam pad that attaches with a velcro to the support and is concave (I used it reversed so the flat part would be toward the skin). I now alternate between only two, both have a small flat support, and for them I also add my homemade additional small flat pad (made of a credit card wrapped in cotton ) that I put against the skin. Seems to work well.

The ones I use
http://www.groin-hernia.com/hernia-support.html  - a bit more expensive than all others, but more complex construction and does work for me
http://www.underworks.com/health/  I use model  948 - it has a convex type foam insert in a pouch - I just reverse it so it has flat face towards skin


PS the other two that I tried but do not use anymore, from  AlphaBrace.com  Item 5000 5002 and
http://www.flexamed.com/Right-Inguinal-Groin-Hernia-Truss/dp/B0056BR40M  - not so great as it doesn't stay in place - maybe I should try and adjust etc.

[Andrew]

Hi - sorry I didn't see this earlier - but better late than never, some feedback:

regarding trusses: indeed I think having one that is concave would be detrimental to healing ..  I have tried four different trusses and alternated at various times. One did come with a foam pad that attaches with a velcro to the support and is concave (I used it reversed so the flat part would be toward the skin). I now alternate between only two, both have a small flat support, and for them I also add my homemade additional small flat pad (made of a credit card wrapped in cotton ) that I put against the skin. Seems to work well.

The ones I use
http://www.groin-hernia.com/hernia-support.html  - a bit more expensive than all others, but more complex construction and does work for me
http://www.underworks.com/health/  I use model  948 - it has a convex type foam insert in a pouch - I just reverse it so it has flat face towards skin


PS the other two that I tried but do not use anymore, from  AlphaBrace.com  Item 5000 5002 and
http://www.flexamed.com/Right-Inguinal-Groin-Hernia-Truss/dp/B0056BR40M  - not so great as it doesn't stay in place - maybe I should try and adjust etc.


On Friday, January 28, 2011 5:02:43 AM UTC-5, MM wrote:

On Friday, January 28, 2011 5:02:43 AM UTC-5, MM wrote:

On Friday, January 28, 2011 5:02:43 AM UTC-5, MM wrote: