Lucky break Q: My grandson injured his arm playing in a little league game. Is there anything that can heal a bone fracture faster so he can get back in the game? JVW: I know it might sound a bit trite to say this, but patience is often the best medicine, and I'm sure your grandson could use a good dose of it right now! Typically, most bone factures heal in a cast, and that is probably the most cost efficient way of healing an injury like his. But there is a treatment that can actually help people recover from acute injuries in about 1/3 of the expected time. The treatment is called MME. It's probably not necessary in your grandson's case, but sometimes professional sports players use MME to speed up recovery time. I know of an NFL football player who underwent two unsuccessful arthroscopic surgeries for a chronic recurrent elbow injury. But after just 24 hours of MME treatments, his elbow healed completely, and he wound up playing the final six games of his season. MME applies direct-current electromagnetic fields to the body through two strong electromagnets. Patients lie on an open bed between the two magnets and the magnetic fields. The electromagnetic fields interact with the body's electrons in atoms at the cellular level. As the electrons on these atoms move faster, the result is enhanced electron transfer, which is thought to speed healing. For more information on the MME technique, subscribers can visit the Archives portion of the Nutrition & Healing website (www.wrightnewsletter.com), log on with the username and password listed on page 8 of your most recent newsletter, and download the April 2004 issue. | 
