Preventative treatment - The converted skeptic - 22 June 2011

Posted by Paul Collins No comments

I’m not usually one to go for gimmicks, particularly where health and fitness is concerned. For instance, you won’t find me loading up at the supermarket with the latest fad superfood or forcing myself to eat handfuls of seeds that my hamster would think twice about. So it was with a healthy degree of skepticism that I agreed to try out the Trion-Z sports bracelet.

The Trion-Z Dual Loop bracelet I was sent includes both ionic and magnetic therapy features, and is designed to balance the body’s magnetic and electrical fields. While there have been a couple of high-profile cases of similar products being proven to have no health-giving benefits, the technical blurb that accompanied the bracelet made sense to me, and the track record of both testimonials and well-known users of the product kept me interested.

The reason for my skepticism was the same as for most ‘preventative’ or ‘lifestyle’ products – they enjoy to some extent a self-fulfilling prophecy. Many people who use these products proclaim their effectiveness, and I have no doubt they believe it themselves, but in the back of my mind that seems to be a less than convincing argument. I suppose to my cynic’s mind, it is impossible to fully gauge the benefits of a preventative measure as there isn’t any way of knowing what the situation would be without its influence.

In any case, I started wearing the bracelet as prescribed in the instructions and waited for the benefits to take effect…

After a few months wearing the bracelet pretty much every day, there have been some definite advantages. While I can’t say that I had any miraculous, revelatory cures to my ailments (possibly because I didn’t really have any major ailments), I have noticed definite improvements to my general health.

Getting the Trion-Z bracelet coincided with a serious push to get in better shape and fitter for assaults on my 10k personal best time. Combining this with seriously suspect ankle ligaments had me wondering how much time off training I would have with injuries. It seems that due, in part at least, to the Trion-Z this problem hasn’t recurred for a good nine months. I’m not saying the weakness in the ankle is cured, but the pain and worry has subsided to a point where I now have much more confidence in pushing during my exercise sessions. As a result, I’ve managed to improve my 10k time by more than 6 minutes.

There have been some other signposts to the Trion-Z helping general health levels – I’m certainly sleeping well, and am waking up less often during the course of the night.

Perhaps I should be looking for the mung bean seeds in the supermarket after all…

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