Thanks for the list. Number one got my attention. After reading your description and going to the website I decided to buy one. I spend half the night throwing the covers off and the other half pulling them back on. I need a really cool room, below 60º to sleep really well, or a oscillating fan for air movement. In the summer I go to bed every night, wishing I had a fan under the sheets - ha ha, until now I didn't know something like that existed. In the winter I go to bed, my feet like ice blocks, and sometimes it takes hours before they finally warm up. I'm really excited to get the Bedjet. Sure hope I'll be as satisfied as you are.
I can agree on the red lights. I broke my shoulder this spring, and am still doing exercises to regain full mobility and strength. I use the device almost daily, and it has really helped me with pain after working out.
As a Neurologist of 33 years, having worked mostly with patients with pain issues, I am not happy with your "endorsement" of two quasi-medical products: the Osha-Pulse PEMF device and the TENDLITE Red Light Device. Of course, at least for now, it's a free country. You may recommend what you wish. I think it fine for you to laud the George Foreman grill, Bediet, Blackout shades, Fitbit and whatever else suits your fancy. But the recommended "medical" devices you discuss are of dubious value to say the least (irrespective of your own experience). They may do more harm than good.
I am a subscriber and I enjoy reading your opinions on many things, but I believe that you should try to stay away from giving medical advice.
There are lots of studies behind PEMF and chiropractor's offices use red lights all over the place now. If you don't like them because they're new tech, that's up to you, but both of them work really well and if they're good enough for me to use and have given them as gifts, they're good enough to recommend.
I thought my previous note was rather benign. I am responding to you only because this has to do with "medical advice". As I said, I am a subscriber and enjoy reading your essays. They are interesting and fun. I don't wish to argue with you since, honestly, you know very little about this subject. You only know what you have experienced and what some "expert" may have told you. That is no way to practice medicine. Humility is a necessary quality for all of us. I will try to respond briefly to your reply.
"There are lots of studies behind PEMF [That is bluster. There aren’t enough to form a medical conclusion. And you are in no position to evaluate the quality of the studies there are] and chiropractor's offices use red lights all over the place now [Appeal to authority; It does not matter how many treatment centers use them. There is also a “consensus” regarding vaccine safety. What does that mean? As Richard Feynman said: "Science is the belief in the ignorance of the experts."
In neurology for instance it has been a recommended policy to prescribe steroids for Bell's Palsy for the past 50 years, even though studies show that it does not help. Should I prescribe them because the recommendations are “all over the place”? Finally, see the article on WebMD regarding "red light therapy".] If you don't like them because they're new tech [Straw Man. I said no such thing. By the way, the "red light" or low-level laser therapy (LLLT) has been in use for the past 40 years. It is not “new tech”], that's up to you, but both of them work really well [for you] and if they're good enough for me to use and have given them as gifts, they're good enough to recommend. [This is not valid scientific reasoning].”
Again, let us have some humility. We should know what we know and know what we don’t know. Good luck.
Thanks for the list. Number one got my attention. After reading your description and going to the website I decided to buy one. I spend half the night throwing the covers off and the other half pulling them back on. I need a really cool room, below 60º to sleep really well, or a oscillating fan for air movement. In the summer I go to bed every night, wishing I had a fan under the sheets - ha ha, until now I didn't know something like that existed. In the winter I go to bed, my feet like ice blocks, and sometimes it takes hours before they finally warm up. I'm really excited to get the Bedjet. Sure hope I'll be as satisfied as you are.
I can agree on the red lights. I broke my shoulder this spring, and am still doing exercises to regain full mobility and strength. I use the device almost daily, and it has really helped me with pain after working out.
As a Neurologist of 33 years, having worked mostly with patients with pain issues, I am not happy with your "endorsement" of two quasi-medical products: the Osha-Pulse PEMF device and the TENDLITE Red Light Device. Of course, at least for now, it's a free country. You may recommend what you wish. I think it fine for you to laud the George Foreman grill, Bediet, Blackout shades, Fitbit and whatever else suits your fancy. But the recommended "medical" devices you discuss are of dubious value to say the least (irrespective of your own experience). They may do more harm than good.
I am a subscriber and I enjoy reading your opinions on many things, but I believe that you should try to stay away from giving medical advice.
There are lots of studies behind PEMF and chiropractor's offices use red lights all over the place now. If you don't like them because they're new tech, that's up to you, but both of them work really well and if they're good enough for me to use and have given them as gifts, they're good enough to recommend.
I thought my previous note was rather benign. I am responding to you only because this has to do with "medical advice". As I said, I am a subscriber and enjoy reading your essays. They are interesting and fun. I don't wish to argue with you since, honestly, you know very little about this subject. You only know what you have experienced and what some "expert" may have told you. That is no way to practice medicine. Humility is a necessary quality for all of us. I will try to respond briefly to your reply.
"There are lots of studies behind PEMF [That is bluster. There aren’t enough to form a medical conclusion. And you are in no position to evaluate the quality of the studies there are] and chiropractor's offices use red lights all over the place now [Appeal to authority; It does not matter how many treatment centers use them. There is also a “consensus” regarding vaccine safety. What does that mean? As Richard Feynman said: "Science is the belief in the ignorance of the experts."
In neurology for instance it has been a recommended policy to prescribe steroids for Bell's Palsy for the past 50 years, even though studies show that it does not help. Should I prescribe them because the recommendations are “all over the place”? Finally, see the article on WebMD regarding "red light therapy".] If you don't like them because they're new tech [Straw Man. I said no such thing. By the way, the "red light" or low-level laser therapy (LLLT) has been in use for the past 40 years. It is not “new tech”], that's up to you, but both of them work really well [for you] and if they're good enough for me to use and have given them as gifts, they're good enough to recommend. [This is not valid scientific reasoning].”
Again, let us have some humility. We should know what we know and know what we don’t know. Good luck.
ACR