Looking for an edge?

[Gwinch]

Try the decaf mate.

*antagonistic dribble*

[bogan]

I don't. There comes a point where you HAVE to make an accommodation with what ails you and learn to cope with it. Natural remedies don't work. Drugs don't work. Pain management is a mental discipline in its own right that doesn't need snake oil pedlars' input.

I know what you mean (unfortunately), however the placebo effect achieves the same ends by much the same means as mental discipline, so there's nothing wrong with that. And I certainly wouldn't seek to rob those who gain effective treatment from that effect. However I still wouldn't recommend trying the more snake oil sounding crap as it isn't likely to provide fuck all benefit, placebo or otherwise.

[Katman]

Who? No names therefore no one. As it is said on this site "photos or it didn't happen.

(And before you start on me - I have no opinion on these things. I'd never even heard about them till I read this thread but..........)

.......a quick search on their site gave me the names of Benji Marshall, Shaquille O'Neal, and Rubens Barrichello. And they were only the names I recognised.

And let's not forget that many years ago Peter Brock split with the Holden Dealer Team over their refusal to fit the Crystal Frequency Resonator thingy (or whatever it was called) to all their vehicles.

[KiWiP]

(And before you start on me...

LOL

http://www.adelaidenow.com.au/sport/...-1225849554095
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Piu75P8sxTo
http://www.ratbags.com/rsoles/comment/powerbalance.htm
http://www.theage.com.au/sport/power...0619-yo11.html

And it goes on...

Doubt me then put your wallet where your conviction is and buy one
from any of these http://www.powerbalance.co.nz/retailers.php but keep the receipt and tell me if you're still wearing it down the line

to those who red repped me, like I care what dumbasses and conmen think

[Katman]

And it goes on...

Doubt me then put your wallet where your conviction is and buy one
from any of these http://www.powerbalance.co.nz/retailers.php but keep the receipt and tell me if you're still wearing it down the line

What conviction? Can't you fucking read?

[KiWiP]

What conviction? Can't you fucking read?

Sorry that wasn't directed at you but all the dumbasses who are going to rush out and buy one so they don't fall off

Yep can read, bit pointless being on a forum if you can't. I think you meant "can't you fucking interpret?"

[DMNTD:Me]

But because it has zero factual basis to it beyond placebo.

..and for the last 2000 years people have 'known' that there was a magical ol' fulla up in the sky that sprinkled magic fairy dust and created a shit load of stuff
Never allow facts to get in the way of a good story

[Pascal]

Pain management is a mental discipline in its own right that doesn't need snake oil pedlars' input.

:nods: Probably why Little Miss Trouble is all better now because of the "bracelet".

[James Deuce]

:nods: Probably why Little Miss Trouble is all better now because of the "bracelet".

Absolutely, BUT in the long term would be better acknowledging and managing pain than leaning on a placebo-based crutch.

[Katman]

Having pondered this overnight, my take is this.....

I have always believed that we have an energy within us. If we didn't then the Chinese have been scamming us for thousands of years. This energy, when focused can produce great self healing ability.

I think that all these bracelets are doing is creating a sense of awareness of that energy and the wearers own mind power then takes over and achieves the results.

[Scuba_Steve]

I do like "Power Balance performance technology is Holograms embedded with frequencies that act postitively with your bodys natural energy feild increasing your Balance, Strength and felexibility"

So 'Power Balance' is whole pictures embedded with a 'number of occurrences of a repeating event per unit time' so is that like a CRT monitor???

[nodrog:Me]

..and for the last 2000 years people have 'known' that there was a magical ol' fulla up in the sky that sprinkled magic fairy dust and created a shit load of stuff
Never allow facts to get in the way of a good story

What the fuck has Santa got to do with it?

Fanny.

[Scuba_Steve]

What the fuck has Santa got to do with it?

Fanny.

maybee he goes round delivering these "power bands"?

[Slyer]

Power Balance says the holograms on either side of the wrist react with the body's energy flow and tune its frequency to the ideal 7.83 hertz required to power the body.

You can't make this shit up folks!

Oh, wait.

[george formby]

I have had a so called "balance test" done on me. Weird thing was it kinda worked.

I'm not to sure whether it's just a placebo effect or not because I didn't know when it was put in my hand.

There are supposedly medicinal ones as well but until solid proof can be given as to why and how they work they are just another scam to me.

Our local seller tried that one on me. It's an old parlor trick based on muscle memory. We used to muck about with the tricks at school, we used slates & chalk in lessons.

I was given a Shuzi (?) bracelet as a present & had a sniff around trying to find out about the "technology". It doe's not exist in any peer reviewed form. A friend with one removed the chip & did the same tricks to unsuspecting bar flys.

I'm a natural sceptic & just because something is new & not main stream I do not automatically scoff. We do respond to magnetic & electrical influences, so why not?

The morning after I put the bracelet on I woke up feeling great, their could be a 100 reasons why but it was a suprise. Otherwise it had zero effect. I gave it back. A lot of money for something which is totally negligible & purportedly helps your golf swing. I don't play golf...