As a patient that has considerable issues with spasticity and egregious spasms resulting in pulled and sometimes torn muscles, I am very happy to report that I have found a protocol that considerably helps stop the spasms as well as expedites healing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
DISCLAIMER:\u00a0 I am not a doctor, this is not a clinical trial.\u00a0 The Abort! Protocol is a method that my wife, friends and I have found, through research and observation, that dramatically helps with spasms and the resulting damage to the muscles.\u00a0 Your results could vary wildly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The components of the protocol are these:
1) BCAA drinks
2) High protein shakes
3) Electrolyte drinks
4) Creatine
As early as onset symptoms occur, prepare and drink a BCAA with haste.\u00a0 Follow up with a second BCAA drink, consumed at a normal pace.\u00a0 The BCAA drinks have repeatedly stopped the most severe spasms wrecking my body once consumed.\u00a0 At this point, my body is usually considerably fatigued and I sleep.\u00a0
When I awake, I consume a protein shake containing 25g of protein and a teaspoon of creatine to help repair the damage.\u00a0 I continue to consume 25g protein\/creatine shakes at the rate of two or three per day until the muscles are repaired.\u00a0 This will generally continue for three to four days.\u00a0 I generally maintain drinking at least one 25g protein a day afterward. In my case, my muscles continuously spasm, and minor damage is incurred continuously.\u00a0 You may find that you don’t need as much protein as I.\u00a0 There are potential harmful side-effects of ingesting excessive amounts of protein.\u00a0 In my case, it’s my choice of evils.\u00a0 Protein poisoning is preferable to the continued pain from the muscles.
Electrolyte drinks help stave off the minor muscle contortions.\u00a0 I find they are effective for about 45 minutes.\u00a0 My choice is Gatorade mixed from powder as it can be found quite cheaply in bulk.
The Abort! Protocol is a name my wife and I came up with.\u00a0 Abort! is attributed to her, as she felt the key was the BCAA that caused my body to “abort” the horrible spasms. The “Protocol” bit is mine as I feel that the continuing use of the protein drinks to repair the damaged muscles in preparation for the next attack is considerably important.
My results are as such:\u00a0 Prior to using the protocol, my recovery time would be in the weeks for an attack.\u00a0 The attacks would overlap the recovery time.\u00a0 The resulting pain would completely destroy me.\u00a0 With the protocol, I have been able to shorten the recovery time considerably on two fronts:\u00a0 1) by depriving the spasms the ability to repetitively inflict considerable damage on the muscle tissue, and 2) providing accelerated healing of the tissue in preparation for the next attack.
This has aided in the increase of my quality of life.\u00a0 Be it known, that the underlying issues causing my extreme spasticity, continue.\u00a0 I still have issues with “MS Hug,” knotted muscles, gait imbalance and a myriad of other issues.\u00a0 However, the pain and destruction resulting from the massive spasms are minimized.\u00a0 For that I am eternally grateful.
I hope that this protocol helps you.\u00a0 I must note that the protein mixes I prefer are from GNC’s ” Sustained Protein Blend” line of products.\u00a0 Ordering them with Amazon Prime helps me considerably as I generally am limited in mobility.\u00a0 GNC’s like of BCAA drinks are great as well, however, I have found cheaper alternatives.\u00a0 The GNC protein has a superior taste and mix considerably better with a glass-sized vortex blender.\u00a0 I use the vortex blender because shaking drinks are impossible for me when the spasms are going on as well as after the damage has occurred.
I stay away from sports drinks like “Monster” and “Red Bull” as they contain other ingredients that can conflict with the number of other maintenance medications I am prescribed.\u00a0 I try to keep it as simple as I possibly can.
Thanks, and God Bless,
Jay C. “Jazzy_J” Theriot<\/p>\n\n\n\n