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A comment on Ask HN: How can I deal with chronic ligament and tendon injuries?.

Re:Ask HN: How can I deal with chronic ligament and tendon i... by kelukelugames on Sunday July 17, 2016 @05:57PM (#12112072)
Fixing tennis elbow is trivial. They invented a foam bar and began clinical trials. The stupid thing was so effective they had to end the trials early.

Here is a link to the product. http://amzn.to/29Ni3Ex

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Re:Ask HN: How can I deal with chronic ligament and tendon i... by meandinger on Sunday July 17, 2016 @06:27PM (#12112185)
I've tried this product. It exacerbated my tennis elbow.

I don't understand the "the our product was so successful we were forced to end trials" argument. How long is the trial? 4 weeks? How big is the control group? 8 people? Is it really unethical to have the control group wait a few weeks to start using the effective treatment? This sounds like the exact argument that a snake oil salesman would use.

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