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Still tossing up whether to get one or not for cricket season, my body is falling to bits so could be worth a shot
put one on your sheep ke you will get better pull back with out putting the poor thing on the cliff face everytime you make love to itCambo link said:
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You seem to have all your methods sorted Cambo, something you would like to share with the class ?
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Bencher
Power Balance gets a wrist slap
Mark Russell
November 21, 2010
THE distributors of the popular Power Balance wristbands have been ordered to drop ''misleading'' claims that they improve flexibility, balance and strength.
The Therapeutic Goods Complaints Resolution Panel found there was no evidence that the wristbands used by sports stars including AFL players Brendan Fevola and Jack Riewoldt helped to improve performance.
The panel said the claims were false and misleading and breached the therapeutic goods advertising code. It demanded they be withdrawn and a retraction published on the Power Balance website by tomorrow week.
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AFL spokesman Patrick Keane said it would be up to individual players to decide if they continued using the bands following the panel's ruling.
The AFL Players Association's Ben Hart said players would be alerted to the panel's findings.
''Despite this, there is also a widespread understanding that the bands have not been scientifically proven. At the end of the day, it's a personal choice wear this kind of equipment,'' he said.
The wristbands developed in California are imported into Australia by two Melbourne businessmen, Tom O'Dowd and Sean Condon, and sold in more than 700 outlets across the country.
The three-millimetre-thick silicone bands with two hologram discs - which the distributors claim are ''embedded with frequencies that react positively with your body's natural energy field'' - sell for $59.95 and a pendant version for $90.
Power Balance Australia has sold millions of dollars' worth of the bands since the company, based in Port Melbourne, was set up in August last year.
Mr O'Dowd, a carpenter by trade, denies the wristbands are a scam, saying they come with a 30-day money-back guarantee.
Paid product ambassadors include Fevola, NRL star Benji Marshall, racing car driver Rubens Barrichello, basketballer Andrew Bogut and Bondi Beach lifeguards.
The complaints panel found Power Balance should not have published an advertisement for the wristbands on its website ''which unlawfully made claims … about the body's 'electric balance' and improving 'synaptic response', brain function, muscle response, stamina, oxygen uptake, recovery, flexibility and 'gravitational balance' ''.
The panel said Power Balance ''provided no evidence to support any of the claims … and no indication that such evidence exists''.
In response, Power Balance acknowledged it had breached the code. ''Since the time of the complaint, the relevant claims had been removed from the website,'' the company said.
The panel investigated the bands following a complaint from La Trobe University public health researcher Ken Harvey after he read a Sunday Age report in June. Dr Harvey said he welcomed the panel's findings but was worried that Power Balance would ignore the ruling because both the panel and the TGA were seen to be paper tigers.
Under the Therapeutic Goods Act, there is no provision for the TGA to impose civil penalties for breaches of the advertising code.
The TGA can only remove products from the register and refer repeated breaches of the advertising code to the Commonwealth Director of Public Prosecutions for criminal prosecution.
http://www.theage.com.au/victoria/power-balance-gets-a-wrist-slap-20101120-181z2.html?from=smh_ft
Mark Russell
November 21, 2010
THE distributors of the popular Power Balance wristbands have been ordered to drop ''misleading'' claims that they improve flexibility, balance and strength.
The Therapeutic Goods Complaints Resolution Panel found there was no evidence that the wristbands used by sports stars including AFL players Brendan Fevola and Jack Riewoldt helped to improve performance.
The panel said the claims were false and misleading and breached the therapeutic goods advertising code. It demanded they be withdrawn and a retraction published on the Power Balance website by tomorrow week.
Advertisement: Story continues below
AFL spokesman Patrick Keane said it would be up to individual players to decide if they continued using the bands following the panel's ruling.
The AFL Players Association's Ben Hart said players would be alerted to the panel's findings.
''Despite this, there is also a widespread understanding that the bands have not been scientifically proven. At the end of the day, it's a personal choice wear this kind of equipment,'' he said.
The wristbands developed in California are imported into Australia by two Melbourne businessmen, Tom O'Dowd and Sean Condon, and sold in more than 700 outlets across the country.
The three-millimetre-thick silicone bands with two hologram discs - which the distributors claim are ''embedded with frequencies that react positively with your body's natural energy field'' - sell for $59.95 and a pendant version for $90.
Power Balance Australia has sold millions of dollars' worth of the bands since the company, based in Port Melbourne, was set up in August last year.
Mr O'Dowd, a carpenter by trade, denies the wristbands are a scam, saying they come with a 30-day money-back guarantee.
Paid product ambassadors include Fevola, NRL star Benji Marshall, racing car driver Rubens Barrichello, basketballer Andrew Bogut and Bondi Beach lifeguards.
The complaints panel found Power Balance should not have published an advertisement for the wristbands on its website ''which unlawfully made claims … about the body's 'electric balance' and improving 'synaptic response', brain function, muscle response, stamina, oxygen uptake, recovery, flexibility and 'gravitational balance' ''.
The panel said Power Balance ''provided no evidence to support any of the claims … and no indication that such evidence exists''.
In response, Power Balance acknowledged it had breached the code. ''Since the time of the complaint, the relevant claims had been removed from the website,'' the company said.
The panel investigated the bands following a complaint from La Trobe University public health researcher Ken Harvey after he read a Sunday Age report in June. Dr Harvey said he welcomed the panel's findings but was worried that Power Balance would ignore the ruling because both the panel and the TGA were seen to be paper tigers.
Under the Therapeutic Goods Act, there is no provision for the TGA to impose civil penalties for breaches of the advertising code.
The TGA can only remove products from the register and refer repeated breaches of the advertising code to the Commonwealth Director of Public Prosecutions for criminal prosecution.
http://www.theage.com.au/victoria/power-balance-gets-a-wrist-slap-20101120-181z2.html?from=smh_ft
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http://thingsmataslike.com/2010/04/19/129-power-balance-bands/
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Just don't tell Cam or he will go slower again.
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it just makes me sleep better .. i didnt get it for any perfromance enhancing ****, for some reason i cant explain i sleep like a baby.. you could be whipper snipping the yard next door & i wont wake ..
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awww throw your my placebo.. dont ever forget ... like how u spelt getting its jus lucky we dont give a fuk like u about it other wise 3/4 quarters of the forum will be here correcting you, but since we all have better things 2 do than you we dont give 2 fuks how u spell it we knw what ya meant..
lol Classic thread.
Matabele
Journey Man
Currently, the bogan is being lured by the promise of up to “500% more power, flexibility, and strength and better sleep at nightâ€Â. All from wearing a rubber wristband with holograms on it. Even the bogan is initially skeptical about such a claim, but its mind is instantly put at ease when it sees that there are celebrity sports stars endorsing it. Much to the marketer’s relief, the bogan’s ingrained anti-intellectualism means that it does not crave evidence for any science-related claim that a non-scientific celebrity may make about “bio-field energyâ€Â.
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