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Q-Ray

That testimonial from White Sox trainer Herm Schneider is for real. I cringe every time I see him trot out to tend to a injured player and see that stupid bracelet on his wrist. Thankfully, I haven't seen any of the players wear it, but I do wonder about having a pro sports trainer relying on magic to heal an injury.
 
I'd love to see J. Randi's photo on the testimonial page with his commentary along side. One can only imagine the wording.
 
One of my husband's idiot brothers (henceforth called The Idiot) bought a Q-Ray bracelet for my father-in-law for his 60th birthday. The Idiot claimed it helped him increase his muscle mass from weight lifting while at the same time stopping any pain one might feel from weight lifting. The Idiot also claimed that "if it doesn't work on one arm, it will work if you put it on the other arm." He also claimed it helped heal him after hernia surgery. Whatever, idiotbrain.

My father-in-law, not an idiot, wore it during the party to humor The Idiot, then took it off. We bought dad-in-law a TV.

The best part of this whole saga, is that while I was Googling "Q-Ray" I found the JREF.
 
Just thinking said:
(Just what exactly is guaranteed?)
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My understanding is they can't make any health claims or it becomes a medical device and the FDA will require clinical studies. There's no "dietary supplement" loophole for jewelry.

I like this from their FAQ:

DO NOT allow the ends of the bracelet to come in contact with one another.
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Or what? It'll explode? Aren't they connected by the metal bracelet anyway?
 
These things are completly useless. Supposedly they are "Ionized bracelets" but one thing..Solids can't be ionized! There is no such thing as a "ion imbalance" in the human body and even if there were, No scientific studies linking such a thing to health problems. The Ion bracelet itself couldn't possibly "Re allign" the ions because such a thing makes no sense. "Ionization" is the process of changing the balance between protons and electrons in an atom to make it an "ion". This requires huge amounts of energy and a simple piece of metal(Whatever it is) could not possibly do such a thing.

Good link.

http://www.quackwatch.org/01QuackeryRelatedTopics/PhonyAds/qray.html
 
tsg said:
Or what? It'll explode? Aren't they connected by the metal bracelet anyway?
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Dr. Egon Spengler: There's something very important I forgot to tell you.
Dr. Peter Venkman: What?
Dr. Egon Spengler: Don't cross the streams ends of the bracelet.
Dr. Peter Venkman: Why?
Dr. Egon Spengler: It would be bad.
Dr. Peter Venkman: I'm fuzzy on the whole good/bad thing. What do you mean, "bad?"
Dr. Egon Spengler: Try to imagine all life as you know it stopping instantaneously and every molecule in your body exploding at the speed of light.
Dr Ray Stantz: Total protonic reversal.
Dr. Peter Venkman: Right. That's bad. Okay. All right. Important safety tip. Thanks, Egon
 
Luke T. said:
Thicker, fuller hair, longer lasting erections, and better cable reception.
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The above statement should read:

Thicker, fuller looking hair, longer lasting more satisfying erections, and better cable reception.
 
Blue Mountain said:
But will it age wine?
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That goes without saying, simply place the bracket around the neck of the bottle and through the science of Q time the wine will get older. Why for every hour the wine will age a Q hour. Q time may vary as much as Q to the power of 2. Q time has been tested to work by our very own mathematic time expert. We are unable to publicly announce his name as he has been threatened by the international magnetic wine consortium, and the league against cat rectum stretching. He was quoted as saying in his own defence, "Well when ya GOTOs a lot of extra Q time, and unsreatched cat rectums wat ya gonna do". What in deed. What in dead. Yes Q time is already shattering scientific dogma...Q time has proved: the myth of the female orgasm, evolution (not necessary with Q time) and a host of others...just keep an eye on this spot!!!!:run:
 
yeah the infomercials for these bracelets are totally incidious with their barrage of testimonials...i even found myself hypnotized by the thing and for a brief time thought "there is no way they could get this many people to be so emphatic about its effects if it wasnt somewhat true" and then i woke up and googled it for reassurance of my momentary lapse of reason. phew

ETA i love the "dont cross the streams" warning. by endowing it some sort of dangerous quality it implies the item has any "power" at all. pretty smart

and also, the testimonials all seem to be from athletes on the page, but athletics are full of superstitions and rituals...if that one guy thought his pitcher had a torn rotary cup, but then he found it was just a tight muscle and the guy went on to save the game, he might swear by the qray and wear it for every game. just because it was "lucky"
 
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gfunkusarelius said:
and also, the testimonials all seem to be from athletes on the page, but athletics are full of superstitions and rituals...if that one guy thought his pitcher had a torn rotary cup, but then he found it was just a tight muscle and the guy went on to save the game, he might swear by the qray and wear it for every game. just because it was "lucky"
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I forget who said it, but the line (paraphrased) goes, "If you think you're playing well because of a lucky charm, you are." The point being that if you're going to be so distracted by not having the lucky charm, you won't play well.
 
tsg said:
I forget who said it, but the line (paraphrased) goes, "If you think you're playing well because of a lucky charm, you are." The point being that if you're going to be so distracted by not having the lucky charm, you won't play well.
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Isn't that a line from Bull Durham?

E.T.A. Here it is:
Crash Davis said:
If you believe you're playing well because you're getting laid, or because you're not getting laid, or because you wear women's underwear, then you ARE! And you should know that!
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