MoJo Wristbands and Patches...amazed!

[Supanova]

I am pretty scientifically minded and usually pretty sceptical about stuff like this. I also totally agree that the band should be tested first, not second as your ability to balance, stretch etc will always be better the second time. However, i also think there is a great deal us humans still don't understand about energy fields etc and how they work on the body. I have seen a woman simply twiddle her fingers a few inches away from a horse and make it totally relax - animals are much more aware of energy fields than humans and maybe, just maybe, us humans have a lot to learn and these bands do something that we simply don't understand at the moment!

 

[Gypley]

I find my daily dose of 'space dust' has a similar effect, I keep it on the sky hooks in my garden.

Are your sky hooks next to your tartan paint?

 

[chestnut cob]

How do the horses know its the placebo effect?

They don't but you could argue that the rider knows they or the horse are wearing one on and rides differently.

 

[Molly'sMama]

Derren Brown did a show on the Placebo effect. Interesting thing.

You can KNOW it's a placebo and it'll still have the effect.. his cured fear of heights ,nerves , ECZEMA ? It's brilliant science/psychology.

 

[norfolk_grump]

Have stapled a mojo to a point 2, doubly miraculous!

 

[*hic*]

Have stapled a mojo to a point 2, doubly miraculous!

Damn, just spilled my G&T and laughed till I choked

 

[MiJodsR2BlinkinTite]

Rolls eyes. Should have gone with my first choice and not bothered with the post in the first place as knew people would comment with pointless posts. I thought maybe, just maybe people might have something interesting to say. Obviously not.

OP I'm interested. As a fitness professional I'm interested on THAT level, i.e. improving performance, also basically I'm interested on a personal level and also for riding.

I believe William FP is a user of them......... perhaps Mojo sponsor him, I don't know.

After having had a look at their website and received an e-mail from them, personally I would like to see them offer a "money-back trial" for say 30 days or even longer; however they obviously don't.......... and without this I'm a bit relucant if I'm honest to shell out the dosh for something that's a gimmick.

Remember trying magnets - and TBH they made little if any impact on my personal performance, however I'm prepared to keep an open mind on Mojo's but would like to see (1) more scientific detailed trials with atheletes under clinical conditions not just "it made me feel better" (i.e. NOT clinically verified) and (2) a money-back trial period.

Yes placebo effect DOES over-ride a lot of the body's metabolic functions, BUT I'm one of the people that starts off with the assumption that "this ain't gonna work for me"!!!! So maybe I should try it!!!

 

[Django Pony]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2xBVEM2iMns

 

[MegaBeast]

I'm the biggest sceptic out but wearing a mojo I have full movement in my right shoulder that was injured 11 years ago and hadn't rotated properly since but with the mojo it does. And yes, take the mojo off for more than a day and it stops working again.

I also did a test with a friend (in the middle of a crowded cafe!) and she could resist me pushing her over whilst holding the mojo but not without and we even tried her holding a credit card with a hologram but that didn't work! Must have looked like complete lunatics! We also repeated the test without the mojo after she'd been able to resist me with it, and she couldn't, so it wasn't the body learning to balance/expecting it.

To the person who was sleepy, I was warned that they can either improve sleep or disrupt it so you may need to take it off at night.

No one can explain how they work, I don't believe it's placebo as I've tried magnetic bracelets in the past but my shoulder still didn't rotate properly so who knows! But fact is it works so I'll keep wearing mine.

 

[glamourpuss]

My favourite thing EVER was when an employee who worked for MOJO posted on this very forum whilst it was being discussed.
'We don't have any evidence or proof of how they work but we are working very hard on it & when we get it I'll be swinging from the rafters'
Really? Really?! Someone from the company admits they basically can't prove they work & people still buy them.
The MOJO company in Australia was forced to offer full reimbursement to all customers after it was deemed their 'tests' they used for advertising were inaccurate & false.

The placebo effect is massive. I read that a large proportion of anti depressants prescribed in the UK are basically having a placebo effect.
There was also a very old study showing that anxiety in parents reduced dramatically when their ill child was given medication, even before the medication could have a perceived effect - for me that's the gist of how the placebo effect works with horses.

 

[Helen000]

I wore my mojo bracelet and forgot my dressage twice - they certainly didn't help my concentration!

 

[TarrSteps]

Re placebo effect, witness the recent study, reported in H&H, of the success of a completely ineffective supplement for head shakers! Presumably mostly due to perception and reporting but also, perhaps, to the horses reacting to subtle changes in the owners' attitude and behaviour.

Re magnets, there seems to be some evidence that certain magnets used in specific ways can affect circulation. I've used them in the past and in a few circumstances they seemed to have an effect, although not always wholly positive! I did have one extraordinary experience relating to an infection - like so many similar products they are contraindicated for infection - so I suspect there is something going on. I never found a sufficient improvement to warrant continued use, though.

 

[glamourpuss]

The thing with magnets is there is something measurable that comes from. The magnetic field of strong magnets has an effect on the atoms within our body which is the principle underpinning MRI.
How much effect weaker magnets have is debatable but their can be no denying the magnetic field.

There is no evidence anywhere of anything being measured from a hologram.
Their own website claims it uses acupuncture - absolute tosh because acupuncture is the placing of needles in specific areas something a hologram certainly doesn't do.
& hologram technologies - the ONLY technology there is linked to holograms is they are a way of creating a 3D effect picture.
Another part of the site claims the hologram is 'programmed with frequencies which compliment frequencies occurring in the body' really? Yet again there is not a single scrap of evidence or proof or measurement of these frequencies.

It disturbs me that people will hand over money & keep these charlatans in business

 

[chestnut cob]

Re magnets, there seems to be some evidence that certain magnets used in specific ways can affect circulation. I've used them in the past and in a few circumstances they seemed to have an effect, although not always wholly positive! I did have one extraordinary experience relating to an infection - like so many similar products they are contraindicated for infection - so I suspect there is something going on. I never found a sufficient improvement to warrant continued use, though.

My vet is absolutely convinced about the benefits of magnets. With my arthritic horse, he was adamant that magnets (not purchased from my vet so not on a commission!! ) would help him. I am less convinced so didn't buy any magnetic products...

 

[chestnut cob]

My favourite thing EVER was when an employee who worked for MOJO posted on this very forum whilst it was being discussed.
'We don't have any evidence or proof of how they work but we are working very hard on it & when we get it I'll be swinging from the rafters'
Really? Really?! Someone from the company admits they basically can't prove they work & people still buy them.
The MOJO company in Australia was forced to offer full reimbursement to all customers after it was deemed their 'tests' they used for advertising were inaccurate & false.

The placebo effect is massive. I read that a large proportion of anti depressants prescribed in the UK are basically having a placebo effect.
There was also a very old study showing that anxiety in parents reduced dramatically when their ill child was given medication, even before the medication could have a perceived effect - for me that's the gist of how the placebo effect works with horses.

The MoJo things work by *magic*... cue spooky Twilight Zone type music...

 

[Pigeon]

The placebo effect can be very strong. If it helps, go for it I'm quite a superstitious person, I have lots of little rituals. On a higher level I know they're nonsense, but they make me feel better, so does it matter?

 

[Lolo]

The placebo effect can be very strong. If it helps, go for it I'm quite a superstitious person, I have lots of little rituals. On a higher level I know they're nonsense, but they make me feel better, so does it matter?

Al drives me absolutely wild with all her 'things' she does. To the outsider she appears very sensible and grounded. To those who've watched her ransack the house for the right socks for the right event will gladly say otherwise

 

[JFTDWS]

Al drives me absolutely wild with all her 'things' she does. To the outsider she appears very sensible and grounded. To those who've watched her ransack the house for the right socks for the right event will gladly say otherwise

I do that too. I don't regard believing in luck (or lucky socks!) in the same category as believing in magic holograms!

eta - not that it's any more rational, of course. But people who believe in lucky tat generally know they're being absurd, even if they can't stop themselves doing it!

 

[MileAMinute]

Placebo or not, if I genuinely believed they helped me, I'd wear them.

Sounds like they've really worked for you, OP!