There are 4 goals to strive for in order to solve a ureter stone problem:

1. Ease the pain
2. Move the obstructing stone to the bladder
3. Ensure that the movement of the stone does not abrade, or otherwise damage, the inner tissues of the ureter
4. Accomplish all of this in minutes!

A job for miracle medicine?!?! The application of futuristic technology?! Actually, all it takes to accomplish the 4 stated goals is an understanding and application of Junior High School level, old-fashioned, Newtonian grade physics. You don’t need quantum mechanics or string theory!

The accumulation of urine above an obstructing stone is the basic problem, not only in pain generation, but also in the occasional loss of kidney function if allowed to become severe. However, in its early development, when it is least painful and still of a non-damaging size, it is the perfect "liquid tool" for accomplishing all 4 stated goals! This liquid tool is activated as follows: when you jump vertically a few inches and land stiffly, with the ankles, knees, and hips locked, your body, including the ureters, stops suddenly. But, because of the combined force of gravity and moving inertia, your liquid tool continues downward, applying enough pressure to "stretch open" the ureter around the obstruction, for a split second of time. During this split second period, there are 3 simultaneous actions that move the stone downward:

1.The pull of gravity 2.The push of moving inertia 3.The flush of urine.
	This art was labeled for illustration by Waymond Bishop

EXACTLY HOW ARE WE ACCOMPLISHING OUR FOUR STATED GOALS?

• Easing the pain: the pain is automatically reduced by ureter deflation, with the level of deflation determined by the amount of urine that is flushed though the obstruction.
• Stone movement: This should need no further comment.
• Protecting the ureter tissues from stone abrasion: the flush of urine not only helps assure downward movement of the stone, but acts as a lubricant of the stone as it becomes a moving shield between the stone and tissues.
• As for accomplishing it all in minutes: the liquid tool partially depleted itself or partially "used itself up" in helping to accomplish the first three goals. Fortunately, the associated kidney will quickly   ( within about five minutes, in my case) produce enough urine to restore the liquid tool  to its full "operating size". It usually only takes a very few jumps (or pairs of jumps) to move the stone to the bladder. As was pointed out before according to my experience,  small stones take longer to "jump down" to the bladder than larger stones. This phenomenon was also observed and reported by some individuals who experience spontaneous stone passage!   More about this later . . .

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