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HOP Mad Doctor
13,925 posts
Location: San Francisco, CA, USA
HOP Mad Doctor
13,925 posts
Location: San Francisco, CA, USA
Posted:
So I have written a articles for HoP (First Aid for Burns [which everyone should keep a copy of in their fire kits] and Clubbing Safety).
So I feel like writing another (if Malcolm doesn't mind) and I would like to know what topics you are interested. Remember, my training is pediatric, and the topic should be relevant to this community. And it shouldn't involve s?x because this is a family board.
Some possible topics come to mind:
-Muscle/ligament injuries and their first aid.
-Fitness/Weight Management
-Common alternative medical therapies
-Babies (we have a lot of babies of late on the board)
-Quitting smoking
etc...
So make some suggestions. I'll take the most popular and then make a poll out of them.
I ask you please: this is not a place to ask me specific questions about your personal health. I can neither make specific recommendations, nor properly evaluate a patient, nor prescribe treatment for any disease or condition over the internet and I would strongly suspect the motives of any physician who claims s/he can and/or should.
So I have written a articles for HoP (First Aid for Burns [which everyone should keep a copy of in their fire kits] and Clubbing Safety).
So I feel like writing another (if Malcolm doesn't mind) and I would like to know what topics you are interested. Remember, my training is pediatric, and the topic should be relevant to this community. And it shouldn't involve s?x because this is a family board.
Some possible topics come to mind:
-Muscle/ligament injuries and their first aid.
-Fitness/Weight Management
-Common alternative medical therapies
-Babies (we have a lot of babies of late on the board)
-Quitting smoking
etc...
So make some suggestions. I'll take the most popular and then make a poll out of them.
I ask you please: this is not a place to ask me specific questions about your personal health. I can neither make specific recommendations, nor properly evaluate a patient, nor prescribe treatment for any disease or condition over the internet and I would strongly suspect the motives of any physician who claims s/he can and/or should.
-Mike
Certified Mad Doctor and HoP High Priest of Nutella
A buckuht n a hooze! -Valura
Stargazer
6,650 posts
6,650 posts
Posted:
.... very cool move, Doc 
I personally would favour (in descending order)
Quitting smoking
Fitness/ weight management
Muscle/ Ligament injuries
Joint (as in a body part) injuries and their treatment
Just to take the ones you proposed into my order... oh, but alternative treatments/ alternative aids would be splendid! I just learned that honey has excellent qualities when it comes to healing, or ink....
.... very cool move, Doc I personally would favour (in descending order)
Quitting smoking
Fitness/ weight management
Muscle/ Ligament injuries
Joint (as in a body part) injuries and their treatment
Just to take the ones you proposed into my order... oh, but alternative treatments/ alternative aids would be splendid! I just learned that honey has excellent qualities when it comes to healing, or ink....
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Insert Champagne Here
13,215 posts
Location: without class distinction, Australia
Insert Champagne Here
13,215 posts
Location: without class distinction, Australia
Posted:
Given that there seems to be quite a few questions about weight management on the board, then I think that would be a good one. However not really relevant to me.
Personally, I'd go for muscle/ligament injuries
Everyone can just quit smoking when every country in the whole wide world brings in no smoking inside laws! 29 day to go here!
Given that there seems to be quite a few questions about weight management on the board, then I think that would be a good one. However not really relevant to me.
Personally, I'd go for muscle/ligament injuries
Everyone can just quit smoking when every country in the whole wide world brings in no smoking inside laws! 29 day to go here!
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Location: Bali, Australia
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Location: Bali, Australia
Posted:
Yep, I'd go for the muscle/ligament thing, seeing I've had so many injuries in my life, and varying levels of success with recovery.
Yep, I'd go for the muscle/ligament thing, seeing I've had so many injuries in my life, and varying levels of success with recovery.
.....Can't juggle balls but I sure as hell can juggle details....
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addict
669 posts
Location: Lancashire, UK
addict
669 posts
Location: Lancashire, UK
Posted:
Aye, sitting here with a f@#$ed up wrist due to lifting a stone trough 2 weeks ago my vote goes for muscle/ligament injuries.
Aye, sitting here with a f@#$ed up wrist due to lifting a stone trough 2 weeks ago my vote goes for muscle/ligament injuries.
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HOP Mad Doctor
13,925 posts
Location: San Francisco, CA, USA
HOP Mad Doctor
13,925 posts
Location: San Francisco, CA, USA
Posted:
Ok. I'll write one on muscle/ligament/tendon injuries. It'll help me learn about it, too.
Ok. I'll write one on muscle/ligament/tendon injuries. It'll help me learn about it, too.
-Mike
Certified Mad Doctor and HoP High Priest of Nutella
A buckuht n a hooze! -Valura
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Location: San Francisco, USA
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Location: San Francisco, USA
Posted:
Great idea.
My main questions would be, how the heck do you TELL when you actually have a tendon/ligament/muscle injury, and not just ordinary soreness? What level of discomfort is okay for training through and what means you need to rest, and for how long??
I'm rather concerned about injuries lately myself-- I'm very out of shape these days and working out to get it back, but I occasionally do stuff that's too far past me yet and hurt myself.
Great idea.
My main questions would be, how the heck do you TELL when you actually have a tendon/ligament/muscle injury, and not just ordinary soreness? What level of discomfort is okay for training through and what means you need to rest, and for how long??
I'm rather concerned about injuries lately myself-- I'm very out of shape these days and working out to get it back, but I occasionally do stuff that's too far past me yet and hurt myself.
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Location: melbourne, Australia
water based
5,125 posts
Location: melbourne, Australia
Posted:
yeah, im also quite interested in this.. handstanding and stuff didnt seem to leave my wrist in a happy state when i was trying to learn, so learning some anti-damaging techniques would be wonderful
yeah, im also quite interested in this.. handstanding and stuff didnt seem to leave my wrist in a happy state when i was trying to learn, so learning some anti-damaging techniques would be wonderful
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Good Ol' Yarn For Hair
422 posts
Location: Atlanta, GA, USA
422 posts
Location: Atlanta, GA, USA
Posted:
I'd definitely be intrigued by alternative medicines, but I think I'm more interested in things directly related towards spinning, especially the muscle/ligament/tendon thing. Either that, or possibly fitness for spinners.
Wasn't there a video lurking about relating to the repetitive strain of spinning?
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I'd definitely be intrigued by alternative medicines, but I think I'm more interested in things directly related towards spinning, especially the muscle/ligament/tendon thing. Either that, or possibly fitness for spinners.
Wasn't there a video lurking about relating to the repetitive strain of spinning?
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Location: 8 days at Cloudbreak, 6 in Perth, Australia
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1,433 posts
Location: 8 days at Cloudbreak, 6 in Perth, Australia
Posted:
Ohh the weight management and the quitting smoking would be good to read!
Ohh the weight management and the quitting smoking would be good to read!
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That guy from Reno
556 posts
Location: Reno, Nevada USA
That guy from Reno
556 posts
Location: Reno, Nevada USA
Posted:
I have a personally motivated interest but it is relevant to the muscle thing. Can you discuss in this document about spine issues and how proper physical therapy and conditioning can support even the worst case of skeletal problems?
Oh and also discuss benefits and problems to poi and staff spinning relative to unilateral or unbalanced conditioning and how to properly condition the whole body to best support poi and staff spinning. Posture and accompanying training etc.
Thanks for your initiative Lightning
I have a personally motivated interest but it is relevant to the muscle thing. Can you discuss in this document about spine issues and how proper physical therapy and conditioning can support even the worst case of skeletal problems?
Oh and also discuss benefits and problems to poi and staff spinning relative to unilateral or unbalanced conditioning and how to properly condition the whole body to best support poi and staff spinning. Posture and accompanying training etc.
Thanks for your initiative Lightning
Cody Canon
Controlled Burn, Reno Nevada
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HOP Mad Doctor
13,925 posts
Location: San Francisco, CA, USA
HOP Mad Doctor
13,925 posts
Location: San Francisco, CA, USA
Posted:
Interesting question. The issue with this is that I have no evidence to support any claims I can make. No well-done studies (for that matter, probably no published studies at all) have ever been done into any medical issue specifically relating to poi/staff spinning.
A ligament tear is a ligament tear. A burn is a burn. Whether it was sustained while spinning poi, fire-walking, or running from an explosion is unimportant.
But when you ask certain questions about what activities would be most beneficial for poi-spinners, I can only speak in generalities.
Written by: Cody
Oh and also discuss benefits and problems to poi and staff spinning relative to unilateral or unbalanced conditioning and how to properly condition the whole body to best support poi and staff spinning. Posture and accompanying training etc.
Interesting question. The issue with this is that I have no evidence to support any claims I can make. No well-done studies (for that matter, probably no published studies at all) have ever been done into any medical issue specifically relating to poi/staff spinning.
A ligament tear is a ligament tear. A burn is a burn. Whether it was sustained while spinning poi, fire-walking, or running from an explosion is unimportant.
But when you ask certain questions about what activities would be most beneficial for poi-spinners, I can only speak in generalities.
-Mike
Certified Mad Doctor and HoP High Priest of Nutella
A buckuht n a hooze! -Valura
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That guy from Reno
556 posts
Location: Reno, Nevada USA
That guy from Reno
556 posts
Location: Reno, Nevada USA
Posted:
Ok generalitits it is. I bet you can find white papers on general sport or athelete unballanced conditioning and even hypothesze on what happens to a poi/staff spinner and how it "should" be corrected. For example I was a gymnast and gymnasts are traditionally extremely kyphotic and hunched over becasue of the chest development. So in order to correct this there was lots of specific exercises we did to ballance it. Maybee I'm thinking in a different, not so medical realm, but it would be interesting and medical input would be nice.
We also had to deal with shin splints and forearm splints. Conditions from over developing one part which caused pain and problems. Certain exercises cured these ailments which was really nice to know about cause they suck. :P
Thanks!
Cody
Ok generalitits it is. I bet you can find white papers on general sport or athelete unballanced conditioning and even hypothesze on what happens to a poi/staff spinner and how it "should" be corrected. For example I was a gymnast and gymnasts are traditionally extremely kyphotic and hunched over becasue of the chest development. So in order to correct this there was lots of specific exercises we did to ballance it. Maybee I'm thinking in a different, not so medical realm, but it would be interesting and medical input would be nice.
We also had to deal with shin splints and forearm splints. Conditions from over developing one part which caused pain and problems. Certain exercises cured these ailments which was really nice to know about cause they suck. :P
Thanks!
Cody
Cody Canon
Controlled Burn, Reno Nevada
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Location: Auckland, New Zealand
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Location: Auckland, New Zealand
Posted:
Let's see an article on lung development from 10 years old to 25 years old.
And whether environmental pollutants, such as smoke from fire fuel, can damage lung development from that age onwards...
Let's see an article on lung development from 10 years old to 25 years old.
And whether environmental pollutants, such as smoke from fire fuel, can damage lung development from that age onwards...
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Sweet talented nutter
2,615 posts
Location: Brisbane Oz, Australia
Sweet talented nutter
2,615 posts
Location: Brisbane Oz, Australia
Posted:
What about living with Deep vain thrombosesis?(sp) DVT.
What about living with Deep vain thrombosesis?(sp) DVT.
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