I read ya first para, and as i says , you bring good words.............wait i will check the rest and yes you do have a better doc, im guessing / presuming he was a part time physio too, docs are busy, the more you talk, the less they do........stick a poll on that. Eg inferior feeling etc, "boxer explaining to me what may be the problems, cough/arse".......is the reception generally Ignorance You bring it well Bodi, yes am serious :thumbsup
That's the sports physician angle. My doctor always tells me to take time off, and it's never shorter than two months. I recognize types of pains, I always know up front if it's nerve, muscle or bone related, etc. When I tell my doctor exactly what hurts and where, he thinks I'm self diagnosing and he hates that. Ten minutes later he usually confirms what I already thought. He also hates boxing, and told me it would be better to stop doing it on several occasions. My initial reason for boxing was anger management, he wanted me on anti-depressants instead. I hate my doctor actually. I second HairyHighlander's post, you're a good addition to the board. No one's being paid to give advice here, so feel free to be direct or even rude when it suits you
Thankyou for the kind words guys - rest assured that even though I can come across as condescending, direct or patronising at times, my intention is to help people if I can. One thing that I find with being direct and straight to the point is that there is never any room for doubt, everything is always black or white, and I try not to leave any 'grey areas'. Another thing about message boards is that it can often be difficult to get the true meaning of the message as what is written rarely translates to what is said verbally. I see your points re certain doctors, i'm clearly very fortunate to have a good one - the fact that I train his son also helps! The reason that I mentioned a doctor before a physio was to rule out any 'medical' conditions. Just because a person does sports, and they experience pain when doing these sports doesn't always equate to a 'sports' injury. For example, in this particular case, it could, although highly unlikely, be something like bursitis - this would fall out of the realm of a physio, and a doctor would be the person to see for this condition. This is why I believe effective communication is so important - rather than speculating what it 'could be', it is always better to rule out what 'it could be' through asking the right questions.
Scuse me for being a **** so to speak but what would u have advised ? I met a lot of good and better ppl similar to yourself, i paid a lot and lost a lot(time/age) You would of advised a Physio at best or "your doctor" Please Take a hint as has been mentioned before :hi:
True. But its overrated. Too many people i know find it doesn't really do that much. Fish oil and Cod liver oil is better.
The combination is even better. Not to mention combining it with hundreds of other micronutrients and phytochemicals. Garlic, ginger, cinnamon, clove, etc. etc. Staring blind on a single nutrient is useless.
Of course. Most think that is all you require. Myself though we use what you mentioned alot on West Indian cooking. Garlic is very good for keeping cholesterol down and thinning the blood and Ginger is great for upset stomachs. Never bite into a clove though :|
Garlic is strongly anti-inflammatory, which in turn has a positive influence on cholesterol because wrong cholesterol levels are often a result of inflammations. Traditional cuisine, whether it's Indian or European, is chuck full of micronutrients that the body really does need. The fact that we're not getting them anymore causes god knows how many weird diseases, most related to the body's immune system. Old school food can give you steroid like effects in terms of recovery. I absolutely hate the taste of cloves so I swallow the dried ones in one piece :!:
When people found out muscle needs sugar they started carb loading. When they found out muscle recovery requires protein they started eating insane loads of protein. We steered clear on fat until we found out its use, and now we're all filling our stomachs with flaxseed and fish oils. Many of us found out the nervous system relies on minerals, so we make sure we get them. In a while, people will find out what feeds the immune system. [url]http://www.dreamtimemassage.com/ImmuneSystem.html[/url]
It definitely is mate. You can make it even better by including even more herbs and spices, many of them grow in the wild this time of the year. Fresh mint, nettle, dandelions, camomile, daisy, dill, st. johns, liquorice, fennel, sale, thyme, ginkgo, pine, ginseng, coriander, the list goes on and on. I use about 30 herbs in my daily tea and I feel like superman at the moment, I've had perhaps four or five rest days so far since mid January. Tea (chai as well) and soup are underrated, but they can do miracles.
My mum used to have a plot in our garden purely for herbs. I used to get sent as a kid to collect them. To this day i still cook with a lot of herbs. But you have to be careful with the processed stuff from the stores as it contains alot of salt.
