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Post by kensei on Oct 12, 2011 12:19:06 GMT
I have been away from the boards for a while trying to deal with some health issues, personal and my daughters. One of my issues is a simple and annoying injury that I got in Judo when I was a kid. My hip! I landed funny about 10,000 times in Judo and being a short ass I ended up tearing the capsule on one particulary horrible landing from a rather high fall. Every few years it acts up and this year is not with out exception. I found that the only way to deal with the injury as it builds up is to do self massage and work with a therapist to heal up. As an ex/retired massage therapist I can do about 60% of the work myself. But to be frank, its nice to just chil out and have someone dig into my thigh with out my doing the work. I have to say that the best way I have found to deal with injuries is with massage and avoiding things like chiropractic unless I know what I want done. However, I have also seen a large amount of guys and Gals in Karate who dont go to alternative therapists and wait till its time for surgery. I am wondering how many people go to a therapist and if so what kind...and no steve...not that kind of therapist! And if you dont...why not?
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Post by superjock on Oct 12, 2011 18:14:16 GMT
No. Why not? 4 kids, a wife and a mortgage to feed. Seriously I have been lucky enough not to have had any serious issues. And of course there is the old Scots curse of ''you don't want to be bothering the doctor (read therapist) unless it turns black and falls off''
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Post by fujicolt on Oct 12, 2011 20:54:29 GMT
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Post by Paul Bedard on Oct 12, 2011 22:51:47 GMT
At my place of employment we have a massage therapist, a chiropractor & a physiotherapist who do in house treatments on a regular basis. I tend to use the services of both the massage therapist & chiropractor, both asking me to check out the other. I do get relief & when I feel good, I do hold off until I feel certain aches starting to come back. For example recently I found that I was having to take too much tylenol & ibuprophin for my liking & after a few visits to therapy, I have cut my intake down to 1/3 of what I was taking.. This is important to me.. Osu Paul B
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Post by Bob Davis on Oct 14, 2011 18:12:29 GMT
Depends on what you consider alternative I suppose, I'm a little disapointend in "mainstream" medicine's apparent focus on treating symptoms rather than causes, have seen prime examples of that with my mother over recent years (which is why she's on half a dozen different drugs at the same time, most of which are for treating the side effects of the other drugs she's on). I very seldom go the doctors, last time was probably about 5 years ago with a chest infection that wasn't going away. This is not because I'm particulalrly anti and am aware that (for some things) drugs are the only answer but just don't see the point of going to the doctors with things that will get better by themselves. I do however pay regular "maintenance" visits to my osteopath who is about more than just bad backs. The point being to keep the basic structure sound and correctly aligned as much as possible (within the limitations of the passing years . Over time I've had him fix dislocated bones in my foot, keep my trick knee in motion, loosen my "sticky" hip and fix my back and neck (obviously). I also had him work (quite effectively) on my tennis elbow with a combination of manipulation, massage and acupuncture for pain relief (I was staggered at how well that worked). This is in contrast to the first port of call, the GP, who actually put me in A&E with her tennis elbow treatment with what felt like apendicitis (and I don't give way to pain easily) but turned out to be a reaction to the 5 doses of Ibuprofen a day she'd put me on aggrevating an exisiting intestinal condition (it was in my records). For anything structural I'd rather go an see someone who specialises in the anatomy of human movement rather than someone who's first answer to any problem is to try an find a pill to fix it. Don't know how that got to be "mainstream" and everything else "alternative" (money would be my guess). It is important however to identify the difference in alternative therapies that are logical and have a pronion basis and those (of which a new one seems to pop up every day) which are clearly fairy dust and b*llsh*t (now that sounds like an interesting combination, there must be a market for that if I can just find an angle )
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Post by tomobrien on Oct 16, 2011 2:22:58 GMT
Had arthroscopic knee surgery 3 times. Once on one knee & twice on the other. I once went to the doctor & he said I had water on the knee. I said I wanted a second opinion. He said OK - your'e ugly too Seriously though, I am lucky & blessed to be able to continue doing what I do! Thanks, Tom
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