Traumatic injuries can be bad, but if the person is generally healthy and the tissue is in good shape, sudden overloading of the tissue responds well to therapy and heals well. Deteriorative injuries develop insidiously. Often there can be years of wearing and over strain. The tissue doesn't exactly develop inflammation. Rather, the cell and fiber structure break down and the tissue becomes gristly. Eventually there is not enough healthy tissue to sustain the strain and the tissue gives way. In these cases, the problem of repairing the injury is complicated by having so little healthy tissue to work with. Compare a brand new rubber band with one left in the sun a few days, and you get the picture.
Dr. Wayne Coghlan: Chiropractor / Counselling Psychology.
The Frog in the Kettle: There is an old fable about taking a frog from a cool pond and plopping it into warm water. The change in temperature is so abrupt that it alarms the frog and it will jump out to safety. Now take the same frog, place it in a pot of tepid water, and turn the heat on very low. Because the water warms up so very gradually, the frog is not immediately alarmed and will very comfortably tolerate the danger... and eventually gets cooked.
One more illustration to run by you. It takes very little effort, time, and money to allow a house to deteriorate. You ignore the moisture in the windows, don't get around to repairing the loose shingles, the pipes... well.. they are only a little leaky. Eventually, the house is no longer fit to live in. However, a house you can move out of. Your body has to last as long as you live in it. Yes, it does take some investment of time, effort... and money... to keep your home in good shape.... and fit and comfortable to live in.
Important - learn the difference between a traumatic (sports) injury and deteriorative (old sport) injury.
Traumatic injuries can be bad, but if the person is generally healthy and the tissue is in good shape, sudden overloading of the tissue responds well to therapy and heals well. Deteriorative injuries develop insidiously. Often there can be years of wearing and over strain. The tissue doesn't exactly develop inflammation. Rather, the cell and fiber structure break down and the tissue becomes gristly. Eventually there is not enough healthy tissue to sustain the strain and the tissue gives way. In these cases, the problem of repairing the injury is complicated by having so little healthy tissue to work with. Compare a brand new rubber band with one left in the sun a few days, and you get the picture.
** How do I injure thee... let me count the ways.... Headache, migraine, cervical degenerative arthritis, neck and shoulder tension, stress, rotator cuff injury, medial epicondylitis (golfer's elbow), lateral epicondylitis (tennis elbow), carpel tunnel syndrome, wrist fatigue, chest congestion, thoracic spine injury, low back strain, varicose veins, lymphadema, patelo-femoral pain syndrome, ischial bursitis, piriformis syndrome, digestive upset, depression, temporal-mandibular joint syndrome (TMJ).
Dr. Wayne Coghlan: Chiropractor / Counselling Psychology
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Dr. Wayne CoghlanI am a graduate of the University of Guelph School of Human Kinetics, and then the Canadian Memorial Chiropractic College, with further education in Sports Sciences, and have completed a Master's degree in Counselling Psychology. Categories
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