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Let’s create physical conditions like “Dead Butt Syndrome” so we can promote our book and celebrity status.
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for January 2, 2025 Source:“Dead Butt Syndrome” Is A Real Thing — Here’s How To Tell If You Have It
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Walking can be a powerful remedy for back pain according to Australian study
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for June 20, 2024 Source:Walking Can Be a Powerful Remedy for Back Pain Reference:Effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of an individualised, progressive walking and education intervention for the prevention of low back pain recurrence in Australia (WalkBack): a randomised controlled trial
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Small study with caveats suggests that osteoarthritic knees worsen after steroid injections. I am not convinced but open to further evidence to establish veracity.
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for December 1, 2022 Source:A common treatment for your knee osteoarthritis may be making it worse, studies say Reference:Steroid Injections Worsen Knee Arthritis
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Interesting study posits that NSAIDs used to treat low back pain interferes with the healing process and thus may lead to chronic pain conditions thereafter.
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for May 13, 2022 Source:Using Anti-Inflammatory Drugs May Prolong Back Pain Reference:Acute inflammatory response via neutrophil activation protects against the development of chronic pain
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TV Peloton incidents undermine a basic reality about exercise, experts say
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for January 26, 2022 Source:TV Peloton incidents undermine a basic reality about exercise, experts say
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Stretching the evidence to fit one’s believe continues to be de rigeur
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for November 29, 2019 Source:No evidence static stretching before running prevents injury, experts say Reference:Infographic running myth: static stretching reduces injury risk in runners
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Young marathon runner dies after army run
Health Headlines Commentary for September 24, 2019 Source:Young runner who died after Canada Army Run identified
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Ontario study asks if the increasing incidence of concussions is a true epidemic or due from better recognition.
Health Headlines Commentary for July 4, 2019 Source: Concussion rates higher than previously reported, Ont. study suggests Reference: Increasing Incidence of ConcussionTrue Epidemic or Better Recognition?
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Should boxing be banned because of the concussion toll and long-term health damage to boxers? What about MMA?
Health Headlines Commentary for December 4, 2018 Source: ‘Boxing should be abolished’: Adonis Stevenson knockout prompts concern in medical community