#sports medicine
Oh look, it’s another one of those things that I always get really confused about but that other people don’t seem to have any problem with.
Golfer and Tennis elbow. I have to think about tennis players generally swinging their racket quite laterally, while golfers generally stay in a more medial line. I don’t really play either, so this might not be 100% true, but it works for me! The medial and lateral colour coding is purely for the benefit of my personal synaesthetic tendencies, so don’t worry about them.
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Name Elijah Chiang
Location Tempe, AZ, USA
What do you do? I’m a Physical Therapist with Foothills Sports Medicine and received a degree from Washington University in St Louis. Physical Therapy is often an occupation neglected by Asians. As such, it is very rare for me to see Asians in my clinical practice as many of them would rather take prescription drugs or seek oriental medicine. It’s not easy to convince my immediate Asian circle of what we do and the potential benefits of exercise and strengthening. I usually get the you’re a doctor? Oh…. That kind of doctor. However, there seems to be a growing awareness of the importance of physical health in the Asian community which is promising. I hope to one day go back to Taiwan and change the entire practice of physical therapy in Taiwan.
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Later Hit: Does Cannabis Ease Pain, Speed Recovery in Injured Athletes?
Increasingly, professional athletes in sports ranging from football to bicycling to long-distance running have turned to using cannabis to reduce pain from post-game injuries and to help speed recovery.
Anecdotal reports of cannabis’ purported benefits abound, but empirical evidence is scant. Today, the National Football League announced funding of a novel clinical trial that will assess the therapeutic efficacy (and any possible adverse effects) of delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol (THC), the primary psychoactive compound in cannabis; cannabidiol (CBD), the second most prevalent active ingredient in cannabis but not psychoactive; and a combination of the two for treating post-competition pain caused by soft tissue injury, compared to a placebo.
Co-led by Mark Wallace, MD, a pain management specialist and director of the Center for Pain Medicine at UC San Diego Health, and Thomas Marcotte, PhD, professor of psychiatry at University of California School of Medicine and co-director of the Center for Medicinal Cannabis Research at UC San Diego, the randomized, double-blind trial will involve testing and monitoring of professional rugby players.
Professional rugby was chosen for the first trial because it approximates the types of injuries also experienced by NFL players, the researchers said, and was logistically more feasible. The primary goal of the trial will be to evaluate pain relief and recovery. Secondary goals include assessment of any effects on physical function, sleep, cognition and mood.
— Scott LaFee
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