Does anyone think DRmark has way to much time on his hands?

[Sparky]

I would just be weary about all the "free advice"

Thanks for starting a worthless thread and assuming I am incapable of forming my own view of opinions given by someone infinitely more qualified, capable and experienced than I am in orthopedics/sports medicine. We are free to get second opinions any time. This thread / your point has been covered before. Do a search. We are very fortunate that Dr Mark posts here at all. Are you a weak ass troll or a jong? Too many trolls round here already.

[Woodlandclown]

I'm not sure of drmark's exact meaning but since I've been married over 18 years, I feel qualified to take a stab at it. "Sex"! The exact position or method doesn't matter. What does is the frequency diminishes over time after marriage.

That's also why I choose to watch comedies while stretching. If I did drmark's method I would be all dressed "up" with no place to go.

ok - still fail to see the humor. i never thought of sex as a guy friendly event. i guess it depends on the participants. Perhaps Dr. Mark is a taker not a giver.

[drmark]

No, being happily married for all these years, I am commonly on on both the giving and receiving end.

However, to get ROM in a guy the day of his ACL surgery, I tell him to relax and concentrate on the receiving end of the transaction. (I am referring to the transaction that President Clinton did not describe as sex, but as casual contact) If he concentrates on that, his knees, bend right down.

Do you have any suggestions for relaxation that I can offer my female patients without potentially losing my medical lisence?

[G]

Tahoeak, I think you should ask for your money back.

[Woodlandclown]

No, being happily married for all these years, I am commonly on on both the giving and receiving end.

However, to get ROM in a guy the day of his ACL surgery, I tell him to relax and concentrate on the receiving end of the transaction. (I am referring to the transaction that President Clinton did not describe as sex, but as casual contact) If he concentrates on that, his knees, bend right down.

Do you have any suggestions for relaxation that I can offer my female patients without potentially losing my medical lisence?

new shoes?

[L&AirC]

No, being happily married for all these years, I am commonly on on both the giving and receiving end.

However, to get ROM in a guy the day of his ACL surgery, I tell him to relax and concentrate on the receiving end of the transaction. (I am referring to the transaction that President Clinton did not describe as sex, but as casual contact) If he concentrates on that, his knees, bend right down.

Do you have any suggestions for relaxation that I can offer my female patients without potentially losing my medical lisence?

Not sure what you should mention but if you mention President Clinton, they'll probably tighten up.

[Buzzworthy]

Without reading any of this thread as I don't think Dr. Mark deserves all the shit he gets from you all that do decide to take his advice, I think we all have too much time on our hands.

If you don't think so, look at the number in the upper right of your screen and see how long you have been here.

I agree with Dr. Mark.
I disagree with Dr. Mark.

Regardless, it is nice to have an actual surgeon active on this board.

Carry on.

[whisky]

Do you have any suggestions for relaxation that I can offer my female patients without potentially losing my medical lisence?

How about child birth?

[Vinman]

well said Buzz. While I do not agree with all of Dr. Mark's opinions. And while I don't have nearly the knowledge or experience Dr. M does, I have been the sports med field for more than a decade and have worked with many good orthos and and I can honestly say he knows his stuff. So unless you want him to stop coming here/posting then quit talking shit. It is post like these that cause professionals and on-professionals with good advise from posting. STFU already on posts like these.

[TBS]

OK, I just wasted a bunch of time reviewing this thread and the last one on Dr. Mark's time management. It's interesting that only three people seem to have an issue with him posting here - Freakofsnow, who started the first thread, Tahoeak who started this one, and Woodlandclown who started out dissing him in the first thread but then backpedaled as it went on, and is now asking DrMark questions on this one. Everybody else who posted seems to think (as I do) that the good Dr adds something positive to this board.

The evidence seems clear - most people appreciate his contribution (even if they reject his position), and a few should put him on ignore so they don't get all butthurt when he posts.

[ikkin]

current thread and this thread are the most useless on this board.

...and a few should put him on ignore so they don't get all butthurt when he posts.

amen. let's get back to the healing.

[Woodlandclown]

OK, I just wasted a bunch of time reviewing this thread and the last one on Dr. Mark's time management. It's interesting that only three people seem to have an issue with him posting here - Freakofsnow, who started the first thread, Tahoeak who started this one, and Woodlandclown who started out dissing him in the first thread but then backpedaled as it went on, and is now asking DrMark questions on this one. Everybody else who posted seems to think (as I do) that the good Dr adds something positive to this board.

The evidence seems clear - most people appreciate his contribution (even if they reject his position), and a few should put him on ignore so they don't get all butthurt when he posts.

for the record - i am not asking dr. mark questions and I stand by all of my comments. not backpeddaling at all. i have no question dr. mark knows his shit, i disagree on his delivery. if you dont like the discussion and think the thread is useless, stop posting in it and continuing it on. I dont think its useless if its getting such a rise out of people.

[drmark]

I appreciate your comments. Since I don't have a hold of anyone's health insurance card and certainly don't need the business or need the money, I don't have to surgar coat anything. I like it that way.

[Buzzworthy]

I don't have to surgar coat anything. I like it that way.

So do I.
Contributions apprecieated, even if I can't spell today.

[Spats]

I appreciate Dr. Mark's willingness to share his thoughts and opinions.

It's kind of funny that people accuse him of wasting his time. There are a lot of doctors, lawyers, and other professional maggots here who have much higher post counts than Dr. Mark and aren't even posting about work.

[TahoeCP]

TahoeAK-
I made my first post to L&AirC today and I curse you for ever introducing this site to me...it is long and will make for good bedtime reading. I don't know if I am going to enter in the fight against the Houston Doc just yet, any guy that puts his real picture in these things has issues and should be feared.
You have passed your own addiction onto an unsuspecting innocent and now you will pay.
CP

[TahoeAk1]

Nice one.....

Nice to see you here.......

I got 130 rom yesterday....crutches taken away...spinning etc. Knee feels really good....Thnx!! Quad is coming back to life..Day 16 today...

[FredsTrees]

I know this is going to create some serious controversy but WTF....

So, with so much damn time on your hands...I have come to the conclusion you are basically spaming your own practice on this site! By my last count you have had at least 3 folks from this site come to see you. That equals a lot of $$ from insurance co.

It does not stop from you,. You respond to basically everyones blog with mostly negative crap, perswading them to do your techniqes! You do have some descent advice from time to time but you need to remember its purly your opinion. Thats it. We all know what opinions are like. We all have one.

I brought my lap top into PT today to show your comments off a bit as you had me concerned for a bit....

Everyone at PT, including DRs from Tahoe Fracture, the physical therapist etc., all call BS on the majority of your comments...truly...you should call them as they are your associates are they not? They actually mentioned you tactics are 1990's

This will create some controversy from your buddy "Fredstrees" and others, but...I am calling as I see it....

Any Dr with as much time on his hands as you to be responding to ALL of the blogs that you do, cannot be doing that much real Dr work.

As for your most recent CPM advice.....I have news for you. Who is going to do there own heel slides for 10 hours a day anyway. The CPM machine does have mixed results but how can you knock it. It is only a bonus to have if your insurance covers it,

You should start reading the journal of sports medicine. It where the Dr's who truly are cutting edge actually compare and post ideas, results, etc.

As mentioned after looking for advice on many topics that you have questioned, i am calling bs on you. I wouldnt be surprised if you didnt get a call from Dr Steadman himself.....

Oh yeah, your aggressive recoveries, you said it best, the chickens will come home to roost after a year or so...The best recoveries on knees only take time...period. you cannot push them or else they will fail in the long run.

Not that it matters at all, but I own and operate one the largest heli ski operations in the country. I have a ton of time on my hands now due to my own knee and am on a quest for knowledge.

About 90% of the people whom I have spoken to about there own knee issues say the exact opposite of you.

I live in the mountains here in Squaw Valley, Lake tahoe when not in AK. Reading your blog responses remind me of following someone down the road who is throwing his lit up cig or cigar out the window as I whatch the sparks fly into the woods.

Dude?

This is a hosted Forum, not a blog. We post.

Spamming is sending anonymous junk email, not posting on a hosted forum.

You have to search all posts before posting the topic. Otherwise you lose all credibility.

Meanwhile you go on to question Dr. Marks free time, which has already rather insignificantly been solved. He has a laptop and time between surgeries.

Finally, is there something you want to know, or are u just posting to get us all stirred up?

Shouldnt you be asking us what our experiences are? We all enjoy sharing them....

[TahoeAk1]

Dude...dont call me dude...thats a west coast word....You live in Philly...

Lets end this thread...it is purley a waste of time.....

I should have not started it to begin with. It was just a simple question.

Drmark is cutting edge and thats it. He does not need to waste his time with this either. After further research he is legit, just really cutting edge like his assoc., Shelbourne, etc. There are many good docs out there with many opions. Good for drmark for getting after it.

My appologies for even starting this thread.....even to drmark...

[drmark]

apology accepted.
Peace be with you.

[FredsTrees]

Dude...dont call me dude...thats a west coast word....You live in Philly...

Lets end this thread...it is purley a waste of time.....

I should have not started it to begin with. It was just a simple question.

Drmark is cutting edge and thats it. He does not need to waste his time with this either. After further research he is legit, just really cutting edge like his assoc., Shelbourne, etc. There are many good docs out there with many opions. Good for drmark for getting after it.

My appologies for even starting this thread.....even to drmark...

Apology accepted on behalf of all office mucking city slicking east coasters who wished they lived in the mountains.

[TahoeCP]

Don't be too hard on TahoeAK1 he is probably Canadian or something. I worked with Shelbourne in the 90's when he was just starting to think about the contralateral graft. He was actually hoping that someone could have the smarts to bring back a Goretex graft that would last for 5 minutes. That said, he is still too busy to post on this site, but he has about 10 Grad assistants who would do it for him in a heartbeat. Watch the movie Brazil sometime...the part where they are in the office and the big boss is in the middle of about 20 lackeys. It looks like the bunch ball my 7 yo calls soccer. That is Shelbourne...he is an awesome doc surrounded by very smart people, I was at his first presentation of the contralateral graft in Hilton Head and he was booed by his peers. It is nice to see that he perservered and now leads discussions and roundtables at the Academy.
CP

[L7]

Don't be too hard on TahoeAK1 he is probably Canadian or something.
CP

That's probably why his name includes tahoe and ak. A thread that had gently died away as it should have doesn't need to be brought back by some moron blathering nonsensical crap about 25 year old movies.

[L&AirC]

This is getting confusing. First a person is being chastized for having too much time on their hands. Once we square that away, we start chastizing people for sharing information, that appears to be a waste of time, and then waste more time by posting more information, pointing out how wasteful the last post was. Sounds like a lot of people have too much time on their hands.

All information is important some where some how. If it isn't important to a reader, the reader doesn't have to use it.

This thread, though not anything to brag about, is also the thread (as far as I can tell), to get TahoeCP posting. His first post was to me and he had great/important info for me. Probably not to a lot of other people.

I think drmark would agree if his being challenged (and publicly apologized to) did someone some good, he'd do it again. Look at drmarks picture. His skins so thick his hair can't even grow out of it!

This thread also made the current and new members aware that drmark is credible and an asset to this site. It should be required reading to join the forum.

Personally, I'm glad TahoeCP joined. Seems to me that TahoeAK is a decent guy to that had something gnawing at him and needed to get it off his chest.

One of my favorite bumper stickers is "Speak your mind even if your voice shakes."

Favorite quote from American History is (words to the effect of "I may not agree with what you say but I will fight to the death so you have the right to say it."

Lets play nice,
Ken

[splat]

Based on the way Dr. Mark presents himself, and even after defending him in this thread, I will say I think he's an arrogant fuck fishing for business and truly doesn't have a clue of what is is to be a maggot.

He gave me totally bullshit advice, but, hey, that's just me.
You guys glean from him whatever helps you.