Principles of sports medicine

[TBS]

The thing about surgery is--with age comes humility, but too late for the patients who caused the humility.

When I interviewed my surgeon about repairing rotator cuff (supraspinatus + SLAP tear)...
Q: how many of these have you done?
A: somewhere between 500-1000 of each
Q: how many failures?
A: just one. But she works one floor down so I get a near-daily reminder to be humble

[old goat]

6 years ago my feet were right fucked from a very long ski and not getting better after > a week so when I ran into the sports PT from AUZ at the bar I asked buddy for a quick a consult and he said soak em in ice water so how long i asked

he said " Long as you can stand it, I used to submerge entire rugby players in the ice bath the day after a match " and said something about writing a paper on the use of ice to speed up healing so I did the ice and it worked

So last week I sprained the ankle, it wasn't getting better fast enough so the last 2 days I been sticking my foot in a beer cooler with 6 " of water a couple trays of ice and its defintaly helped ... a good sports med tip

Careful with that--I had a college sprinter whose coach had her soak her legs in ice water for too long and had severe persistent pain.

When I interviewed my surgeon about repairing rotator cuff (supraspinatus + SLAP tear)...
Q: how many of these have you done?
A: somewhere between 500-1000 of each
Q: how many failures?
A: just one. But she works one floor down so I get a near-daily reminder to be humble

Pro tip--if this surgeon is this busy he's on his 3rd, much younger, hot wife who's very lonely.

[OregonDead]

Anyone try the voltaren?

[summit]

Anyone try the voltaren?

I tried the gel for an ankle issue from work... not sure it helped much. The oral version (diclofenac) was quite effective but I found meloxicam just as effective and easier (once a day) and has a lower frequency of GI bleeds and GI upset ( the most common side effects of NSAIDs)

[OregonDead]

I'm on the meloxicam. Don't know much about it. Was on two/day for about 2 weeks post op and now down to one a day with dinner. Decided to try the cream this morning on my knee and I think it helped. Mom had a bottle she bought at a french pharmacy and said try this. Bottle is all in french %2.

Surgery was to fix a fibula fracture BTW and I tweaked my MCL pretty good in the same crash.

I tried the gel for an ankle issue from work... not sure it helped much. The oral version (diclofenac) was quite effective but I found meloxicam just as effective and easier (once a day) and has a lower frequency of GI bleeds and GI upset ( the most common side effects of NSAIDs)