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If you still trust doctors, you must be healthy ... once you start to have problems, especially the chronic kind, you will see that doctors don't know much and

If you still trust doctors, you must be healthy ... once you start to have problems, especially the chronic kind, you will see that doctors don't know much and are just big pharma salesmen.

dominotw 10y ago
This has been totally true for me. 99% specialists I've seen are totally clueless. Some of them flat out said they have no clue and can't help me other than offering advice to rest.
- colmvp 10y ago
  I have found that physiotherapists have been far more helpful for me in coping with chronic injuries than any doctor. I only wish I had met him far earlier in my life
- x0x0 10y ago
  Find a sports physician. Ask around at a good powerlifting, strongman, olympic, or maybe even crossfit gym. (What is a good gym? They should have a lot of people squatting/dl over 500, and a handful 800+. There will be names on a leaderboard.) They'll know doctors that help you work through injuries. And foam roller your it band. Every evening, and maybe every morning as well. edit: with the it band, make sure it is your it band. Check with a good pt person that you don't have weak butt muscles (I forget which.) There's a simple test for this that involves lying on your side and raising a leg, but I don't think I can adequately explain it in text. source: 10 months on crutches and a very tight it band.
  - berntb 10y ago
    I second the suggestion for a specialized sport doctor. Especially for more complex joints, like knees and shoulders.
  - to3m 10y ago
    "500"? Permit me to channel my secondary school chemistry teacher: 500 elephants? 500 biscuits? Units, lad! UNITS. (Of course - I know you mean kg! But the point stands.)
    - x0x0 10y ago
      pounds 500kg = 1102lbs; the list of people who can dl that is: Eddie Hall. AFAIK only 4-5 men have dl'd over 1k lbs ever (regulation height, no suit, not tire deadlifts or some bs) -- Benny, Eddie, Andy Bolton, Jerry Pritchett, Brian Shaw. The list of 1000 pound squatters (no suit) is short too. Ed Coan, Malanichev, and a few others. Anyone who can squat 500 lbs is strong. To depth, obviously -- lots of people can do 500 lbs knee bends.
      - to3m 10y ago
        Hash tag british humour. Ordinarily I'd deploy hash tag that was the joke... but your reply in this instance was far too informative, and I'd run the risk (?) of looking (?) like (?) a twat.
        x0x0 10y ago
        whoosh the sound of that joke going over my head =P
chadcmulligan 10y ago
Yes, it seems to me doctors have cures for a bunch of standard stuff that have been diagnosed over the years. If you have something that they don't know then you're on you're own and that's probably why there's such a huge alternative medicine market. If they want to operate get a second opinion (at least), if you or someone in your family have something that you think is a problem then keep going to doctors till you find a solution. Don't just take the first doctors answer if they don't know. If you're in the chronic pain or odd problem area though then if doctors can't help go the diet / alternative medicine route - they may have an answer. There's a lot modern medicine doesn't know, and most practitioners don't know it all anyway.

If you still trust doctors, you must be healthy ... once you start to have problems, especially the chronic kind, you will see that doctors don't know much and are just big pharma salesmen.

dominotw 10y ago

This has been totally true for me. 99% specialists I've seen are totally clueless. Some of them flat out said they have no clue and can't help me other than offering advice to rest.

colmvp 10y ago
I have found that physiotherapists have been far more helpful for me in coping with chronic injuries than any doctor. I only wish I had met him far earlier in my life
x0x0 10y ago
Find a sports physician. Ask around at a good powerlifting, strongman, olympic, or maybe even crossfit gym. (What is a good gym? They should have a lot of people squatting/dl over 500, and a handful 800+. There will be names on a leaderboard.) They'll know doctors that help you work through injuries. And foam roller your it band. Every evening, and maybe every morning as well. edit: with the it band, make sure it is your it band. Check with a good pt person that you don't have weak butt muscles (I forget which.) There's a simple test for this that involves lying on your side and raising a leg, but I don't think I can adequately explain it in text. source: 10 months on crutches and a very tight it band.
- berntb 10y ago
  I second the suggestion for a specialized sport doctor. Especially for more complex joints, like knees and shoulders.
- to3m 10y ago
  "500"? Permit me to channel my secondary school chemistry teacher: 500 elephants? 500 biscuits? Units, lad! UNITS. (Of course - I know you mean kg! But the point stands.)
  - x0x0 10y ago
    pounds 500kg = 1102lbs; the list of people who can dl that is: Eddie Hall. AFAIK only 4-5 men have dl'd over 1k lbs ever (regulation height, no suit, not tire deadlifts or some bs) -- Benny, Eddie, Andy Bolton, Jerry Pritchett, Brian Shaw. The list of 1000 pound squatters (no suit) is short too. Ed Coan, Malanichev, and a few others. Anyone who can squat 500 lbs is strong. To depth, obviously -- lots of people can do 500 lbs knee bends.
    - to3m 10y ago
      Hash tag british humour. Ordinarily I'd deploy hash tag that was the joke... but your reply in this instance was far too informative, and I'd run the risk (?) of looking (?) like (?) a twat.
      - x0x0 10y ago
        whoosh the sound of that joke going over my head =P

chadcmulligan 10y ago

Yes, it seems to me doctors have cures for a bunch of standard stuff that have been diagnosed over the years. If you have something that they don't know then you're on you're own and that's probably why there's such a huge alternative medicine market. If they want to operate get a second opinion (at least), if you or someone in your family have something that you think is a problem then keep going to doctors till you find a solution. Don't just take the first doctors answer if they don't know. If you're in the chronic pain or odd problem area though then if doctors can't help go the diet / alternative medicine route - they may have an answer. There's a lot modern medicine doesn't know, and most practitioners don't know it all anyway.