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MEAT. Movement Exercise Analgesiacs Treatment https://progressiveptandrehab.com/rice-and-meat-physical-therapy-terms-you-need-to-know-for-sports-injuries/ http
by jvanderbot 4y ago
MEAT. Movement Exercise Analgesiacs Treatment
https://progressiveptandrehab.com/rice-and-meat-physical-therapy-terms-you-need-to-know-for-sports-injuries/ https://progressiveptandrehab.com/rice-and-meat-physical-the...
TLDR; IRRC:
Don't take anti-inflammatory, don't keep it stationary, don't fight swelling at all, but do keep it moving and teach your body to avoid the motion that caused the injury.
So easy to remember, since, you know, we damaged our meat in these types of injury.
- hannasm 4y agoAvoiding the motion that caused the injury is one of the most challenging issues to overcome. The body naturally tries to stop you from making the same mistakes again but these compensation strategies may significantly reduce athletic performance and in many cases actually cause new injuries because the original motor pattern was the ideal one and the compensated motion is just next best. Keep adding them up over the course of a human lifespan and it's no wonder our bodies break down so much. In the short term it may be beneficial to avoid a certain muscle or area, but eventually you have to get it turned back on too.
- TylerE 4y agoYep. Been dealing with diabetic foot ulcers for the past year+. No fun. Had one on the left that was pretty bad, and as that was healing all the offloading I was doing caused me to develop another one (less serious, luckily...) on the other foot.
- emodendroket 4y agoNot just for athletes: this is equally applicable to keyboard jockeys with repetitive strain injuries. One of the reasons braces are actually counterindicated.
- emodendroket 4y agoIf we're supposed to avoid analgesics what are they doing in the acronym?
- jvanderbot 4y agoAnalgesics are not anti inflammatory medication, they are pain relief meds, if I understand. Analgesics are ok for pain relief according to MEAT
- emodendroket 4y agoWhich painkillers are not also anti-inflammatory drugs? All the OTC ones are NSAIDs.
- jvanderbot 4y agoWell, acetaminophen is not NSAID, that's why you can take acetaminophen with ibuprofen for really bad headaches. That's what Excedrin is.
- emodendroket 4y agoWell, I’d suggest making “A” stand for acetaminophen then.
- jvanderbot 4y agoAh, it's not the only one, it's just one? If you want to share it that way, that's probably fine by everyone.
- TylerE 4y agoNot available in the US, but in many countries various acetaminophen+codeine preperations are available (at limited strength) OTC. "Tylenol 3" is a common one