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I'm trying to find an "elastic theory of inflammation" .. i don't know how this is called in medicine, basically what's the threshold of your body in its curren
by agumonkey 3y ago
I'm trying to find an "elastic theory of inflammation" .. i don't know how this is called in medicine, basically what's the threshold of your body in its current state between appropriate amount of stress (hence the elastic term, your body can absorb said stress and go back to optimal function) and damaging levels of stress. For instance in a video someone talked about how 15 min of low effort legwork (gentle biking for instance) would be perfect to stimulate cartilage cell growth.
This is also in the same landscape as hormesis (controverial or not).
- NoPicklez 3y agoI think we'd need to be clearer on the parameters and definitions of what damaging levels of stress are. You might be able to measure stressors applied to the body and then body the bodies inflammation markers (new field). 15 minutes of low effort legwork might stimulate cartilage cell growth. But what's to say that an hour or so of low effort legwork (biking) isn't beneficial to the bodies endurance systems. Both of which the body would recover from and go back to optimal function. Even hard workouts have their place in developing a healthy body, of which your body returns to optimal function through the bodies recovery processes.
- agumonkey 3y agoSure but it's important to be able to map it based on your body current capabilities. Of course I'm biased, I'm asking because my body now can only operate in a narrow range of effort, and I cannot risk overburdening it or I pay a hefty price. So knowing what's the optimal kind and amount would help me stabilize or even recover.