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>"skill is in their muscle memory " Muscle memory (Fine motor memory in this case) only develops for movements that are repeated many times per day, usually in

by ivanca 12y ago

>"skill is in their muscle memory " Muscle memory (Fine motor memory in this case) only develops for movements that are repeated many times per day, usually in continuous succession, such as typing, piano playing, guitar fingering, etc. Medicine is extremely imprecise, and is understandable because our bodies are extremely complex machines; but pretending is not imprecise is doing medical science a disservice. Just as a data point some doctors believe Fibromialgia is a fake disease, that is completly psychological, but the reason for this is because they cannot test pain and pain (and sleepiness) is the only symptom in that disease. The proble is that pain is still something subjective, even for things like amputation there is no way to actually measure pain, we just know is painful because when it happens the amputee screams -or faints-. But despite being -arguably- the most important measure in medicine we still don't know how to measure it beyond what the patient says. Also, other reason we know is imprecise is because people recovers from things doctors didn't believe it was possible to recover (e.g. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KbVpCc_r9Sw https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KbVpCc_r9Sw)

Shinkei 12y ago
I'll concede almost everything you've said, especially regarding our knowledge of 'psychosomatic' diseases and pain. However, I watched part of that video and the moment you hear "doctors said I would never walk again," your skepticism alarm should go off immediately. There is a huge spectrum of spinal cord injury and some are reversible, some are irreversible and then there's a huge uncertain territory in between. Usually these cases are the result of miscommunication between a doctor and patient. Of course, it could be that their initial doctor was incorrect or incompetent... but I think miscommunication is a lot more common.

by ivanca 12y ago

Shinkei 12y ago

I'll concede almost everything you've said, especially regarding our knowledge of 'psychosomatic' diseases and pain. However, I watched part of that video and the moment you hear "doctors said I would never walk again," your skepticism alarm should go off immediately. There is a huge spectrum of spinal cord injury and some are reversible, some are irreversible and then there's a huge uncertain territory in between. Usually these cases are the result of miscommunication between a doctor and patient. Of course, it could be that their initial doctor was incorrect or incompetent... but I think miscommunication is a lot more common.