Get Off Your Arse: A ran-dumb blog to get you moving, by a bit of a nudge and a bit of a push.
Decoding the facts behind the Much-Hyped HIIT
While both HIIT and HIT are all the craze right now, it is important to understand why people move the way they do and the psychology of movement, which makes people choose this form of exercise over others.
If I can't do, I doubt if anyone else ever can
This is a biography of a disgruntled ultra-runner who truly believes that if he can’t do something, than obviously no one else ever can. He just suffers from what is generally the problem with the society at large today. He’s self-righteous but at the same time a nay-sayer, discouraging others to get started or keep moving. Who needs enemies when you are blessed with ‘fraternity friends’ like this.
Why things hurt?
All of us experience pain. It is your body and it is your business to know what is going on in your body. I firmly believe in Einstein's quote that 'if you can't explain it simply, you don't understand it well enough'. Here we go with a simple explanation on pain.
Shoulder pain: Does it really need a tagline?
Do not blame the name, Understand the game.
A lot has been said about diagnosing shoulder pain where the focus is too much on identifying the structural damage. Whereas when it comes to managing pain, it has been seen that the symptoms are produced by multiple factors including posture, mobility and muscular strength in and around shoulder joint.
Pain can be a disease too, not a symptom alone
We think of pain as a symptom, but there are cases where the nervous system develops feedback loops and pain becomes a terrifying disease in itself. Starting with the story of a girl whose sprained wrist turned into a nightmare, in a TedTalk Dr Elliot Krane talks about the complex mystery of chronic pain, and reviews the facts we're just learning about how it works and how to treat it.
'(Expecting) Instant relief is a problem with patients and doctors'
'I have a reputation of being invited to medical conferences just once and never again. That's because I call a spade a spade.': Interview of the author of The Pain Handbook: A non-surgical way to managing back, neck and knee pain, with DNA newspaper.
No Pain, Lots of Gain
A write-up about The Pain Handbook in a national newspaper. ~80% of us will experience at least bad episode of back pain in our lifetimes. Unfortunately healthcare industry is not equipped to address it well enough. Empower yourself with knowledge.
Pain! What pain?
The pain you suffer is your problem. Harsh, very harsh, but true. Once you realize that, only then will changes take place in the right direction. Since it’s your problem, you need to take a more proactive role in treating pain and managing it. At times, pain is there to stay. But it’s entirely up to you if you have the desire to suffer as well. Below is an example of die-hard lady who decided not to suffer, even though she had enough pain thrown at her.