Saturday, April 29, 2006
Friday, April 28, 2006
Love these quotes
If everything seems under control, you're just not going fast enough.Mario Andretti
Money is better then poverty, if only for financial reasons.Woody Allen
I don't want to achieve immortality through my work. I want to achieve it through not dying.Woody Allen
Money is better then poverty, if only for financial reasons.Woody Allen
I don't want to achieve immortality through my work. I want to achieve it through not dying.Woody Allen
Wednesday, April 26, 2006
Correction to post below
I was not very clear on this post- it is the water level that is a foot and half higher on the west coast of the pacific due to the earths spin.
The weirdness of our world
Th west coast of the pacific ocean is a foot and a half higher than the east coast due to the spin of the planet. wow
Tuesday, April 25, 2006
Of clippers and baldness
I have had a couple epiphanies whilst performing some maintanence on my skull.
1. eating an apple whilst operating clippers is somewhat of a mistake. The gravitational effect of a larger body on smaller bodies is demonstrated quite well.
The direction the hair was proceeding mattered not, once it was away from the gravitational pull of my cranium it was instantly caught in the gravitational pull of the apple. Quite remarkable really.
2. I have a big head. There is a lot of real estate on my noodle and it takes a healthy amount of time to clip it all. It is quite the amount of work to mow the lawn that is the vast expanse of my brain box..
The things i do to look pretty.
That is all.
1. eating an apple whilst operating clippers is somewhat of a mistake. The gravitational effect of a larger body on smaller bodies is demonstrated quite well.
The direction the hair was proceeding mattered not, once it was away from the gravitational pull of my cranium it was instantly caught in the gravitational pull of the apple. Quite remarkable really.
2. I have a big head. There is a lot of real estate on my noodle and it takes a healthy amount of time to clip it all. It is quite the amount of work to mow the lawn that is the vast expanse of my brain box..
The things i do to look pretty.
That is all.
Sunday, April 23, 2006
Mrs. Henderson Presents
the flick in the previous post was more thean amusing it was just lovely. Christopher Guest plays the Lord Chamberlain, he plays a stuffy englishman so well. Who could forget him as the evil yet soft spoken 6 fingered count in The Princess Bride and of course his defining role as Nigel Tufnel in This is Spinaltap, an all time classic.
I must warn you though, there is one scene with full frontal nudity with Bob Hoskins. I have tried washing my eyes out with bleach but to no avail. you see something like that and it becomes permanant (shiver)
I must warn you though, there is one scene with full frontal nudity with Bob Hoskins. I have tried washing my eyes out with bleach but to no avail. you see something like that and it becomes permanant (shiver)
Saturday, April 22, 2006
school today hmmmmm i will get teased inccesantly today as I skipped the trip to the cadaver labs. Everyone seems to think that I am all queasy about the whole thing but trust me, if it were required I would have no problems chopping you up into bitesize bits.
What this comes down too is I chose not to go because I do not want to see it. I have sufficient enough visualization to figure out what is going on under my hands when i am working on someone, I need not see it without skin. It is actually just one of those things I have had no desire to be part of, so I opted out.
i was told it is a life altering experience but I can think of better ways to alter my life than veiwing a bunch of deflated skinless corpses. I had a nice day strolling around whyte ave in the sun whilst my classmates were in a room full of dead people and bathed in the stench of formaldehyde.
What this comes down too is I chose not to go because I do not want to see it. I have sufficient enough visualization to figure out what is going on under my hands when i am working on someone, I need not see it without skin. It is actually just one of those things I have had no desire to be part of, so I opted out.
i was told it is a life altering experience but I can think of better ways to alter my life than veiwing a bunch of deflated skinless corpses. I had a nice day strolling around whyte ave in the sun whilst my classmates were in a room full of dead people and bathed in the stench of formaldehyde.
Friday, April 21, 2006
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Saturday, April 08, 2006
the multifidus and low back pain
first some theory:
the two muscles stabilizing your lumbar region are the multifidus and the transvers abdominis which is the deepest of the abdominals. clinically it has been found when someone is exhibiting low back pain, the nervous system has lost it's ability to contract the multifidus and/or tranverse abdominis.
the transverse abdominis originates on th iliac crest(hip bone), the lateral inguinal ligiment( where you give your self an inguinal hernia), the thoracolumbar fascia(broad sheet of tnedon like material that covers your lower back and your lats also attach to it) and the cartilage of the lower 6 ribs . it insert to the abdominal aponeurosis( which is what your six pack is embeded in-hahahahah) to the linea alba( a tendon that runs from your xiphoid process on the bottom of your sternum to your pubic symphysis,the bony part just behind your nut sack,there is actually a joint there).
the mutifidus are part of the transversospinalis group which also contain the rotatores and the semispinalis up in the upper thoracic and cervical area. the multifidus originate on the sacrum for the lower lumbar vertebrae and the transverse(wing like projection of each side of the vertabrae) processes of the rest of the vetebral column. they insert into the spinous process( thew spikey part that sticks straight back) 2 to 3 vertabrae above their origins.
the interesting thing about the multifidus is the fact that there is a gadzillion of them along your spine and each and every one of them is seperately innervated, that is to say they are controlled by the central nervous system each as their own entity, they are not batch fired. skeletal muscle are supposed to be voluntary but the small stabilizers are not really. when you get up of the toilet let's say, the cns fires the multifidus first to stiffen up the spine, then the next layer of muscles fire up until the prime movers go and move your big burly strong man physique into the standing position. some ghoulish researchers took apart some bodies spine, removed the the musculature but left all the ligaments and such alone then side loaded a lumbar joint segment(2 vertabrae) and blam, they got to about 18 pounds and there was catastrophic failure of the segment.
my instructor rick jemmett( google him,he is one of the gurus of low back pain) likened the onset of injury to the spine to a computer glitch. the stabilisers for whatever reason fail to fire first and the prime movers fire anyways and without support your spine sees more than 18 pounds and pop, your are face down on the ground wondering why it hurts so much and how you got hurt bending over to pick up a bag of cheetos. i am sure you all have had an incident like this, doing not much but getting a most hanus injury,i have certainly have had it happen.
now for whatever reason the cns forgets about your little mutifidi and they atrophy very quickly, for some reason when all this happens your transverse abdominis shuts down thereby comprimising the lumbar spine even more. the mechanism behind this is not clearly understood but if you do not learn to reactivate those 2 muscles you are up for a life time of reoccuring episodes of back pain. interestingly enough,rick has told me he has looked at x-rays of someone who's spine looks so bad from arthritis that the guy should not have been able to get out of bed let alone walk but felt no pain. multifidus and transverse abdominis were working as they should. others he has looked at,spine looks healthy but atrophy of multifidus on one side and guy is crippled. one last thing, if you are suffering from a bout of severe lumbar pain, regardless if you do something or nothing the pain will most likely resolve in 4 to 6 weeks but if you do not do the proper rehab it will occur again and again. the one thing you can do for your self other that rehab is do not sit down for anything. sitting puts an enourmous amount of stress on the lumbars , if you can arrange your life so you either lie or stand, the pain will most likely subside sooner.
so what is causing your pain,it is most likely that your bigger prime movers are now trying to stabilise your spine as your multifidus are now doing nothing. the bigger muscles do a crap job as they are not designed to do fine little movements like the stabilizers and just crank on everything and pull it up tight. we now have to learn how to actually control the stabilizers. first the transvers abdominis. you must find your anterior superior iliac spine(asis) . lie on your back with a knees bent and stick your thumbs onto the iliac crest on both sides, the bones in your waist at about the belt line. slide your thumbs forward followiing the curve down, it will drop off abruptly, this is where you wanna be,slide your thumbs medial and down an inch. this is the best place to feel your transverse abdominis. what you want to do now is flex transvese with out firing anything else. it takes an obscene amount of concentration to do this. do not flex your abs. good luck,this one takes time. you might try thinking of lifting your pelvic floor towards your navel. if you yous your fore fingers to palpate the transvers thaen you can lay your thumbs on your abs to check if you are flexing them. use any combination of sets and time till you master flexing transverse and you can just hold it whenever you like. and yes it is difficult to master this.
once you got this under control,it is time for the for the multifidus. flex the area just above your gluteal cleft( your ass crack). again this take moocho concentration. start in the same position as the transverse exercise and concentrate on just flexing the muscles in that area. if you reach back and feel around you will find it is pretty devoid of much muscle mass. try and keep everything else quiet, do not flex your glutes and do not flex your erectors. try it standing, just tighten the area with out flexing anything else. again it is obscene amounts of concentration to get this right. once you mastered this, combine the 2 exercises so you can do them together at any time and be diligent. do them whilst lying in bed, in the tub, standing in line, develop the ability to do them while driving to work. rick told me that this 2 exercises brought him great sucess in his clinical practice so work on them and see what they do for you.
the two muscles stabilizing your lumbar region are the multifidus and the transvers abdominis which is the deepest of the abdominals. clinically it has been found when someone is exhibiting low back pain, the nervous system has lost it's ability to contract the multifidus and/or tranverse abdominis.
the transverse abdominis originates on th iliac crest(hip bone), the lateral inguinal ligiment( where you give your self an inguinal hernia), the thoracolumbar fascia(broad sheet of tnedon like material that covers your lower back and your lats also attach to it) and the cartilage of the lower 6 ribs . it insert to the abdominal aponeurosis( which is what your six pack is embeded in-hahahahah) to the linea alba( a tendon that runs from your xiphoid process on the bottom of your sternum to your pubic symphysis,the bony part just behind your nut sack,there is actually a joint there).
the mutifidus are part of the transversospinalis group which also contain the rotatores and the semispinalis up in the upper thoracic and cervical area. the multifidus originate on the sacrum for the lower lumbar vertebrae and the transverse(wing like projection of each side of the vertabrae) processes of the rest of the vetebral column. they insert into the spinous process( thew spikey part that sticks straight back) 2 to 3 vertabrae above their origins.
the interesting thing about the multifidus is the fact that there is a gadzillion of them along your spine and each and every one of them is seperately innervated, that is to say they are controlled by the central nervous system each as their own entity, they are not batch fired. skeletal muscle are supposed to be voluntary but the small stabilizers are not really. when you get up of the toilet let's say, the cns fires the multifidus first to stiffen up the spine, then the next layer of muscles fire up until the prime movers go and move your big burly strong man physique into the standing position. some ghoulish researchers took apart some bodies spine, removed the the musculature but left all the ligaments and such alone then side loaded a lumbar joint segment(2 vertabrae) and blam, they got to about 18 pounds and there was catastrophic failure of the segment.
my instructor rick jemmett( google him,he is one of the gurus of low back pain) likened the onset of injury to the spine to a computer glitch. the stabilisers for whatever reason fail to fire first and the prime movers fire anyways and without support your spine sees more than 18 pounds and pop, your are face down on the ground wondering why it hurts so much and how you got hurt bending over to pick up a bag of cheetos. i am sure you all have had an incident like this, doing not much but getting a most hanus injury,i have certainly have had it happen.
now for whatever reason the cns forgets about your little mutifidi and they atrophy very quickly, for some reason when all this happens your transverse abdominis shuts down thereby comprimising the lumbar spine even more. the mechanism behind this is not clearly understood but if you do not learn to reactivate those 2 muscles you are up for a life time of reoccuring episodes of back pain. interestingly enough,rick has told me he has looked at x-rays of someone who's spine looks so bad from arthritis that the guy should not have been able to get out of bed let alone walk but felt no pain. multifidus and transverse abdominis were working as they should. others he has looked at,spine looks healthy but atrophy of multifidus on one side and guy is crippled. one last thing, if you are suffering from a bout of severe lumbar pain, regardless if you do something or nothing the pain will most likely resolve in 4 to 6 weeks but if you do not do the proper rehab it will occur again and again. the one thing you can do for your self other that rehab is do not sit down for anything. sitting puts an enourmous amount of stress on the lumbars , if you can arrange your life so you either lie or stand, the pain will most likely subside sooner.
so what is causing your pain,it is most likely that your bigger prime movers are now trying to stabilise your spine as your multifidus are now doing nothing. the bigger muscles do a crap job as they are not designed to do fine little movements like the stabilizers and just crank on everything and pull it up tight. we now have to learn how to actually control the stabilizers. first the transvers abdominis. you must find your anterior superior iliac spine(asis) . lie on your back with a knees bent and stick your thumbs onto the iliac crest on both sides, the bones in your waist at about the belt line. slide your thumbs forward followiing the curve down, it will drop off abruptly, this is where you wanna be,slide your thumbs medial and down an inch. this is the best place to feel your transverse abdominis. what you want to do now is flex transvese with out firing anything else. it takes an obscene amount of concentration to do this. do not flex your abs. good luck,this one takes time. you might try thinking of lifting your pelvic floor towards your navel. if you yous your fore fingers to palpate the transvers thaen you can lay your thumbs on your abs to check if you are flexing them. use any combination of sets and time till you master flexing transverse and you can just hold it whenever you like. and yes it is difficult to master this.
once you got this under control,it is time for the for the multifidus. flex the area just above your gluteal cleft( your ass crack). again this take moocho concentration. start in the same position as the transverse exercise and concentrate on just flexing the muscles in that area. if you reach back and feel around you will find it is pretty devoid of much muscle mass. try and keep everything else quiet, do not flex your glutes and do not flex your erectors. try it standing, just tighten the area with out flexing anything else. again it is obscene amounts of concentration to get this right. once you mastered this, combine the 2 exercises so you can do them together at any time and be diligent. do them whilst lying in bed, in the tub, standing in line, develop the ability to do them while driving to work. rick told me that this 2 exercises brought him great sucess in his clinical practice so work on them and see what they do for you.
Wednesday, April 05, 2006
for all the geeks out there that crave to know all even if it is just taking up space in your noodle.
sizes.com
everything you ever wanted to know about the sizes of just about anything.
oodles of entertainment for saturday night.
enjoy
sizes.com
everything you ever wanted to know about the sizes of just about anything.
oodles of entertainment for saturday night.
enjoy
Monday, April 03, 2006
the intercostals
these are the muscles between your ribs, human ribs maybe not so good but beef ribs witha nice bbq sauce- outstanding. those are the muscles you are chowing down on when you are filling your face at tony roma's.
there are 2 sets of intercostals, internal and external, pretty self explainatory,they are layered one on top of the other.
their function are-the external intercostals- to draw the rib cage up to increase thoracic volume ( take a deep breath) and the internal intercostals-draw the ribs down (exhale) and also to hurt like hell when you pull either one.
thank you, please come again
there are 2 sets of intercostals, internal and external, pretty self explainatory,they are layered one on top of the other.
their function are-the external intercostals- to draw the rib cage up to increase thoracic volume ( take a deep breath) and the internal intercostals-draw the ribs down (exhale) and also to hurt like hell when you pull either one.
thank you, please come again
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