Ben Blake Davies

Rehabilitative Personal Trainer at Elevate LDN | Golf Fitness at Front Nine Fitness - Brighton & Hove

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@AydenBromwell @joshsmithphysio @AdamMeakins https://t.co/EQZBTXC0Sa

I thought 95% efficacy meant just that! I get that waining immunity and new variants have changed the game but I thought there was definitely a time when the vaccine was reported to stop infection. (I'm boostered btw just to be clear about my stance)

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@MichaelRayDC @NASA Thanks I'll have a read of your article.

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@MichaelRayDC I fully understand your point about flexion being as good as impossible to avoid. Also the term loaded covers a wide spectrum. But slight flexion and something like a Jefferson curl seem world's apart to me. If IVDs adapt as we hope, what's the timeframe for programming training?

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@MichaelRayDC Working my way through these at the moment.

https://t.co/J5yrcA4otJ

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Over the last few weeks I’ve been looking at the research into the effects of various types of exercise on lumbar spinal discs, to see if there is any support to the common beliefs that some types are worse than others, and that discs are not adaptable!

This is what I found… 🧵

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@MichaelRayDC Can Exercise Positively Influence the Intervertebral Disc?

DOI: 10.1007/s40279-015-0444-2

Human cells derived from degenerate intervertebral discs respond differently to those derived from non-degenerate...

DOI 10.3233/BIR-2008-0498

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@MichaelRayDC Thanks! I'm trying to better understand the following: What is the rate of adaptation of the intervertebral discs to loaded flexion? Then secondly, how is this affected by previous disc injury?

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@GregLehman Feel my comment has been hijacked slightly! 😅 Fro the record I agree the onus usually lies on the driver to ensure they don't injure or kill others.

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@GregLehman 1/ Having been on both sides of this I think there is something to be said for this. Sometimes drivers put cyclists lives at risk. Sometimes cyclists put their own lives at risk. Understanding where drivers might do something stupid has saved me being hit on several occasions.

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@GregLehman Yes I agree that is almost always the case by virtue of how vulnerable cyclists are compared to drivers. I don't think they are trying to blame cyclists here though. I think it has been left deliberately ambiguous as to whose fault this near miss was.

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@GregLehman 2/ Knowing when cyclists might try pull a stupid manoeuvre in front of me has helped me not kill any cyclists.

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@CorKinetic I like Gray Cook's mantra, "move well then move often". The end game should definitely be more movement but is there not an element of making sure people are moving in a way the promotes efficiency and joint health?

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@AdamMeakins You've crossed the line!

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@AdamMeakins As the paper you shared found that eccentric loading increased fascicle length whereas concentric training had the inverse effect; is there an argument for doing an eccentric-only version of the pullovers if the goal is increased ROM?

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@AdamMeakins (In the short term)

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@AdamMeakins Thanks I'll have a read of that. Any thoughts on how the results would compare to using methods such as PNF stretching techniques or the FRC type PAILS/RAILS and CARs mobility techniques?