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| bend-over-backwards |
Posted - 03/23/2006 : 18:39:05
 What is the limit of the human body? How much can I do?
What made the former diagnosis so believable (of back pain for the rest of my life) was my age -- (mid-forties)
I mean this is the age that Professional athletes are forced to retire if they weren't forced out 5 years prior due to injury.
You don't see many 45 year old Olympians (unless of course they are curling or skeet shooting).
Doesn't the human body breakdown?
Does TMS mean I don't have to stretch or be worried about incorrect form while lifting weights?
The contention is, as I understand it, that injuries still heal rather quickly.
Is this regardless of our age?
And if something doesn't heal quickly it is probably TMS, right?
Have sciatica and back pain always been a TMS strategy, even 100 years ago?
All is not as it seems . . . |
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| Jim1999 |
Posted - 03/26/2006 : 22:25:35
Baseball,
Thanks for the posting! That's interesting to know how little the 40-something ball players have lost from their youth. It's really too bad that we have been conditioned to think that our bodies fall apart after 30.
Jim |
| Baseball65 |
Posted - 03/25/2006 : 06:37:50
I'm running off to a Baseball Practice so I can only answer ONE.
The difference between a 35 year old Ball player making 12 million a year and 45 year old ballplayer who's been retired for 5 years is: The retired Ball player can no longer respond to the difference between an 88 mph breaking ball and a 94 mph fastball...that's it.
You'll hear sports commentaries like "He just can't get around on the fastball anymore,but the truth is:
The 45 year old could still HIT the 94 mph fastball,his reflexes however can no longer distinguish it from the 88 mph curveball until too late.
I played my last game last fall against a division IIIA college here in Nashville....I was one of the younger players at age 40(on my team) against kids 18-23.The coach (aged 58) went 3 for 3...out of respect for his age,they only threw 90mph fastballs...it's sort of considered 'mean' in Baseball to throw a breaking pitch at someone who can't hit it(at least in rec ball)
I however,being a fine specimen,recieved a steady diet of curveballs and sliders...RESPECT.
To the uninitiated an 88mph breaking ball looks a lot like a 90+mph fastball....we're talking about infinitesmally small differences in release,rotation and visibility....the difference between a rec ball duffer and a millionaire is a lot smaller than you think.This ability to differentiate tends to diminish around age 40 + or -.........the age most HITTERS retire at,though pitchers who know what they are doing and can stay in shape,and are not bored can pitch well into their 40's..BTW this is also the age the retina tends to harden a bit slightly altering depth perception.
So....I've switched to skateboarding.I learned how to drop into a swimming pool from the coping at age 40.I hang out with guys 50+ who are some of the best skaters in the area.
I was also diagnosed to be crippled for the rest of my life by the medical profession at age 32 in the prime of my life.
The abilities of the human body are close to limitless.
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