Mirror Athlete Fitness, Pain Alleviation and Ill-health Prevention

Low Testosterone, another Man-Made Risky Fix?

Marc Woodard — Sun, 22 Jan 2012 13:41:28 +0000

Don’t be deceived by a great advertising spot that promotes a therapy and/or herb that offers a quick “safe” fix for your male symptomatic low testosterone problems. Androgen (steroid hormone) therapy has been around for a long time. The questions most men ask, is one type of testosterone treatment better than the other, how safe is it and is it right for me? If you do choose to self administer low-T products to resolve a problem, at a minimum pay attention to the side effects.

Why Most American’s Have a Drug Addiction Problem

Marc Woodard — Sun, 22 Jan 2012 12:36:39 +0000

Why do I say most American’s have a drug problem? Oh I don’t know, could it be that when looking through our nation’s addiction related statistics it doesn’t bode well in understanding we have a big problem. Let’s take a look at the most recognized illegal/legal drug use data and then decide how many of us will escape an addictive habit that could ultimately cause each one of us more pain and suffering than necessary throughout our lifetime.

Acupuncture How Does it Work?

Marc Woodard — Wed, 21 Dec 2011 19:40:27 +0000

Each one of us must weigh the benefit to risk ratio of surgery vs. quality living and pain management techniques to alleviate pain. And in the best case surgical scenarios, significant pain relief can be experienced but not guaranteed. Many scientists consider acupuncture a pseudoscience because it cannot be proven through Western medical scientific trial the benefit of the needles, preparatory relaxation-meditation vs. variations of protocol technique etc. Instead of trying to convince you that acupuncture works, I think it is best to leave you with the following insight. Like Pranic healing, there is much our modern medical science does not understand and has no way to prove through clinical trials how life “Chi” energy actually heals and alleviates pain for those it works. So maybe we are using a 100% of metabolic brain function, but maybe not 100% healing function within another part of the brain. Is this line of reasoning possible? Of course it is.

Fentanyl Pain Patches Safe?

Marc Woodard — Wed, 21 Dec 2011 19:07:10 +0000

How should you use fentanyl? Never use more than what is prescribed in dose and frequency. Used correctly it works well for the chronic pain sufferer. To use outside of the prescription can be extremely harmful to your health. Since this pain killer can be 100 times more potent than morphine, drug dealers seek this stuff to provide their customers a quick high. Inappropriate use of these patches combined with other drugs has also created a patient addiction, and also a street demand to turn a slow-release form of powerful pain killer into a dangerous illegal street purchase is producing deadly results!

Muscle Growth Using Task Specific Training is Powerful Knowledge

Marc Woodard — Wed, 23 Nov 2011 21:13:33 +0000

Exercise performed repeatedly without the right workout modulation, “work and recovery time” does not allow the muscle to “self correct” its muscle memory course to greater gains when work effort to body is not commanded correctly by the brain. Simply stated, if you continue to apply the 4-15 repetition rule using essentially the same poundage, per repetitive set each day, your muscle can not be stimulated in a way to further activate muscle growth, strength and/or make significant endurance gains for lack of memory to do so. The physical and mental body must be connected to stimulate and yield the physical results you seek.