Comments on: Assessing. What is The Answer? http://speedinsiders.com/1690/assessing-what-is-the-answer/ Leading the way in innovated speed training and development Thu, 24 Nov 2011 05:33:29 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Patrick Ward http://speedinsiders.com/1690/assessing-what-is-the-answer/comment-page-1/#comment-743 Patrick Ward Fri, 11 Sep 2009 03:32:43 +0000 http://www.speedinsiders.com/insiders/?p=1690#comment-743 Regarding the comment about picking up things that may have been missed by a medical professional. It is true. I think the problem is that they are taught symptomology in medical school. "If you have a fever, sore throat, and a runny nose, you have the flu - so here is some medicine." "If your knee hurts and painful when you bend it. You have a knee problem. So lets get x-ray's and MRIs and figure out what that is." Symptomology only addresses the site of pain. They aren't taught to look for the source of the problem. Patrick Ward MS, CSCS, LMT www.optimumsportsperformance.com Regarding the comment about picking up things that may have been missed by a medical professional. It is true. I think the problem is that they are taught symptomology in medical school.

“If you have a fever, sore throat, and a runny nose, you have the flu – so here is some medicine.”

“If your knee hurts and painful when you bend it. You have a knee problem. So lets get x-ray’s and MRIs and figure out what that is.”

Symptomology only addresses the site of pain. They aren’t taught to look for the source of the problem.

Patrick Ward MS, CSCS, LMT
http://www.optimumsportsperformance.com

]]> By: Louis Tucker http://speedinsiders.com/1690/assessing-what-is-the-answer/comment-page-1/#comment-742 Louis Tucker Thu, 10 Sep 2009 19:03:57 +0000 http://www.speedinsiders.com/insiders/?p=1690#comment-742 I am well aware of assessing athletes at various stages I alone have a series of 40 test that analyze an athletes progress as well as shortcoming. I am well aware of assessing athletes at various stages I alone have a series of 40 test that analyze an athletes progress as well as shortcoming.

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