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The most common injuries involve the knee, particularly ruptures to the anterior cruciate ligament, a major support structure of the knee joint.
Yet about 10-20 minutes of straightforward exercises to strengthen the muscles and to learn how to avoid landing the foot at an angle which causes the knee to buckle, can substantially reduce the risk of long-term injury.
Executing lunges, squats and other manoeuvres as part of warm-ups should be routine for team sports. But such prep sessions at community level sports training are ''close to zero'', says joint disease specialist Professor David Hunter.
Hunter, of Sydney University, is one of a group of experts pushing for such preventive training to become routine Australia-wide.
The paradox of the osteoarthritis challenge facing Australia is that the much more common trigger of the disease is lack of exercise. Sedentary lifestyle and fatty diets means about one in two of Australians are overweight or obese.
The heavier the body, the more the strain goes on to the joints, raising the danger of osteoarthritis. ''The biggest risk factor for osteoarthritis is weight. If we could reduce our weight by an average 5 kilograms in Australia, we would reduce the risk of developing osteoarthritis by 50 per cent,'' Hunter says.
The forces our knees and ankles are exposed to can be understood when we realise that the actual weight exerted on our joints, say by a sudden lurch sideways, can be up to 10 times our body weight.
Risk of osteoarthritis in different joints can depend on different activities. In the knees the disease is more likely to be associated with being overweight, having a previous knee injury and jobs involving kneeling, climbing and squatting; with hips, being overweight, a previous hip injury and jobs lifting heavy load...
The extent of poor awareness about the link between early injury and later osteoarthritis - and the potential preventive measures - was highlighted this week with the release of survey results showing even general practitioners frequently appear poorly informed and motivated in dealing with the disease.
The survey commissioned by Arthritis Australia found GPs viewed the disease as an inevitable condition that ''can only get worse with age''. But Hunter says that is mistaken as the condition is not an inevitable consequence of ageing and those with arthritis should continue regular exercise.
The disease, while it often does not start causing pain and other symptoms until the mid-40s, has its origins in relatively young people and if detected and dealt with then treatment could reduce disability and need for surgery later in life, he says.
As it is, sports injuries, particularly to the joints, are a leading cause of injury-caused hospitalisations and emergency cases among young Australians.
That places a great burden on Australian society because of the need for serious medical attention and impacts on ongoing sport participation, Hunter says.
As well, serious injuries and resulting disease can become a major block to maintaining healthy, lifelong physical activity. And many of the 100,000 knee arthroscopy operations done to ''clean out'' troublesome joints turn out to be of limited use and may even add to patient woes, Hunter says.
Rupture of the anterior cruciate ligament is among the most frequent and damaging musculoskeletal injuries to hit sporting men and women. Simple conditioning programs have been shown to lower the risk of this injury by as much as 60 per cent.
The programs typically comprise a warm-up, balance, stretching, strengthening, plyometrics (to develop explosive movement potential) and agility training for specific sports.
But Hunter says that despite the support of such bodies like soccer's FIFA and the AFL, and the demonstrated public health benefits, the spread of such programs has been limited in Australia.
This has been despite the relatively modest cost of an Australia-wide scheme, estimated at less than $30 million to establish and another $1.5 million a year to cover the 1.1 million sport participants.
It is also despite evidence that the frequency of sports injury hospital cases has been demonstrated to far exceed that for road accidents for every year since 2003.
Overseas evidence had shown that national injury prevention programs are effective, as long as they are maintained. Norway introduced such a scheme, producing a 40 per cent drop in injuries, but after the scheme was withdrawn rates returned to previous levels. After reintroduction, injuries fell by 60 per cent.
While Australia stalls on such a national scheme Hunter suggests a grassroots campaign.
A French man and two women—a Cambodian and a Thai—were sent to court yesterday by Preah Sihanouk provincial military police for alleged involvement in drug trafficking.
Preah Sihanouk provincial military police deputy commander Heng Bunty said Frenchman Denis Michel Doniel, 50, and his accomplices Ly Srey Aun, 19, and Vi Lachha, 36, had been apprehended on Tuesday at a house in Preah Sihanouk city.
Ly Srey Aun was a villager from Srah Chak commune in Phnom Penh’s Daun Penh district, he said.
Authorities had confiscated four small packets of heroin, a packet of unidentified powder, a smoking pipe and a scale, Heng Bunty said.
The suspects’ arrest had been ordered by deputy Preah Sihanouk provincial court prosecutor You Tith Vathanak, he said.
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How Are You Voting In The Upcoming Presidential Election?
The presidential election is only 70 days away. Which candidate will be best for the real estate industry, housing market, and overall economy?
The Presidential election is only 70 days away, and many Americans are weighing the pros and cons of a Clinton, Trump, Stein or Johnson Presidency.
There are plenty of issues at the forefront, but real estate professionals and homeowners alike are particularly concerned about how the economy and housing markets will change come 2017.
According to Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices’ latest survey, homeowners and prospective buyers are evenly split between Clinton and Trump, with approximately 30 percent support for each.
On the other hand, nearly 40 percent of voters have no idea who they will choose.
So, Inman readers, who will you be casting your ballot for come November?
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A most excellent still from Bill & Ted’s Bogus Journey.
The classic Bill & Ted teen time-travel comedies are beloved artifacts of late-1980s/early-1990s goofiness. The titular characters romp through time and existential states, and hijinks ensue. But one of the weirdest characters in the series had their origin in a late-night work accident.
If you’ve ever sat around and wondered how the hell that bizarre piece of slang/amazing alien character(s) wound up being invented in Bogus Journey, you can now be at peace. Station! STATION!
A tech adviser to President Obama said today that $7.2 billion in stimulus funds to bring broadband lines to rural areas is just the start of the administration’s plan to bring high-speed Internet to the entire nation, The Washington Post reports. Alec Ross, a member of Obama’s Technology, Innovation and Government Ref...
Part of the M1 in Derbyshire is now re-open after a 'serious multi-vehicle' crash involving a car and a HGV following a police chase this morning.
The collision, which involved several vehicles, took place on the M1 northbound exit slip at junction J30 near Barlborough, just before 7am.
A Derbyshire police spokesperson said: "This incident occurred following a police pursuit by officers from Nottinghamshire Police and occurred at 6.50am this morning. It involved a collision between a car and a HGV on the slip road at junction 30.
"The road re-opened at 10.35am and an investigation into the circumstances of the collision is ongoing."
Social Democratic Party (SDE) chairman Jevgeni Ossinovski is to reveal the name of the new Minister of Entrepreneurship and Information Technology at a party leadership meeting taking place on the sidelines of the Opinion Festival in Paide on Friday. According to unconfirmed reports, outgoing minister Urve Palo will be...
Tammist is a member of the SDE and has previously worked as adviser to the S&D Group in the European Parliament's Industry, Research and Energy Committee.
This week, Ossinovski has looked into support for Tammist's candidacy, and the party's leading politicians have been of the opinion that Palo should be replaced as minister by a member of the SDE, not an outsider.
As of Wednesday morning, ERR was unable to get ahold of Tammist himself.
Others named as possible candidates have included Jaanus Marrand, Anto Liivat and Liisa Oviir; Tanel Talve offered himself as a potential candidate. Political observers, however, do not consider any of these possibilities very likely.
Urve Palo handed in her resignation as minister on 23 July. According to the Government of the Republic Act, the prime minister has one month to forward a minister's resignation to the president, the amount of time stipulated for finding a new minister. A minister will then be appointed to office by the President of th...
Palo will serve out her term as MP, but has previously stated she will not be running for re-election to the Riigikogu. She has yet to decide whether she will remain a member of the SDE parliamentary group.
GULFPORT, MS (WLOX) - Members of First Missionary Baptist Church Handsboro worshiped Sunday morning in celebration of the church’s 158th anniversary.
“Very excited about celebrating this 158th anniversary for First Missionary, which makes us, if I’m not mistaking the second oldest church in Gulfport. Ever so grateful to be a part of this momentous occasion," said the Rev. S. V. Adolph, Jr., the church pastor.
The history of First Missionary goes as far back as to the presidency of Abraham Lincoln. The church was founded in the early 1860s when a group began worshiping together near the Bayou Benard. It moved to its current location in Gulfport’s Handsboro community in 1877.
All of that time gives First Missionary quite a story to tell. The church building was destroyed twice by fire and later heavily damaged by Hurricane Camille.
Catherine Miles, who was born and raised in the church, knows most of its story well. She recalls how they helped others during Hurricane Katrina.
“The fire department brought over. The fire department is just west of here, about half a block. And they went and got other people and brought them here to the church because their area had flooded," she said.
Adolph said community outreach is a huge part of the church mission. Health and education ministries, as well as financial classes, are just a few of the ways they aim to serve outside of church walls.
“We actually seek to be a service station and not just a social club, and so we believe that its ours to minister to the entirety of one’s human experience," he said.
Through that, its no surprise that this church has become a pillar of the community.
“I can’t find any place that I’d rather be than here at First Missionary Baptist Church," said member Yolanda Wallace.
Ever feel like the cable company or your phone service provider is charging too much? Ever feel helpless to do much about it? You're not crazy.
When you call them the customer service rep is reading from a script. I know somebody who has worked on producing those scripts — he's a Harvard trained negotiator. An expert. He makes sure the phrasing triggers reciprocity and subtly includes a number of other techniques to benefit them — and not you.
So when you talk to the person reading that script you're basically going up against a top tier negotiator. Totally not a fair fight. And that bugs me. A lot.
If they have experts helping them, we should have experts helping us. So I called a friend who is an expert.
Chris Voss was the FBI's lead international hostage negotiator. He's taught negotiation at Harvard, Georgetown, and USC. He's also CEO of the Black Swan Group.
Chris is going to show us a number of methods he's used for dealing with hostage takers, terrorists and other people almost as scary as Comcast. Chris and I specifically discussed how you can lower your cable bill but these concepts will work for most any service provider you're dealing with.
How to find out what to ask for.
The most effective way to speak.
Jedi Mind Trick phrases that get them to pay attention and get them off script.
How to make them like you.
The technique that makes them see your point of view without making demands.
1. Do a little homework.
Not a ton. But negotiation studies show that good results are correlated with time spent preparing.
Look at what they're offering new customers. By and large their rates for new customers are going to be slightly below market rates. That's why they think it's going to attract people. You can also take a look at what their competitors are offering but they will have done that research for you. That's why they're offer...
Okay, you know what you're looking to get out of this. But before we think about what to say, it's important to think about how you say it.
2. Use the "late night FM DJ voice."
No, you don't have to do a Barry White imitation. The point is to make sure your voice is projecting calm and warmth.
Chris couldn't be jumpy or angry when talking with hostage takers and you probably won't get far like that dealing with battle-hardened customer service people either. They're used to dealing with crazy people; they have a script for it.
Customer service people are so used to being attacked that this has to be the first step. It'll either prevent them from putting their guard up or make them less leery in dropping their guard. It's just a matter of slowing down a little bit and pacing. I think one of the things that has the tendency to make a differenc...
Time to start talking. What you say first is very important. It's one of his favorite Jedi Mind Tricks.
3. Start with "I'm sorry."
When the first thing you say to someone is "I'm sorry", they think, "What in the world is going on with this person that's causing them to say I'm sorry? I've got to take a look at this guy or gal." In a very non-threatening way, you have forced them to take a look at you to figure out what's going on.
It's amazingly disarming. They know that they haven't spoken to you at all so they're amazed that you're showing them that much respect to start off with. There's great power in deference. A lot of people want to dominate a conversation, control a conversation and they forget about how much it causes your counterpart t...
What's the next Jedi Mind Trick Chris recommends?
Anticipating what I'm going to say next? Of course you are. And whatever I say, frankly, isn't going to be as scary as whatever you just imagined.
Whatever we think of that horrifies us seems huge and having braced ourselves for something terrible and horrifying whatever comes next is always less than what we expected. We feel relieved and it seems easy in comparison.
So you said you were sorry, and warned them that the next thing was going to sound harsh. You have their attention and they're wondering what is going to come next… So what comes next?
5. Turn a complaint call into an appreciation call.
Developing empathy with the other side is a huge part of the FBI Behavioral Change Stairway. And with customer service people, it's not easy.
They've probably fielded 100 other calls like this with people meaner, smoother, cooler,whatever-it-is than you are. And they're probably tuned out. They're jaded and they're just reading what the script tells them to say.
"Forced empathy" is an incredibly strategic way to make them see your point of view without them knowing that it's being forced on them. In a recent post on your blog, Daniel Pink was talking about how important autonomy is to people's motivation. The minute you start trying to force something on someone you're taking ...
You need to avoid the predictable. Leading with "I'm sorry" is actually a method of forced empathy as well.
The minute we fall into predictable dialogue, the terrorists are looking at each other and saying "Yeah, our leaders told us you were going to say that." And that makes them believe in the direction they were already going in even more.
The last thing they expect you to do is appreciate what their company has done for you. Because customer service, by definition, is there to field complaints. They don't field appreciation calls. So start off by saying, "Your company provides phenomenal service. I'm getting a great bargain and I'm a little embarrassed ...
They're paying attention and they like you — so now it's time to assert.
6. A focused comparison with an open-ended question.
You lay out the empathy and then you lay out the reality and then you hit them with a "how" question. That's a forced focus comparison. Here's x and y — how do these two things lineup? Again, that's why you need to say it with the late night FBI DJ voice. It's got to be very gentle. It's got to be very deferential so t...
So how do you construct a focused comparison? For the cable company scenario let's compare the two relevant billing schemes: loyal customers who pay their bills on time every month have to pay higher prices than strangers off the street. Does that sound fair to you? BOOM. There's your point of attack.