"Any suggestions?"



Sure....

Trust an internet diagnosis 2% of the time

Trust a Chiro diagnosis 5% of the time (no matter what they say they are NOT medical doctors) Many Chiro's are known to do more harm long term than good. Fact.

Trust a M.D. Doctor 50% of the time...and then ask for a second opinion. (Unless your doctor is also a runner, Tri-Geek or otherwise can understand your lifestyle.)

Trust a D.O. Doctor more than any other MD (presuming that you are talking to a primary care)

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This is good advice from Record9. I had shoulder problems a year ago that started vaguely like this. I ultimately required surgery. The good news is I am swimming as well as ever now, not that my swimming is any recommendation.

Go to the best bone doctor you can find. Then it wouldn't hurt to get a second opinion. These problems are not internet diagnosis kind of problems like ITB problems. They are complicated.

AJ!!!!!!



How was LP? Did you have a good race?

I am kinda glad I was not able to participate this one...I hear the weather was rotton. Is it legal to have a Canoe in your "Special Needs Run" bag?

Hope it all went well for ya!

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Go see your doctor, D.O. or M.D. doesn't make much difference but they ought to know sports medicine (fellowship trained). If your doc isn't fellowship trained or does not practice sports med, get a referral to one that does. Internet diagnosis is very dangerous business.

That being said, D.O.'s get extra training in PT/Manipulation which is good, but if you are not using it every day and doing musculoskeletal exams you quickly get rusty. Trust me, I am a D.O. doing an internship year of internal medicine before I begin my residency in Physical Medicine and Rehab. I haven't done a solid M.S. exam in a couple of months and I am already getting stale! I will need to brush up before I get to Georgetown next June.

On the D.O. vs. M.D. front, the only difference is numbers. There are few D.O. Schools and MANY M.D. schools. Both types of physicians can take the same board examinations and both recieve the same medical license. While it is nice to Record enthused about D.O.'s, there really isn't much difference unless you are dealing with a D.O. who does a lot of musculoskeletal medicine because the do sports med, rehab, or specialize in that particular aspect.

Also, for the record, there are LOTS of specialist DO's out there. Heck, the previous surgeon general of the army was a D.O. It is just that D.O. schools have historically steered people towards primary care/sports med/Orthopedics/Rehab. (I'm a good example).

Dr. Philbert

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Record9, it had to be you that asked. Your signature is now driving me crazy. For the second year in a row, I handled a minor mechanical problem very badly. I thought it was my brake pads rubbing, but it was actually my rear wheel too close to my frame on my P3. I should have stopped on the first hill and spent five minutes figuring out the problem. Instead, I finally figured it out in the pouring rain after I spent 32 minutes going between miles 101 and 106. Naturally the problem didn't show up in 50 miles of test riding including a local sprint 6 days before.

I should have followed your advice and just gone faster. Instead I got discouraged, and I let my horrific bike split and the weather get to me. I DNF'd at T2. I was feeling physically very good, but I was so discouraged with my performance I was afraid I wouldn't sign up for next year if I went the distance through the pouring rain with what was bound to be a terrible time with a 7+ hour bike split. I am totally pissed that I whimped out, but I did immediately sign up for next year.

I was hoping you would be there this year. I hope you can make it next year.

I tried to put a canoe in my transition bag, but it just wouldn't fit.

I am going to keep doing this race until there is a decent T shirt and I get it right.

I did make a pain of myself at the tri the week before. Graham Frazier was there, (he won) and I complained about the T shirt situation. He was a good sport about it.

To bad about the DNF...though starting is the biggest challange. As for next year, I had no idea that the race was even open for entry - then it was full. In the past the next year would open the weekend AFTER the race didnt it? Unless there is something new in the rules, there is no way I can go to 04. I am VERY upset about that. Maybe I will have to go to New Zeland?



Truth be told I am quite frustrated with IMNA in that they will not allow you to give back your entry, and then have it re-sold to another person (by IMNA). Instead they have turned the drop out's and injured competitors into a profit center. I still think that if someone drops out, their entry should be available to another person. Drop out - limited refund. Crash out (injury while training - verifyable) should be a full or higher refund. Imagine how happy that would make allot of people?

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