The truth of Sergio Martinez injuries

[DoktorSleepless]

Weed as a masking agent is ******ed. There's zero scientific evidence supporting that.

Hopefully she has real qualifications. I get a new age vibe from her.

[BafanaBafana]

Weed as a masking agent is ******ed. There's zero scientific evidence supporting that.

Hopefully she has real qualifications. I get a new age vibe from her.

She seems to be a licensed orthopedic therapist and supposedly one of the best in Europe at what she does, so figure she must know something.

Raquel Cortazar

Dr. Raquel Bordons Cortazar has been defined by Martinez as "my savior. She performs magic. She is the best in Europe, and she gets requests from all over the world. She lives in Madrid, just like Miguel Angel."

Cortazar, 42, is a physical therapist specializing in osteopathy, with a project for a doctoral thesis in cranial and visceral osteopathy. She has a professional practice in Pinto-Madrid, Spain, where she has worked for the past 20 years after having worked at the IMSALUD (National Health System), along with her other job as a university professor in osteopathy.

AP Photo/Tim LarsenSergio Martinez has been working with Dr. Raquel Bordons Cortazar, who assists in the recovery process after fights.

"I met Sergio about a year ago at the Centro Bordons, where I conduct research on babies with visceral and cranial injuries, as well as working through osteopathy in different types of injuries," Cortazar said. "Since then, my professional relationship with Sergio has evolved to the point of joining him during the last few training camps and in the recovery process from his last few fights, performing specialized treatments for his articulations, visceral and cranial areas, in order to facilitate the adaptation of his body to the rigors of his athletic activities. For example, we performed some corrections in his articulations before and after his fight with Darren Barker."

A serious injury to Martinez's left elbow (remember, he's a southpaw) was discovered before last October's fight with Darren Barker: technically speaking, a neuritis in the median and a dislocation between the radius and the humerus, among other things. Cortazar was instrumental in the work performed on the elbow to help see Martinez through that difficult fight.

"To me, Sergio is a person of great physical qualities, which represents a challenge for me," Cortazar said. "I have to commend his capacity to recover after the treatments, which are very tough. And he writes very well, also. He is truly a remarkable person."

[DoktorSleepless]

She seems to be a licensed orthopedic therapist and supposedly one of the best in Europe at what she does, so figure she must know something.

I looked up Osteopathy it sounds like altenative medicine new age malarchy to me.

Osteopathy is a philosophy and form of alternative healthcare which emphasizes the interrelationship between structure and function of the body, as well as the body's ability to heal itself. Osteopaths claim to facilitate the healing process, principally by the practice of manual and manipulative therapy.[1]

The use of osteopathy is not always based on science, and there is little evidence that osteopathy is effective in treating any medical condition other than lower back pain.[9][10]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Osteopathy

As for Cranial Osteopathy,

As for The settled scientific consensus is that craniosacral therapy is pseudoscience,[2] and its practice is quackery.[3] Medical research has concluded that there is no evidence for the therapy's effectiveness.[4] However, research remains ongoing[citation needed] to determine if mobility of the cranial bones exists and to determine if OCF can be shown to have any the****utic applications.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Craniosacral_therapy

You can get an Osteopathy Doctorate in some places though so I'm confused about that. But it seems you do get a normal medical education for the most part so whatever.

[BafanaBafana]

I looked up Osteopathy it sounds like altenative medicine new age malarchy to me.




http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Osteopathy

As for Cranial Osteopathy,

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Craniosacral_therapy

You can get an Osteopathy Doctorate in some places though so I'm confused about that.

I don't know much about sports medicine myself, let alone osteopathy. Martinez believes she's very helpful so I guess she must be doing something right.

[vacon04]

I looked up Osteopathy it sounds like altenative medicine new age malarchy to me.




http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Osteopathy

As for Cranial Osteopathy,

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Craniosacral_therapy

You can get an Osteopathy Doctorate in some places though so I'm confused about that. But it seems you do get a normal medical education for the most part so whatever.

I study biotechnology and I know that to get "confirmatory" results about anything you have to do several studies through the years, including double blind trials and some other studies that are incredibly hard to do.

It's also very important to remember than those studies have different approaches and focus on certain results, many of them on long term results to see if it really works or not. I'm 100% sure none of those studies had anything to do with radical treatments used on pro boxers.

Many of the things that in the past we thought were good ended up being terrible like cigars and, and some others are the exact opposite like coffee where we thought it was bad for our health and it turned up to be something actually really good. It's just very hard to make conclusions when we're talking about health issues.

[DoktorSleepless]

I don't know much about sports medicine myself, let alone osteopathy. Martinez believes she's very helpful so I guess she must be doing something right.

Most NFL teams use chiropractors, which is also one of those things that aren't really based on science. Eh, oh well. If it works for them, can't really argue with that.

[KickAzz]

f.uck man, sergio need to get a big fight soon and get paid. he getting old

[Zarco]

D.O.'s and M.D.'s are top notch doctors on an even level that can be found in all types of health care systems in America. Dont let the degree title fool ya...

[RiC-DiC]

Chavez Jr couldn't even do 3 push ups at the training session he had during the day. I suppose he was injured lol

[DoktorSleepless]

The article says "Cortazar, 42, is a physical therapist specializing in osteopathy, with a project for a doctoral thesis in cranial and visceral osteopathy." Does the bold mean that she hasn't done her thesis yet and doesn't have a degree yet?

The cranial osteopathy thing she "researches" sounds kind of crazy.

Cranial Therapy

Practitioners of "cranial osteopathy," "craniosacral therapy," "cranial therapy," and similar methods claim that the skull bones can be manipulated to relieve pain (especially of the jaw joint) and remedy many other ailments. They also claim that a rhythm exists in the flow of the fluid that surrounds the brain and spinal cord and that diseases can be diagnosed by detecting aberrations in this rhythm and corrected by manipulating the skull. Most practitioners are osteopaths, massage therapists, chiropractors, dentists, or physical therapists.

Cranial osteopathy's originator was osteopath William G. Sutherland, who published his first article on this subject in the early 1930s. Today's leading proponent is John Upledger, DO, who operates the Upledger Institute of Palm Beach Gardens, Florida. An institute brochure states:

CranioSacral Therapy is a gentle, noninvasive manipulative technique. Seldom does the therapist apply pressure that exceeds five grams or the equivalent weight of a nickel. Examination is done by testing for movement in various parts of the system. Often, when movement testing is completed, the restriction has been removed and the system is able to self-correct [14].

Another Upledger brochure states:

The rhythm of the craniosacral system can be detected in much the same way as the rhythms of the cardiovascular and respiratory systems. But unlike those body systems, both evaluation and correction of the craniosacral system can be accomplished through palpation.

CranioSacral Therapy is used for a myriad of health problems, including headaches, neck and back pain, TMJ ***********, chronic fatigue, motor-coordination difficulties, eye problems, endogenous depression, hyperactivity, attention deficit disorder, central nervous system disorders, and many other conditions [15].

The Upledger Institute also advocates and teaches "visceral manipulation," a bizarre treatment system whose practitioners are claimed to detect "rhythmic motions" of the intestines and other internal organs and to manipulate them to stimulate healing [16].

The theory underlying craniosacral therapy is erroneous because the cranial bones fuse by the end of adolescence and no research has ever demonstrated that manual manipulation can move the individual bones [17]. Nor do I believe that "the rhythms of the craniosacral system can be felt as clearly as the rhythms of the cardiovascular and respiratory systems," as is claimed by another Upledger Institute brochure [18]. The brain does pulsate, but this is exclusively related to the cardiovascular system [19]. In a recent study, three physical therapists who examined the same 12 patients diagnosed significantly different "craniosacral rates," which is the expected outcome of measuring a nonexistent phenomenon [20].

http://www.quackwatch.org/04Consumer.../QA/osteo.html