Do you take nonsteroidal anti inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) like ibuprofen regularly before competition to avoid pain? Dr Bob doesn’t -although you might argue he doesn’t compete as such- but according to the British Journal of Sports Medicine this is very common amongst athletes in a variety of sports. A quarter Read more
But don’t despair the big guns of medical research are being turned on that great question of our time; why do we get fluff in our belly buttons? What is it made of? And why is it usually found in men. According to a paper in the Journal Medical Read more
A recent article got me thinking about the subject of that bane of many runners Achilles tendonitis and why there is so little good quality research into its causes and treatment. There is a huge variety of treatments, including injections of all sorts of compounds into and around the tendon, Read more
The controversy over safety on warts and other runs had me thinking of the famous telegram from Arthur Ransome’s ‘Swallows and Amazons’: Better drowned than duffers if not duffers won’t drown.’ Commander Walker these days might be expected to have replied by text or email to his wife when asked Read more
Although the risks of fell racing, particularly the OMM, are very small, many Dark Peakers have a taste for more dangerous pursuits such as rock climbing, mountaineering and paragliding, but as far as I know none of them are practitioners of BASE jumping. But just how dangerous is it? Read more
Dr Bob is still euphoric after his wedding in November and would like to thank everyone for their good wishes. Dark Peak has kindly hosted some of the wedding photos.
Dr Bob used to believe that medicine had a physiological effect that was the result of the absorption and distribution of the drug, it’s action via enzymes and receptors and then modifications to cellular and other bodily processes producing a physical effect. The placebo effect was little more than Read more