Leigh Blyth BVM&S. Here to share my Base-Line Theory of Health and Movement—the key to better health. Grounded in some basic anatomy, the the 5 main muscles for a full range of natural movement, body alignment and balance. Hoping for some thoughts and feedback.
leggi(Leigh S. Blyth)
This is the link I was looking for (but couldn’t find!) for my previous answer:
Proning the non-intubated patient
Written by Josh Farkas assistant professor of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine at the University of Vermont.
Some general comments.
Positioning affects lung capacity and function.
Images (figure 1) and information to see the effects of gravity and compression of the lungs here and here.
Definitions:
supine ~ “facing up”
prone ~ “facing down”
More info: prone-ventilation-for-adult-patients-with-acute-respiratory-distress-syndrome
Proning the non-intubated patient
Movement is also important to help prevent congestion and keep the lungs inflated, for example post-op care for thoracotomy patients (where the chest wall has been opened which collapses the lung) is mainly about mobilisation—getting out of bed and walking around as soon as possible.
So yes, definitely worth a closer look.
I can only go on the words that are used so I’m not sure, but I didn’t consider “kill” might be being used metaphorically on a rationality website.
Especially when the poster then describes it as an educated guess based on a model that lets us make “darn good educated guesses” and admits they did not even type ‘how does botox work’ into a search engine.
Kudos to the OP for the post but we’re moving into bio-medical sciences (my background) so there are “facts” out there. Is it not better to use the knowledge that is available than making guesses?
Botox kills the facial muscles
No, botox doesn’t “kill muscles”. It paralyses muscles by disrupting nerve signals to that muscle.
“botox” uses the neurotoxin produced by the bacterium Clostridium botulinum (which also causes botulism).
I haven’t actually researched this, just an educated guess, but one reason gears-level models are important is that they let us make pretty darn good educated guesses
Research is easy to do.
Guesses could be deadly when talking about neurotoxins, and definitely not appearing ‘educated’ in this case.
Right well that’s it. I’ve published my first post. I’ve been going round in circles trying to sort the last section and quite frankly I’ve had enough..…
I thought I’d get it done in a week, it’s now been 15 days and since it turns out I have a motto (never knew until I typed it!) I’m gonna just publish and see what happens.
Thanks for reading.…
paracetamol a.k.a. acetaminophen appears the safest thing to take but if you have a high temperature I would avoid any anti-pyretic medications.
A fever is a good thing—it’s making the body inhospitable for viruses when they start invading.
Suppressing this immune response at the early infection “fever stage” potentially allows the virus to get hold.
Ride it out, help your body by curling up in a blanket.
Stay hydrated and let your body’s defences work.
An interesting read and I’m happy to see people publishing posts like this.
The more that beliefs are questioned, the more improvements in thinking can be made. (or something to that effect, I’m struggling with the wording).
I read posts as a beginner—and thinking about a wider-access book format …
Great writing style—very accessible. Honest and informative.
A modern-day explorer of the frontiers of the mind and human experience.
Edit Notes:
1. I’d make this the 1st paragraph: “In recent years, Circling has caught the eye of rationalists… ” include a “WTF is circling?” as a question for a wider audience! and the LW bit isn’t necessary now.
2. Include a definition for inferential distance for ease of reading to newbies.
3. “handy 100-page PDF” is a 404 - no longer found.
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“annoyingly Postmodern, yes”—but so f-ing true.
“are you feeling bored? [I invite you to check.]” - anticipatory is the word I’d use … and admirable of your courage to share ;) ….EDITED 8/1/20. This post was my first exposure to “circling”. I have since learned more about it. My (somewhat) naive view was of an interesting technique to increase self awareness and openness to the mind by sharing—something I’ve experienced amongst friends or trusted strangers at mostly spontaneous times. Honest truth-telling sessions, breakthroughs, revelations, new understandings. - Important in concept, ideas to be aware of but in my mind is not a method/process/system. It is something to do when feels right, safe, ready.
Thanks for writing this. This post comes at an apt time as I’m considering commenting more on LW (a club I’ve crashed but I’m making myself at home).
I read this post and it feels all about positive feedback—phases like “say if you like something, ideas that stand out, worth writing more about …”
What about comments that aren’t so flattering? That might be considered critical, negative, in disagreement?
Pointing out biases and errors, things that should be re-worded and what’s just a load of waffle?!
It would be useful to know which authors want honest feedback - I’m not bothered about the negative karma as such, but it’s a waste of my time commenting if it’s down-voted out of view and/or the author isn’t interested in the thoughts of this internet-random.
If ideas are to be developed and thought improved, should they not be open to all feedback?
whether it feels warm and fluffy or whether it’s a more like a kick in the guts.
Rational thinking—information gathering, logical thinking, considering all the possibilities, keeping an open mind, letting the ego go …
Thanks for writing this.
“people who are not immersed in LessWrong culture or jargon.”
This is me. A creature from another time and space. I read about a website about rationality and got excited about potentially finding a group of people who think rationally.
There’s a lot of interesting stuff here on LW but could be more accessible. More formatting for ease of scanning allows readers to start picking up the important points.
There’s a lot of unnecessary words used—I wonder how much editing (pruning?) is done. The habit of giving something a few days to settle then re-reading it before publishing?
New perspectives would be useful for a lot of questions/discussions that I see here.
My background: I’ve spent a lot more time with animals than rational humans.
To point me in the right direction before trying to write more—I would like a definition for “values” to work with.
An instant find via images - human values. Anywhere near?!
Art of thinking? - If that means thinking about things, then this is something to think about… (and the sources of all the information needed are within easy reach.) Relevance to rationality? - As the start of a logical progression to explain my beliefs, then yes… This is the root that will develop several branches, but it needs time to grow.
I have multiple possible hooks, but they’re all jumping to my conclusions - “facts” first.
Why should your care about your alignment and balance (there’s a ding ding ding we have a winner for “bits that bother me” in my head). I believe you should, and that the alignment of the body (and a full range of movement) is important to health, but what ‘evidence’ do I have of that?
My personal opinion that balance and alignment sound good qualities.
My personal experience—but I’m just a random on the internet, so there’s little point to expanding on that, at least until the groundwork is laid.
Many physical disciplines go on about balance and alignment - a common phase in some circles - but I’ve little experience in such disciplines so can’t comment on that!
So nothing that should be convincing, but balance and alignment sound good don’t they? :)
I am hoping for feedback about what balance and alignment mean to others. I’m in my own little micro-bubble (a true believer) and would be interested in other perspectives.
Ultimately, this is a journey from ” fact” to “feeling”. My next post will expand on the muscular anatomy of balance and alignment, and include my thoughts on that anatomy. How to start to feel your alignment...
Some info. on coronavirus vaccines in pigs:
Vaccines for porcine epidemic diarrhea virus and other swine coronaviruses 2016
Coronavirus (and other viruses) causes severe disease in neonatal piglets. Vaccination of pregnant sows in order to confer “lactogenic immunity” i.e. antibodies in the milk is, as far as I’m aware, the main use of coronavirus vaccines in swine.
(I was a veterinary surgeon but I’ve not treated pigs in over a decade.)
Article that might be of interest and clarify a couple of definitions:
does-a-high-viral-load-or-infectious-dose-make-covid-19-worse?
“The viral load is a measure of how bright the fire is burning in an individual, whereas the infectious dose is the spark that gets that fire going,”
Supine positioning is the easiest position for intubation but once the endotracheal tube is in-situ it makes physiological sense to turn the patient over if possible. Assuming the tube is secured in place—which it should be.
Main issues with a prone intubated patient are medical staff accessing/assessing/maintaining the tube—requiring suitable facilities or having to kneel on the floor!
Supine and immobile for days—not good.
You need to practise these things
So true. I’m trained to surgical sterility and am very aware of everything I touch and when I’m contaminated but it is hard to be vigilant ….
Turn on tap.
Wash hands thoroughly with soap and water for a long time to decontaminate hands.
Turn off tap and recontaminate hands.
Although my constant ‘helping’ of others in the household to maintain standards may get me beaten to death before coronavirus gets me. : )
I am trying to keep my wording simple—not managed it here so thanks for asking.
pyrexia = fever.
pyro ~ heat, fire (from both Latin and Greek) pyromaniac a more familiar word?
so anti-pyretic is something “against-fever” i.e. treats a fever/reduces temperature.
I would not take anything to reduce my temperature and I would recommend the same to friends and family, so yes I suggest avoiding paracetamol too.
Personal note—I eat a clove of raw garlic if I think I’ve picked something up. Giving it a really good crunch between the teeth to release the juices. Not pleasant (even to a garlic lover, and a little easier to take wrapped in bread) but great for keeping people away for a few hours.…
Garlic has been shown to have anti-viral properties, no idea if it has any affect on the coronavirus but unless there’s a reason not to take it, it’s worth a shot. (I wouldn’t bother with garlic tablets—just fresh)
from the CDC. (the definition of “mortality rate”)
A mortality rate is a measure of the frequency of occurrence of death in a defined population during a specified interval.
i.e not based on number of cases v. death, it’s population v. death.
Something that might interest you is embryology. Following the division and migration of cells to start forming a body is a fascinatingly complex insight into life although it’s a long time since I studied embryology (a nightmare subject to learn [and then mostly forget] in 2-D) so I don’t know what resources are out there these days.
If anyone was up for the exercise of creating a globe-base graphic showing the when and where of human history I would love to see it. From the known locations of predecessors to modern humans, the rise and fall of societies, civilisations, conflicts, border changes etc etc. A world-wide view of our collective history—quite a big project for comprehensive information gathering!
Greetings!
My name is really Leigh - leggi was a nickname created by technology but bestowed on me by good friends and somehow it seems appropriate to use it here.
I’ve been reading the HP series—it’s made me laugh out loud a few times but now that I’ve realised how many chapters there are I thought I should introduce myself because I’ve my own drum to beat...
I have a theory (well technically a hypothesis but theory sounds better in the title!) and I’m here for feedback on my upcoming posts—please think “tear to shreds”.
I’m not sure where the line between knowledge and belief lies, but I really really think I am so lesswrong about this than I’ve ever been about anything so it’d be nice to have others really consider what I’m suggesting.
A bit of anatomy to start, but it will expand so anyone out there anatomists/medics/people in pain/anyone who moves/is curious?
I haven’t understood many of the posts I’ve looked at—rather different topics to what I’ve encountered in life. I was a veterinary surgeon, so that’s my background.
College motto “strive for perfection”, my motto now “better done than perfect” so at least this post’s a start!