Show 3 February 2 0 2002 Gunnison Valley NewsSalina Sun Speaking of Sports Back Facts Part Controversy by Dallas Overly Therapy West Previously it was discussed how common and serious back injuries can be Back disorders This week's sporting news are seldom caused by a single has been dominated with covinjury but rather develop over erage of the controversial decitime secondary to poor posture sion of the Olympic figure skatfaulty body mechanics stressing judges From my perch on ful living and working habits the sofa in my family room and loss of flexibility as well as a in my expert and qualified general decline in physical fitopinion the Canadians were ness Although back injuries the best team performing that and the problems associated night with them can seem overAny time you rely on a whelming most disorders are person's opinion to judge any unnecessary and can be preof gotype competition you're vented The first step is to uning to have differing opinions derstand how our back is conIt's always been interesting to structed so as to avoid unfavorwatch both coaches at a ball able positions and movements game complain that the officiOur spine must perform dual ating is giving the other team and contrasting roles of rigidan unfair advantage The bot- Bulldogs nailed a buzzer- - beatthe trunk and flexto tom line is that humans make ing three pointer to win the ity support ibility to allow our backs to mistakes and humans are game In performing these conmove Sports are supposed to teach prejudiced roles the integrity of What's tragic is when a us life lessons One of those les- trasting our spine is sometimes comjudge lets his prejudice super- sons is that life isn't always fair cede his integrity and his abiliAnother is that luck is really promised It is first important to underties Such seems to be the case being prepared to take advanstand that the spine is not in the awarding of the gold tage of an opportunity when it straight but is made up of four medal to the Russian team presents itself which allow From what I saw on the tube For example in my college continuous curves for strength and flexibility everybody including the Rus- days I was warming up for a This the spine in its role helps ball game shooting three pointsian skaters knew that the Caa shock absorber If one of ers when the team's point as nadians had earned the gold the curves becomes flattened or Life goes on One of my faguard asked "Why do big guys excessive the strength and movorite sayings is called the In- like to come out here and preof the spine will be altered dian Serenity Prayer It says tend they can shoot threes?" It bility a disorder is likely to deand "Oh Great Spirit grant me the could be the same reason the velop The cervical or neck reserenity to accept the things I short guys like to play on lower is made up of seven vertecannot change the courage to rims and pretend they can slam gion brae and curves inward or an- change the things I can and the dunk the basketball but it's terior The thoracic or chest re- more likely so they can be lucky wisdom to know the differgion is made up of twelve verbe prepared when the opportuence" tebrae and curves out or poste- Often times we have a hard nity presents itself like Logan rior This section of the spine is Wednestime finding the good in an unChristensonwas last day Good luck Bulldogs! pleasant situation Sometimes by Bob Bahlmann Staff writer the challenges we face become to our the greatest accomplishments In last Case in point Wednesday's basketball game against Richfield the Bulldogs had played great defense for 26 seconds and it looked like they were going to stop the Wildcats from scoring and force overtime With four seconds left in the game one of the officials called a questionable foul giving Richfield two free throws lead with four and a seconds left in the game It appeared that a personal opinion had cost Gunnison the game That seemingly insurmountable judgment error turned into a blessing in disguise as the stepping-stone- s II much more rigid than the cervical region mainly because of the attachment of ribs to the vertebrae The lumbar or low back region is made up of five vertebrae and curves in or anterior The lumbar relike the neck gion is also rather flexible in to the thoracic recomparison gion The sacrum is the tail end of our spine and consists of five fused vertebrae which acts to support the spine and attach the spine to the pelvis The vertebrae of the spine are held together by strong inelastic structures called ligaments They are very strong and keep all of the vertebrae together and in line It is very very rare that a vertebra will go "out" or dislocate The ligaments can be sprained by a fall or can commonly be stressed and stretched because of poor posture (exaggeration or reversal of the natural spinal curves) In between each vertebra is a disc which helps the spine with shock absorption as well as Disc injuries are the mobility most common and potentially the most serious of all back disorders The center of the disc is the nucleus which is similar to chewing gum in consistency The nucleus is surrounded by fibrous rings which make up the disc The inner part of the disc and nucleus have no pain sensitive nerves It is only the outer rings of the disc that are supplied with pain sensitive Therefore nerves damage can be occurring to the disc without any sensation of pain and it is not until damage spreads ing disc or a narrowing of the spinal canal or the foramen (holes) where the nerves exit The last important structure of the spine to discuss is the muscular system The muscles in the back as well as the abdominal muscles attach to the spine and control movements of the spine They are also very important in lending stability to the spine If these muscles are weak there is not very much stability given to the spine Therefore the vertebrae must gain much of their support from the ligaments and discs of the spine As a result these structures can then becan result which can then lead come weaker leading to many to a herniated disc common disorders of the spine If you have any questions reIn between each vertebra are nerves from the spinal cord garding the material of this arThe nerves in the neck supply ticle or presently suffer from the arms while the nerves in back pain contact your physithe lower back supply the legs cian and physical therapist at These nerves can become irriTherapy West in Gunnison tated or compromised by a bulg Utah to the outer portions of the disc that sensation of pain is felt When standing with appropriate posture with the normal curve in the lower back weight is distributed evenly on the discs and the vertebrae However when a person bends forward (to snow shovel pick something up or even just sitting in a chair) all of the weight is on the anterior or front portion of the disc This causes the posterior or back portion of the disc to gap and the nucleus of the disc is pushed backwards If this continues frequently over time the posterior fibers of the disc weaken and a bulging disc Be Kind To Yourself endless leisure A person should strivefor constant happmess There is more to happiness than perfect relaxation Most of us find this boring after a few Week" Potentially eating disorders — anor- days There is plenty of happiness in the world it is just not exia nervosa bulimia and binge constant Endless happiness is eating — can affect people from an unrealistic expectation reage 5 to 60 However are adolescent and young sulting in unnecessary feelings of guilt adult women 4 You should go to great What are the symptoms or habits of those who have this lengths to please others Otherwise disorder? First there is anor- others will abandon or reject you exia nervosa People suffering Offer others your true' unembellished self Let them from anorexia starve themselves They might consume chose to take it or leave it If less’ than a 1000 calories a day people respond to the real you or almost no fat and might ex- you don't have to engage in the ercise excessively About half of exhausting process of putting them also have symptoms of up a good front 5 Happiness and fulfillment bulimia It affects about 1 can only occurin thepresenceof of adolescent girls People suffering from bu- others limia might be within their Enjoying your own company ideal weight range Those who is perhaps one of the best presuffer from bulimia eat large dictors of happiness Happiamounts of food then to get rid ness can be experienced alone or with others limes of solitude of the food they have binged on they purge themselves by vom- and reflection cah be a special iting or taking laxatives Two gift 6 You shouldn't feel pain A of young women to e bulimia good life is develop Pain is an inevitable part of Bulimia is not the same as disorder People life No one escapes life with this disorder binge eat like (either physical pam or bulimics but don't do anything emotional pain) Life is not alto avoid weight gain such as ways fair Sometimes you sufvomiting or using laxatives fer no matter what you do Let Most are obese and have a hisgo of the irrational belief of leadlife Think of " tory of weight fluctuation This ing a all the money you'll save! disorder affects about 7 Angerisbad of the general population of people About Anger is a human emotion who participate in medically and can result in a cleansing of the soul Anger is not bad - how prosupervised we act out our anger determines disorgrams have whether anger is cleansing or der Unfortunately our culture destructive Suppressing anger is dangerous can give people unrealistic beliefs about themselves These 8 Taking case ofyou needs and beliefs and negative thinking wants is selfish If you are a miserable person contribute greatly to eating disorders Betty Holmes a Wyo- some of your misery rubs off on the people surrounding you ming dietician shared her notes Your happiness is your responfrom a lecture she attended entitled "Irrational Beliefs often sibility You can not share hapheld by Humans" piness with others if you are The irrational beliefs are miserable yourself 9 Your worth as a person de- listed in Italics with realistic views in regular print They are pends on how much you achieve as follows: andproduce 1 It is an absolute Money is a lousy way of keepnecessity to be loved and appros 'ed bypeers faming score Achievements may not be much better Value of ily and friends It is impossible to please all human life includes many chardie people in your life People acteristics difficult to meawho like and approve of you sure — including joy of living will be tumed-of- f and compassion by some of human your behaviors This irrational friendliness IQ There is perfect love perfect thought is probably the single relationships greatest cause of unhappiness If you seek a perfect relation2 You should be unfailingly competent in all you do ship you'll spend your life goNo one person can be perfect ing from one imperfect relationin everything The result of pership to another You'll feel like fection expectations is inevi- a failure and spend your life table failure and then self- waiting for the impossible Try blame Many perfectionists suf- this instead — find great pleafer from a paralysis of fear and sure from the imperfect friendsoon stop ships in your life attempting 3 Happiness is achieved To view yourself and others by by Ann Parkinson IISU Extension February 24 through March 3 marks "Eating Disorders more kind'y during "Eating Disorders Week" you may want to try: Celebrate Fearless Friday — A Day Without Dieting on March 4 and feel how eme day of selfpowering a acceptance can be! Consciously choose to avoid making comments about other people or yourself on the basis of body size or shape Compliment someone else for a skill talent or characteristic they have that you appreciate Remind yourself that a person's value is not determined by their shape or size Enjoy your favorite meal wi thout feelings of guil t or anxiety over calories and fat grams Donate your jeans and other old clothes that po longer fit your body comfortably to charity Someone else will appreciate them and you won't have to worry about the way they fit anymore Start each morning by looking in the mirror and saying something nice about yourself out loud Look through magazines and newspapers ripping out advertisements photos and articles that promote negative feelings about weight body image and food Talk back to the TV when you see or hear an ad that makes you feel dissatisfied with your body Read a book that lifts your promotes positive encourages body image healthy living or helps you overcome stereotypes about social standards of beauty IATERUIE1T PftAKftllt Oxygen HELiOS XuBmbe Gunnison :NevM& kept informed of all the local Olympic News! 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