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Apparatus for abrading skin and simultaneously delivering a liquid topical solution to the skin includes a vacuum source, a hand-held applicator wand including a skin abrading brush, and a collection canister for collecting exfoliated skin particles and any liquids associated therewith entrained by an air flow between the hand-held applicator wand and the collection canister. The vacuum source also creates a flow from a container containing the liquid topical solution to the skin abrading brush.
1. Apparatus for abrading skin simultaneously delivering a liquid topical solution to the skin, said apparatus comprising in combination:
a vacuum source;
a container containing liquid topical solution;
a hand-held applicator wand including a skin abrading brush operatively associated with said vacuum source and with said container, said hand-held applicator wand operable to substantially simultaneously engage and abrade the skin and to deliver liquid topical solution from said container to said skin at said skin abrading brush;
a receptacle operatively connected to said hand-held applicator wand for receiving exfoliated skin particles produced by said skin abrading brush along with any excess liquid topical solution not absorbed by or retained on the skin at the location of said skin abrading brush, said receptacle comprising a collection canister operatively associated with said vacuum source, vacuum applied to said collection canister by said vacuum source creating a fluid flow from said hand-held wand to said collection canister to entrain and deliver said exfoliated skin particles and excess liquid topical solution to said collection canister;
a housing, said collection canister including a canister wall and releasably connected to and selectively removable from said housing, said collection canister defining a canister interior, a canister outlet, and a canister inlet, said canister inlet and said canister outlet being spaced from one another and in fluid-flow communication with said canister interior, said collection canister including trap structure for trapping said exfoliated skin particles and excess liquid topical solution and retaining said exfoliated skin particles and excess liquid topical solution in said canister interior between said canister outlet and said canister inlet, and said collection canister additionally including a canister top and a canister bottom, said trap structure including an upstanding outlet tube having an open outlet tube lower end comprising said canister outlet and an open outlet tube upper end terminating within the canister interior below said canister top, said trap structure additionally including a downwardly extending inlet tube projecting into said canister interior through said canister to and having an open inlet tube lower end terminating below said open outlet tube upper end; and
flexible conduit interconnecting said inlet tube to said hand-held applicator wand, said trap structure additionally comprising a partition wall spaced from and disposed below said canister top, said open outlet tube upper end being disposed above said partition wall and said open inlet tube lower end terminating below said partition wall, said partition wall defining a partition wall opening allowing a vacuum induced air flow from the inlet tube, through said canister interior below said partition wall into the space between the canister top and partition wall, and thence downwardly through said outlet tube after entrapping said exfoliated skin particles and excess liquid topical solution within said container interior.
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This application is a continuation-in-part of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 11/172,698, filed Jun. 30, 2005.
This invention relates to apparatus for abrading skin to remove outer portions thereof and for delivering a liquid topical solution thereto.
Dermabrasion, sometimes referred to as microdermabrasion, is a well known process for removing dead cells from the outermost layer of the skin, cleaning out blocked pores and enhancing skin tone. U.S. Pat. No. 6,241,739, discloses a treatment tool and tissue collection system for removing outer layers of skin to provide a revitalized, fresh skin surface, the objective being to remove dead and old skin cells without damaging the remaining skin surface and without the use of powdered abrasive material.
More particularly, U.S. Pat. No. 6,241,739 discloses a device for microabrasion comprising a hollow tube with an abrasive material permanently attached to a skin contacting end. The abrasive coated tip is moved over the skin surface while a vacuum is applied through the tube to the skin surface to remove cells abraded from the skin surface. The vacuum also causes the skin to be held in intimate contact with the abrasive tip during the treatment procedure. Specifically suggested as abrasion particles attached to the treatment tip are diamond grit, aluminum oxide, silicon carbide, silicon oxide, and various metal nitrates. Also suggested is the concept of machining or chemically treating the tip to provide a roughened surface which when moved across skin abrades the epidermis, dislodging cells from the surface. A method employing this technique is also disclosed in U.S. Pat. No. 6,241,739.
U.S. Pat. No. 6,500,183 matured from a continuation-in-part application based on the patent application resulting in above-described U.S. Pat. No. 6,241,739. U.S. Pat. No. 6,500,183 discloses a treatment tool and tissue collection system for removal of outer layers of skin to provide a revitalized, fresh skin surface, and a method of using same. The tool is an abrasive tipped tool mounted on the end or within the end of a hollow tube, the tube being connected to a source of vacuum. The vacuum aids in maintaining intimate contact between the abrasive tip and the skin during the treatment process and transports the removed tissue to a collection container. The abrasive surface within the tube is a motor driven abrasive pad. Contact between the pad and the abrasive disc is brought about or increased by application of a vacuum through the tube to the skin surface. Other prior art abrasion techniques are known, some of which can be traced back to ancient times wherein alabaster and pumice were utilized to remove blemishes and rough spots and to make the skin smooth and soft.
U.S. Pat. Nos. 2,712,823, 2,867,214, 2,881,763 and 2,921,585 disclose abrasive tipped devices or rotating brushes and cylinders coated with abrasive particles such as diamond dust to remove skin layers.
U.S. Pat. No. 5,800,446 describes a stick, fingertip or glove palm coated with an abrasive material which is rubbed over the skin surface to provide a polishing action. U.S. Pat. No. 3,964,212 discloses a pneumatic grinding machine for flat surfaces. U.S. Pat. No. 4,378,804 discloses a skin abrasion device which uses flowing water to rotate an abrasive brush and create a vacuum to remove loosened skin particles. The rotating brush is usually employed in conjunction with a liquid detergent or medicinal compound applied to the skin surface being scrubbed.
U.S. Pat. No. 5,012,797 shows the use of an ultrasonic surgical tool adapted to abrade soft tissue wherein use of the tool is accompanied by use of rinsing liquid such as an aqueous saline solution and suction means to withdraw the rinsing fluid as well as blood and tissue fragments upwardly into a pipe for disposal. U.S. Pat. No. 5,037,431 describes a hand-held surgical apparatus wherein a pressurized jet of a liquid, such as water or sterile saline, is employed to fragment diseased tissue and remove the liquid and fragmented tissue by vacuum.
It is also known to abrade the skin surface using powdered aluminum oxide or a liquid topical composition containing suspended aluminum oxide, as disclosed for example in U.S. Pat. No. 4,957,747. In the arrangement of U.S. Pat. No. 5,037,432 abrasive reducing substances are conveyed under pressure to the skin and a collection tube removes under suction both the reducing substances and the portions of tissue removed during the treatment. Somewhat similar arrangements, employing collection chambers, are disclosed in U.S. Pat. Nos. 5,100,412, 5,207,234 and 5,810,842.
U.S. Pat. No. 5,971,999 is related to an apparatus for microdermabrading by means of a jet of a mixture of air and reducing crystals, and an associated handle. The jet of reducing crystals is, in particular, a jet of corundum crystals.
U.S. Pat. No. 6,042,552 discloses a device for collecting fragments of walls of internal organs and U.S. Pat. No. 2,701,559 discloses apparatus for exfoliating and collecting diagnostic material from inner walls of hollow visera.
U.S. Pat. No. 6,641,591 discloses an instrument and technique for the removal of epidermal layers. The instrument abrades surface layers of the epidermis while at the same time causing rapid penetration of fluids into the skin. U.S. Patent Application Publication No. 2004/0143274 discloses a similar approach.
U.S. Pat. No. 6,695,583 discloses a microdermabrasion system and method of use wherein a vacuum head base defines a chamber. A smooth treatment tip has an opening open to the chamber. An abrasive member is in the chamber. One or more fluids are drawn into the chamber by a vacuum. The vacuum draws a portion of the skin into the chamber where it contacts the abrasive member and is contacted by the fluid(s).
U.S. Pat. Nos. 2,921,585, 5,207,234 and 6,423,078 show other dermabrasion approaches. U.S. Pat. Nos. 5,121,388, 4,646,482 and 5,035,089 relate to non-medical abrasion systems.
U.S. Patent Application Publication No. US2004/0010268 discloses dermabrasion/microdermabrasion apparatus including a hand piece. Negative and positive pressure is provided to the hand piece. A brush wheel and turbine in the hand piece are rotated by the air pressure and the rotating brush wheel is engaged with the user's skin.
The present invention relates to a unique combination of structural elements which cooperate in a unique manner to abrade skin, remove the abraded skin and provide for the application of a liquid topical solution to the skin under treatment. The apparatus includes a vacuum source, a container containing liquid topical solution and a hand-held applicator wand.
The hand-held applicator wand includes a skin abrading brush operatively associated with the vacuum source and with the container. The hand-held applicator wand is operable to substantially simultaneously engage and abrade the skin and to deliver liquid topical solution from the container to the skin at the skin abrading brush.
A receptacle is operatively connected to the hand-held applicator wand for receiving exfoliated skin particles produced by the skin abrading brush along with any excess liquid topical solution not absorbed by or retained on the skin at the location of the skin abrading brush.
The receptacle is of unique construction and comprises a collection canister operatively associated with the vacuum source. Vacuum applied to the collection canister by the vacuum source creates a fluid flow from the hand-held wand to the collection canister to entrain and deliver the exfoliated skin particles and excess liquid topical solution to the collection canister.
Other features, advantages and objects of the present invention will become apparent with reference to the following description and accompanying drawings.
Referring now to the drawings, apparatus constructed in accordance with the teachings of the present invention is illustrated. The apparatus includes a housing 10 within which is disposed a vacuum pump 12 of any suitable type. The vacuum pump 12 is shown in block diagram format in
Supported by housing 10 is a receptacle comprising a collection canister 14 operatively associated with the vacuum pump. Vacuum applied to the collection canister by the vacuum pump creates a fluid flow utilized to entrain and deliver exfoliated skin particles and liquid in a manner to be described in greater detail below. The collection canister is releasably connected to and selectively removable from the housing and is suitably of a disposable or one-time use nature. The collection canister includes a canister wall 16, a canister top 18 which is suitably removable as shown in
The collection canister includes trap structure for trapping exfoliated skin particles, excess liquid topical solution and other liquids involved in the treatment process, possibly including blood.
The collection canister defines a canister interior 22 within which the exfoliated skin particles and liquids are collected. The collection canister has a canister outlet and a canister inlet, the canister inlet and the canister outlet being spaced from one another and in fluid-flow communication with the canister interior. More particularly, the canister outlet is an outlet tube 23 having an open lower end 24, the outlet tube 23 extending downwardly from canister bottom 20 into a passageway in the housing communicating with the vacuum pump 12. The outlet tube 23 has an open outlet tube upper end 26 which terminates within the canister interior below the canister top 18. A partition wall 28 is spaced from and disposed below the canister top. The open outlet tube upper end 26 is disposed above the partition wall 28. The partition wall defines a partition wall opening 30. In the arrangement illustrated, the partition wall is integral with canister top 18, although it need not be.
The collection canister inlet is in the form of an inlet tube 40 projecting into the canister interior through the canister top and through the partition wall 28. The inlet tube is open at both the upper and lower ends thereof, the open inlet tube lower end 42 located within the collection canister interior below the partition wall 28.
A cylindrically-shaped spacer wall 44 extends upwardly from the canister bottom 20 and surrounds the outlet tube 23. The spacer wall is spaced inwardly from the canister wall 16 and defines therewith an annular space for receiving exfoliated skin particles and liquid. A deflector shield 46 is disposed over the spacer wall to deflect the exfoliated skin particles and liquid into the annular space.
Flexible tubing 50 is attached to the upper end of inlet tube 40, the flexible tubing 50 leading to a hand-held applicator wand 52 including a detachable skin abrading brush 54 at the distal end thereof. The brush may be one of a series of interchangeable brushes having different stiffnesses or other physical characteristics employed to treat skin.
The apparatus disclosed and claimed herein has the capability of simultaneously abrading the skin and delivering liquid topical solution to the skin at the skin abrading brush 54. In the arrangement illustrated, the container is in the form of a small IV bag 56 depending from an IV bag support 58 extending upwardly from the housing. The liquid topical solution may be of many types, for example, solutions employed for medical, cosmedic or cleansing purposes.
The vacuum produced within the interior passageway 66 also results in a vacuum at the lower end of rigid conduit portion 64 which draws liquid topical solution from the IV bag 56 and out the lower exit end of rigid conduit portion 64. Due to the close proximity between the rigid conduit portion and the raised skin portion, the liquid topical solution will impact the skin portion as shown in
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Been wanting to do this tattoo for quite some years now and finally got around to do it, the Peregrine Falcon symbolising my birth place back home in Sweden; Falkenberg.
9 hours and two sessions in at the moment, with at least another 10 ahead of me.
Currently is just the actual bird and the lower part done, background and some details on the feathers are still missing and is just drawn in by the tattoo artist, Sass from Craftz Berlin....
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Established in 1934 to enforce the securities laws and protect investors, the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) plays an important role in maintaining the integrity of the U.S. securities markets. Pursuant to the Accountability of Tax Dollars Act of 2002, SEC is required to prepare and submit to Congress and the Office of Management and Budget audited financial statements. GAO agreed, under its audit authority, to perform the audit of SEC's financial statements to determine whether (1) the financial statements are fairly stated, and (2) SEC management maintained effective internal control. GAO also tested SEC's compliance with selected provisions of significant laws and regulations.
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How Did He NOT Win?
The NFL stars who didn't win the Heisman
Pete Fiutak
It's the hardest thing for pro
football fans, who don't necessarily care about college football, to
understand. Why didn't Tom Brady win the Heisman? How about LaDainian
Tomlinson? He was great, right? John Elway, Joe Montana, and Dan Marion
didn't win a Heisman? Of course there's a major difference between
producing at the collegiate level and being a great pro. The Heisman
isn't supposed to go to the first pick in the NFL Draft; it's supposed
to go to the "most outstanding player" in a given season.
The Heisman is all about the top quarterback or running back in a given
year unless something wacky happens, but over the course of Heisman
history, in hindsight, there have been some extremely questionable
winners considering who the runner-ups were. Of course, everyone knows
that being a top pro prospect has nothing to do with winning the
Heisman, but that doesn't mean there aren't a few years when the
question has to be asked ... how did this guy not win?
Leinart was the aberration as the Heisman winner who went on
beat the runner-up in the national championship, and then he shocked the
world by not going pro early in a draft year desperate for quarterbacks
(Alex Smith to the 49ers No. 1 overall hasn't exactly worked out well).
Leinart was taken 10th overall by the Arizona Cardinals in 2006, but his
career so far has been defined more by questions about his commitment to
being a pro, a collarbone injury, and Kurt Warner, rather than anything
positive done on the field. Even though he hasn't set the world on fire
as a pro, that doesn't diminish Leinart's phenomenal college career.
Meanwhile, over his first two seasons, Adrian Peterson has become one of
the great young backs in the history of the NFL. The better question, as
opposed to why he didn't win the Heisman, is why did Peterson go seven
in the 2007 draft.
Arguably, Leinart has to be considered one of the top college
quarterbacks ever having thrown for 10,693 yards with 99 touchdown
passes, a BCS national title, an AP national title, and a near-miss
against Texas for a second BCS championship. Oh yeah, and the guy went
37-2. In 2004, Leinart threw 33 touchdown passes and just six interceptions and
he ran for three scores as the leader of devastating national champions.
Peterson came close in the Heisman race finishing second with 997 points
to Leinart's 1,325. Being a freshman didn't help Peterson's cause, and
splitting votes with Jason White, the Sooner quarterback who won the
Heisman the previous year, didn't help. Even so, Peterson's 1,925 yards
and 15 touchdowns were certainly Heisman worthy.2003 Winner - Jason White, QB
How did the runner up not
win? ... Larry Fitzgerald, WR Pitt (2nd), Eli Manning, QB Ole Miss
White was a terrific story. He suffered two ACL injuries
and came back, and from out of nowhere, to bomb away for 3,846 yards and
40 touchdown passes with 10 interceptions as he led Oklahoma to the
national title game. However, his Sooners got blasted by Kansas State
35-7 in the Big 12 title game as he threw two interceptions, no
touchdown passes, and had his worst game of the year ... until the
national championship. White had a nightmare of a game against LSU
completing 35% of his throws with two interceptions as he was sacked
over and over again in the loss. Even with the Kansas State loss, the
numbers were impressive enough to get him the Heisman trophy, and he
went on to put up almost as strong a season in 2004, throwing for 3,205
yards with 35 touchdown passes and nine interceptions as he finished
third in the Heisman behind Matt Leinart and Adrian Peterson. However,
no one ever considered White a pro player of any sort. In a horrendous
year for pro quarterback prospects, White wasn't drafted in 2005.
Larry Fitzgerald was considered a can't miss pro prospect. Now he's well
on his way to the Hall of Fame after catching 413 passes for 5,692 yards
and 43 touchdowns just five years into his NFL career. He generated a
buzz in 2002 catching 69 passes for 1,005 yards with 12 touchdowns, and
then he went on to set NCAA records with a 92-grab, 1,672-yard, 22
touchdown 2003 season. Even though Fitzgerald was only a sophomore, and
a pure wide receiver (as opposed to a kick returner and a receiver), he
still came within an eyelash of winning the Heisman losing to White
1,481 to 1,353. Fitzgerald likely lost it on the last week of the
regular season as Antrel Rolle and Miami held him to 26 yards and a
touchdown on just three catches in a 28-14 Hurricane win.
Finishing third in the Heisman was Eli Manning, who completed 62% of his
throws for 3,600 yards and 29 touchdown passes as he carried Ole Miss to
a 10-3 season and a Cotton Bowl win over Oklahoma State.2000 Winner - Chris Weinke,
QB Florida State
How did the runner up not
win? ... Drew Brees, QB Purdue (3rd),
LaDainian Tomlinson, RB TCU (4th)
In one of the most debatable, most hotly contested
Heisman races ever, Weinke barely beat Oklahoma QB Josh Huepel 1,628 to
1,552 with Purdue's Drew Brees coming in third with 619 points and TCU's
LaDanian Tomlinson finishing fourth with 566.
Weinke set the table for his Heisman winning season by throwing 25
touchdown passes and 3,103 yards as he led the Seminoles to the national
championship. In 2000, before his Noles lost to Heupel's Sooners 13-2 in
the Orange Bowl, Weinke threw for 4,167 yards and 33 touchdown passes.
So why was the race so close? Age discrimination. Weinke had played six
years of minor league baseball, came back to play college football, and
won the Heisman at 28. He went on to be drafted by the Carolina Panthers
in the sixth round and had a little bit of success as a part-time
Brees led Purdue to the Rose Bowl, throwing for 3,668 yards and 26
touchdowns with 12 interceptions in 2000. Question marks about his
height, barely checking in at six feet, hurt his pro stock, but he was
taken with the first pick in the second round by San Diego. He's in the
midst of a Hall of Fame career as one of the NFL's top passers after
being traded to New Orleans. San Diego also drafted TCU's LaDainian
Tomlinson that year with the fifth overall pick. In 2000, he ran for
2,158 yards and 22 touchdowns highlighted by a 406-yard rushing day.
However, playing for TCU, in the WAC at the time, killed his Heisman
1999 Winner - Ron Dayne, RB
How did the runner up not win? ... Michael Vick, QB Virginia Tech
(3rd), Drew Brees, QB Purdue (4th), Chad Pennington, QB Marshall (5th)There's no questioning this: Ron Dayne deserved the
Heisman. He finished his senior year as the NCAA's all-time rushing
leader and won the award going away. However, he has been a bust as a
pro, serving as a journeyman back after being taken with the 11th pick
overall by the New York Giants in 2000. The voting wasn't even close as
Dayne blew way Georgia Tech QB Joe Hamilton, but there were some
interesting future NFL stars who were down the list a bit.
Michael Vick turned in a scintillating freshman season at Virginia Tech
as he led the Hokies to the Sugar Bowl. While Peter Warrick and Florida
State won the national title, Vick had his coming out party as the star
of the show. He'd go on to be the No. 1 pick in the 2001 draft. Vick
finished third, while Purdue's Drew Brees finished fourth, Marshall QB
Chad Pennington finished fifth, and Alabama RB Shaun Alexander finished
seventh. Virginia's Thomas Jones, who was a bust like Dayne early in his
pro career before picking it up late, finished eighth.
1996 Winner - Danny Wuerffel, QB
How did the runner up not win? ... Jake Plummer, QB Arizona State
(3rd), Orlando Pace, OT Ohio State (4th), Warrick Dunn, RB, Florida
State (5th), Peyton Manning, QB Tennessee (8th)
Wuerffel had to battle with Iowa State's Troy Davis for
the 1996 Heisman, winning just 1,363 to 1,174. Even though it was a
close race, Wuerffel was the year's signature player as he led Florida
to the national title
with one of the best years in college football history,
leading the offense to 46.6 points per game and 76 touchdowns. He was deadly accurate throwing for 39 scores and finishing
with a pass efficiency rating of 170.6. The Gator star was drafted
in the fourth round by the New Orleans Saints in 1997, but with a funky
throwing motion and questionable arm strength, he never made his mark.
Steve Spurrier tried to make his former quarterback an NFL starter with
the Washington Redskins, but it didn't happen.
Third in the race was Arizona State QB Jake Plummer, who led the Sun
Devils to comeback win after comeback win. However, his team fell just
short in the Rose Bowl, and in the national title chase, losing to
Orlando Pace and Ohio State. Pace, the No. 1 overall pick in the 1997
NFL Draft, finished fourth in the voting, while Florida State RB Warrick
Dunn was fifth.
Further down the list, finishing eighth, was Tennessee QB Peyton
Manning, who completed 64% of his throws for 3,287 yards and 20
touchdowns as a junior.
1994 Winner - Rashaan Salaam, RB
How did the runner up not win? ... Steve McNair, QB Alcorn State
(3rd), Kerry Collins, QB Penn State (4th), Warren Sapp, DT Miami (6th)Rasshaan Salaam won the 1994 Heisman with relative ease
as he became the fourth running back to rush for over 2,000 yards in a
season, highlighted by a 312-yard day against Texas. He left as a junior
and became the 21st pick overall by Chicago in 1995. He had mild success
until bad habits killed his career and his reputation.
Salaam won the Heisman, but Penn State's Ki-Jana Carter was acknowledged
as the best running back in the nation. He was the first overall pick by
Cincinnati, but he blew out his knee in his first appearance and was
never the same. Alcorn State's Steve McNair was one of the biggest
stories of the 1994 season after setting the NCAA career record for
total offense. He was taken third in the 1995 NF Draft by the Houston
Oilers, and he went on to carry the franchise into the Super Bowl when
it became the Tennessee Titans. Penn State's Kerry Collins was the fifth
pick in the draft by the Carolina Panthers after leading the
high-powered Nittany Lion offense to an unbeaten 1994 season and the
Rose Bowl. Miami DT Warren Sapp was taken 12th overall by the Tampa Bay
Buccaneers. The future Hall of Famer was sixth in the Heisman tally.
1992 Winner - Gino Torretta, QB
How did the runner up not win? ... Marshall Faulk, RB San Diego
State Torretta's name has become synonymous with the concept of
a good college player who wins the Heisman because he happens to be on a
great team. He wasn't all that bad in 1992 throwing for 3,060 yards and 19
touchdowns with seven interceptions before the Sugar Bowl loss to
Alabama, but he was hardly considered a pro talent being taken in the
seventh round by Minnesota.
Meanwhile, San Diego State's Marshall Faulk didn't win the Heisman
because he wasn't a senior ... at least that was the general belief. Had
he been a senior and Torretta a sophomore, it likely would've been a
landslide the other way. The electrifying sophomore led the nation with
1,630 yards and 15 touchdowns despite being banged up over the second
half of the year. Torretta blew away Faulk when it came to first place
Heisman votes, but Faulk made it close overall by getting the most
second and third place votes.
1984 Winner - Doug Flutie, QB
Boston College
How did the runner up not win? ... Bernie Kosar, QB Miami (4th),
Jerry Rice, WR Mississippi Valley State (9th)Flutie was a no-brainer of a Heisman
winner in 1984 completing 233 of 386 passes for 3,454 yards and 27 touchdowns.
Of course, he had it all sealed up after his legendary Hail Mary throw
to beat Bernie Kosar and Miami in one of the great games in college
football history. Because of his height, or lack of it, he was shunned
by the NFL, for the most part, getting a little bit of time with the
Chicago Bears before going on to be one of the greatest players in CFL
history. He came back to the NFL and was great for the Buffalo Bills for
a few years, but he never turned out to be the NFL quarterback that
Kosar was. Of course, the best pro in the 1984 Heisman race came from
Mississippi Valley State. Jerry Rice wasn't a hotly recruited prospect,
but he finished his career with 310 passes for 4,856 yards and 51
touchdowns. He then went on to become the greatest NFL receiver of
1983 Winner - Mike Rozier, RB
How did the runner up not win? ... Steve Young, QB BYU
At the time there was no arguing with
Rozier winning the Heisman. He was the signature star from one of the
greatest offensive machines of all-time. He ran for 2,148 yards and 29 touchdowns averaging a whopping 7.8
yards per carry and breaking the 100-yard mark in all 11 regular
season games. He set the NCAA rushing record for yards in a season
and broke or tied several other marks. When it came time to turn
pro, Rozier decided to go to the new USFL where he had marginal success
before going to the NFL. While a decent pro, he was never close to the
player he was in college.
Meanwhile Steve Young was off in BYU setting NCAA records for accuracy
and efficiency. After originally starting out on defense, Young moved to
quarterback where he quickly grew into the job finishing his career with
7,733 yards and 56 touchdowns while rushing for 1,048 more yards with 18
scores. He was taken in a supplemental draft by Tampa Bay before being
traded to San Francisco. He went on to become a Hall of Fame quarterback
after finally taking over the starting job from Joe Montana.
1967 Winner - Gary Beban, QB UCLA
How did the runner up not win? ... O.J. Simpson, RB USC
The all-timer of Heisman blunders, Beban had a nice year for
UCLA, but not an elite one. He only threw for 1,359 yards with eight
touchdown passes and eight interceptions, but he had a great day on
national television against USC. There was one problem: O.J. The USC
junior tore off a legendary 64-yard touchdown dash to lead the Trojans
to the win. Simpson finished with 1,543 rushing yards and 16 total
scores. While Beban ran for 11 touchdowns, it wasn't like he was a
runner. Even so, Beban was a senior and Simpson a junior, so the voters
went with the solid career over the flashy season ... but just barely.
Beban won 1,968 to 1,722 before going on to have a cup of coffee in the
NFL with the Washington Redskins. Simpson won the 1968 Heisman in one of
the biggest landslides ever before going on to becoming one of the great
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Rajon Rondo and Kendrick Perkins are proving just how much they have learned from playing with the Big Three. Once considered a supporting cast, Rondo and Perkins were the driving force behind the Celtics to a 46-45 first half lead over the Bulls.
Rondo is on pace for another triple-double with 10 points, 6 rebounds, and 6 assists. Perkins, often left alone to fight at the basket, posted 11 points, 5 rebounds, and 3 blocks.
The Bulls kicked off the second quarter with a 16-2 run, stemming back to the first quarter. But Paul Pierce broke out of his offensive slump, scoring his first points of the game during an 8-0 by the Celtics. He finished the half with 7 points and 5 rebounds.
Derrick Rose leads the Bulls with 10 points, 5 rebounds, and 3 assists. Brad Miller also added 10 off the bench.
While it is still anyone's game at this point, the Bulls have to be concerned about second half surge from the Celtics. Glen Davis (1-6 FG, 2 points) has yet to get going and Pierce seems to just be warming up.
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CORPUS CHRISTI - After a week that saw Corpus Christi police communicating only via radio, setting up shop in a new location in about nine hours and dispatchers split into two groups, Chief Bryan Smith said emergency training proved itself useful.
An electrical fire and subsequent power outage this week forced department employees to take some drastic measures -- measures for which Smith said the department is trained.
A fire at about 1:30 a.m. Monday forced staff to move out of its main building and into an emergency operations center at the Leopard Street Frost Bank.
"It was like a hurricane drill for us, and our previous training came into play," Smith said. "The entire police department did a great job and our ability to adapt and to overcome was proven."
The department was set up Monday at the emergency center by 10 a.m., with some dispatchers remaining at the main station. A Wednesday power outage, however, shut off 911 service for about 25 minutes during the lunch hour. That outage knocked out the department's backup power supply, which caused problems for employees trying to log in to the department's computer system.
With that system used for such tasks as filing reports and looking up records in patrol cars, police and dispatchers adapted, Smith said. Police made their rounds communicating via radio, and some employees had to handwrite reports.
Department officials seemed especially proud Friday of the department's ability to set up at a new location in a manner of hours.
"You never envision an emergency generator going out at the police station," Capt. Todd Green said. "Everyone did an outstanding job responding to some unusual circumstances."
Smith said that despite Wednesday's temporary shutdown of 911 service, the department will continue to rely on its emergency generator system in incidents such as these.
"When something like this happens, there is only so much you can plan for," he said.
Smith did not have an estimate on the costs of the damage to the building and said the police department probably will not get a new building anytime soon. A city bond item up for a vote Nov. 4 would only address elevator renovations.
"Even though our equipment may have failed us, our personnel rose up to the challenge and made up the difference," Smith said.
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In the absence of winds, currents and other oceanographic perturbations, the Earth's ocean surface is one such surface and, as such, it provides a natural definition for the shape of the Earth. This is the geoid; defined as that equipotential surface corresponding to the mean sea surface over the oceans and, on the continents, as the surface that would be defined by 'a series of criss-crossing free-flowing canals in open connection to the sea'.
Because of its rotation, the Earth is permanently deformed and the geoid can, in a first approximation, be represented by an ellipsoid of revolution, with its short axis along the rotation axis, and with a geometric ...
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Water has always been important to Texas, but perhaps never more than now. But Texas faces numerous water issues, and none may be bigger than the drought which has enveloped much of the state for years.
Researchers at Colorado State University are examining the atmospheric effects of smoke from cookstoves, which are used by 3 billion people worldwide for heating, lighting and cooking.
Corn yields in the central United States have become more sensitive to drought conditions in the past two decades.
Detailed ice core measurements show smog-related ratios leveling off in 1970, and suggests these deposits are sensitive to the same chemicals that cause acid rain.
A field study of wheat demonstrates how the nutritional quality of food crops can be diminished when elevated levels of atmospheric carbon dioxide interfere with a plant's ability to process nitrate into proteins.
Researchers have debated for more than two decades the likely impacts, if any, of global warming on the worldwide incidence of malaria, a mosquito-borne disease that infects more than 300 million people each year.
A real-time hurricane analysis and prediction system that effectively incorporates airborne Doppler radar information may accurately track the path, intensity and wind force in a hurricane, according to Penn State meteorologists.
Two University of Iowa researchers recently tested the ability of the world's most advanced weather forecasting models to predict the Sept. 9-16, 2013 extreme rainfall that caused severe flooding in Boulder, Colo.
Microscopic fungi that live in plants' roots play a major role in the storage and release of carbon from the soil into the atmosphere.
Scientists project the Jersey Shore's sea level will rise 11 to 15 inches higher than the global average over the next century.
A University of Missouri researcher has found that the temperature of the Pacific Ocean could help scientists predict the type and location of tornado activity in the U.S.
A new University of Colorado Boulder study indicates drought high in the northern Colorado mountains is the primary trigger of a massive spruce beetle outbreak.
A University of Arizona-led research team has provided the first on-the-ground evidence that Southwestern plants are being pushed to higher elevations by an increasingly warmer and drier climate.
Should climate change trigger the upsurge in heat and rainfall that scientists predict, people may face a threat just as perilous and volatile as extreme weather — each other.
The Pacific Northwest is beginning to get the type of nighttime heat waves that are routine in some other areas of the nation but historically rare in Oregon and Washington.
A study led by a UA ecologist has found that many species evolve too slowly to adapt to the rapid climate change expected in the next 100 years.
A new report on sea level rise recommends that the State of Maryland should plan for a rise in sea level of as much as 2 feet by 2050.
New satellite imagery reveals that several areas across the United States are all but certain to suffer water-related catastrophes, including extreme flooding, drought and groundwater depletion.
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Woman Gets Nearly 3 Years in Fake Marriage Case
Posted: 08/31/2009 - 35-year-old Seattle-area woman who ran a visa fraud scheme involving sham marriages to Cambodians faces two years and nine months in prison.
Posted: 08/31/2009 - 35-year-old Seattle-area woman who ran a visa fraud scheme involving sham marriages to Cambodians faces two years and nine months in prison.
Posted: 08/31/2009 - A fashion designer faces a potential life sentence after being convicted for sexually assaulting aspiring models he lured to Los Angeles.
Posted: 08/31/2009 - Only Virginia and the District of Columbia have moved toward requiring sixth-grade girls to get vaccinated for a potentially cancerous sexually transmitted disease, three years after federal health officials recommended the shots.
Posted: 08/31/2009 - The Pentagon's chief says an upcoming report from the top U.S. and NATO commander in Afghanistan will likely highlight some bright spots about the military mission there along with grimmer conclusions that he described as "gloom and doom."
Posted: 08/31/2009 - Attorneys for Jayson Williams say the retired NBA star's convictions related to a fatal shooting should be thrown out because of prosecutorial misconduct.
Posted: 08/31/2009 - As more details emerge about the past 18 years in the life of Jaycee Lee Dugard (DOO'-gahrd), it turns out she wasn't kept completely out of sight.
Posted: 08/30/2009 - The U.S. military is packing up to leave Iraq in what has been deemed the largest movement of manpower and equipment in modern military history - shipping out more than 1.5 million pieces of equipment from tanks to antennas along with a force the size of a small city.
Posted: 08/30/2009 - Annual federal financial disclosure forms give a glimpse into Sen. Edward Kennedy's wealth at the time of his death. Kennedy, like other members of Congress, was required to report assets held by himself, his wife and any dependents.
Posted: 08/30/2009 - A sheriff's deputy in eastern New York has defended his decision to zap a woman with a stun gun during a traffic stop in a Syracuse suburb earlier this year.
Posted: 08/30/2009 - Officials say one person was killed and three police officers were injured in an early morning fire at a hotel in central New Jersey.
Posted: 08/30/2009 - NBC's "Today" show has hired someone with White House experience as a new correspondent - former first daughter Jenna Bush Hager.
Posted: 08/30/2009 - Authorities don't expect to know for weeks what killed celebrity disc jockey DJ AM, who was found dead in a Manhattan apartment.
Posted: 08/29/2009 - Sen. Edward M. Kennedy was laid to rest alongside slain brothers John and Robert on hallowed ground at Arlington National Cemetery on Saturday evening, celebrated for "the dream he kept alive" across the decades since their deaths.
Posted: 08/29/2009 - A spokeswoman for a southeastern Georgia county says seven people have been killed at a mobile home.
Posted: 08/29/2009 - Government leaders and other luminaries paid final tribute Saturday to Edward M. Kennedy, mourning the loss of a senator who made an indelible impact on U.S. life over 47 years in Congress and of the man who held up America's most famous family during tragedy and triumph.
Posted: 08/29/2009 - Family members say Robert Schindler, the father of late Terri Schindler Schiavo, has died. He was 71.
Posted: 08/29/2009 - DJ AM, the sought-after disc jockey who became a celebrity in his own right with high-profile romances and a glamorous lifestyle and survived a plane crash just months ago, was found dead in his apartment Friday. He had a history of drug problems.
Posted: 08/29/2009 - Authorities in southeastern Georgia say multiple people have been found dead at a mobile home and two people are critically injured.
Posted: 08/28/2009 - Baby Jogger is recalling 41,000 strollers tonight because the restraint buckle and break, and that can cause children to fall out.
Posted: 08/27/2009 - Frigidaire and Kenmore are recalling 200,00 smoothtop electric ranges because they can cause a fire.
Posted: 08/26/2009 - Federal regulators have eased restrictions for private investors seeking to buy failed banks, as the tally of collapsed institutions mounts.
Posted: 08/26/2009 - An appeals court ruled Wednesday that federal agents were wrong to seize the infamous drug list and samples of 104 Major League Baseball players who allegedly tested positive for performance-enhancing drugs in 2003.
Posted: 08/26/2009 - Hundreds of photographs line the walls of the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library & Museum. For the moment, one in particular has captivated a visitor from New Hampshire.
Posted: 08/26/2009 - Louisville coach Rick Pitino says a sex scandal involving a woman accused of trying to extort him has been "pure hell" for his family and that he's had enough.
Posted: 08/26/2009 - Sen. Edward M. Kennedy will lie in repose at the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum in Boston before his funeral at a city church, a Democratic source familiar with the planning told The Associated Press. Kennedy is to be buried afterward at Arlington National Cemetery near his slain brothers, said another official knowledgeable about the arrangements.


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There's no sign presidential contender Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) is letting up on the foreign policy of his fellow GOPers, slamming on Friday "knee-jerk reactionaries" who think that "war is always the answer."
Ever since yesterday's shock revelations, it seemed like news like this would come out as the underlying bad act behind Denny Hastert's public downfall. Because of that, the almost decade old Mark Foley scandal has rushed back into the minds of everyone who covered that story at the time. To review, if you weren't around at the time, in the death throes of the old Republican majority, in September 2006 it emerged that Congressman Mark Foley had had sexual interactions with male members of the Congressional page program, i.e., high school age students. Foley was not out as a gay man; though I think it was widely known or at least assumed that he was gay.
We now have the first indication of the underlying 'misconduct' that led to Denny Hastert's downfall: he paid off a man over sexual abuse in the distant past, seemingly when Hastert was a wrestling coach in Yorkville.
Yesterday, when the Hastert news first broke, I went in thinking that the timeline made sense because Denny Hastert, like so many other politicians, got an extremely lucrative job as a lobbyist after leaving Congress. When Individual A approached Hastert in 2010 asking for money, that made sense because it was only then that he had the kind of wealth that would make it even remotely conceivable for him to pay out $3.5 million.
I'd assumed that he'd started making money in 2007 from a cold start. But I'd forgotten that Hastert, who entered public life in the middle class, left public office a very wealth man.
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Remember a month or so back when those two gay hoteliers from New York got in a heap of trouble for hosting the extremely anti-gay rights Ted Cruz at a dinner/fundraiser at their luxe New York apartment? But, wait, no it wasn't a fundraiser!
Well, yes it was. The two guys, Ian Reisner and Mati Weiderpass were just getting some good press this weekend in the Times ... finally ... now portrayed as well-meaning but bumbling political neophytes who'd stumbled into the Cruz mess. But now it comes out, after the fairly glowing weekend article and repeated denials, that Ian Reisner actually did give a max-out contribution to Cruz right when the dinner took place.
TPM Reader MM responds to my piece yesterday on the DNC's apparent christening of Bernie Sanders as Hillary's official opposition ...
The big DNC hug for Bernie is interesting. I think there's more to it than simply everyone knowing how the story ends.
Having watched many of these stories unfold in real time, I left work yesterday with a sense of foreboding about the late-breaking Hastert story - something like seeing a fuse already lit and waiting for a bomb to explode. And yet, to my great surprise, we're into the next day and no news organization appears to have uncovered, at least in a publishable form, what happened.
A Pam Geller acolyte named Jon Ritzheimer is holding a 'draw muhammad' contest outside the Arizona mosque attended by the two men who tried to shoot up Pam Geller's event in Garland, Texas. Anderson Cooper had a talk with him last night. Watch.
Brendan James wrote up this column by Rich Lowry in Politico in which Lowry says that to protestors "some black lives really don't matter." In part, this is no more than a more biting version of the old saw of 'why don't blacks get more upset about black on black crime?.' - a high-toned form of concern trolling.
I'm not interested in digging into the outrage tug of war over this. But there's a pretty elemental blindspot to all these arguments.
Let's back up first for some context.
It was quite a shock to hear that former Speaker Denny Hastert had been indicted under a law used to prevent people from concealing movements of major amounts of cash. So what could it possibly be about and why was Hastert trying to conceal the movement of roughly $1 million in cash.
We now have the indictment and the charges stem from Hastert's efforts to pay off an unnamed individual to conceal "past misconduct by defendant against [the individual] that had occurred years earlier."
I'm gonna need you to help me with some extra WTFs here. But former Speaker Denny Hastert has been indicted on charges of 'structuring' a cash withdrawal of almost $1 million and lying about it to the FBI.
It's going to be quite the irony if Hastert is the member of that leadership team who ends up doing time.
Hulu pulls episodes of Duggar mass-kid reality show as scandal spreads.
Scott Walker won three straight elections in four years. But the budgetary mess he created is now sinking his presidential ambitions.
Scott Walker is onboard with a new 20-week abortion ban for Wisconsin. No exceptions for rape or incest.
Texas open carry activist calls for arrest and execution of all Texas officeholders for voted against open carry law.


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knee injury help, please
I'm 50. I have been playing a lot on a hard court, probably too much and I play basketball a couple of times a week. Last week my left knee felt weak, no pain, just kind of wonky. When riding my scooter for an hour to work it was uncomfortable unless I straightened it, I couldn't keep in bent. I rested because we had a tournament on Sunday. Sunday morning I played singles early and felt great. At the tournament I jumped once and then a second time for an overhead and when I came down there was a pronounced click-click and I had to stop, but then played on, but couldn't move. The next day I couldn't walk. After another day of rest and getting some crutches it feels better and I can walk around now less than 48 hours since the injury. My question is what happened and is it possible I will be able to play again soon? Thanks in advance.
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All questions that can only be answered in reasonable terms by a qualified health care professional.
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Go see an orthopod who specializes in sports medicine with a special interest in knee injuries.
It is possible you don't have a permanent serious injury - yet.
Why return to tennis/basketball with a partially torn meniscus or tendon, only to make it worse?
"Doctor Examination
Physical Examination and Patient History
One of the main tests for meniscal tears is the McMurray test. Your doctor will bend your knee, then straighten and rotate it. This puts tension on a torn meniscus. If you have a meniscal tear, this movement will cause a clicking sound. Your knee will click each time your doctor does the test.
The most common symptoms of meniscal tear are:
Stiffness and swelling
Catching or locking of your knee
The sensation of your knee "giving way"
You are not able to move your knee through its full range of motion
Without treatment, a piece of meniscus may come loose and drift into the joint. This can cause your knee to slip, pop or lock.
Most people can still walk on their injured knee. Many athletes keep playing with a tear. Over 2 to 3 days, your knee will gradually become more stiff and swollen."
- http://orthoinfo.aaos.org/topic.cfm?topic=a00358
Check out the above site for more information on a torn meniscus. But go see a doctor.
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A tale of two knees. A weekend warrior injures themselves in a bathtub. "Give out" event 1 occurs at a old man soccer match. Man goes to doc. Doc says, "you are getting old have some drugs." 2 weeks later event two happens. Man demands an MRI. Result... no more acl and a meniscus tear.
In the next door cube slightly younger non-athletic but stupidly active person does something very bad in a tennis tourney. (Don't play in a tourney at 10:30pm on a friday when your work day starts at 7am.) Non-athletic active person knows they have done something really really bad and gets a MRI. Result almost torn MCL and no more ACL.
Moral if you are having "give-out" events see an orthopod or get an MRI.
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Playing basketball several times a week in your 50s is simply begging for orthopedic misery.
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Thank you kindly for the replies, everyone. I will go to the doctor realising my hooping days are over and praying I will be able to play tennis again. Bless you for your kindness.
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Request a written copy of the MRI findings
I'm just starting tennis again after a meniscus injury in June and did not need surgery this time. In 1999, I needed surgery and have had a very good result.
I requested a posture evaluation as I am concerned about any posture issues that might possibly affect my knee joints. Taking some PT now to strengthen/align/stretch the weak areas, mostly hips and glutes.
Good luck finding a well qualified Dr.. I ask friends for recommendations.
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Thank you very kindly, Sir, for that most generous reply. In fact, I did go to a doctor the day after the injury. He took an x-ray and told me there were no broken bones, which I knew already. He showed me the x-ray and there was no mention of cartilage and as far as I could see it wasn't visible in the image, unless I am mistaken. Regarding an MRI, even with my insurance it is quite pricey and we are quite skint. Also, when I mentioned to the missis about seeing a specialist she asked me what do I expected them to do? Without an MRI I doubt I can get a detailed diagnosis. So, I believe my only course of action is to rest and strengthen, is that right?
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Sports Medicine or Orthopaedic Dr?
Here's some information that I believe but I'm not sure what you should do -
X Ray With the X Ray you see the upper and bottom leg bones at the joint. They are separated by cartilage which appears dark in the X Ray similar to the air next to the knee. The spacing in mine was about 1/4" from one side to the other in both knees. The evenness of spacing can be interpreted by a Dr to indicate some cartilage/arthritis issues.
It sounds as if you 1) don't have a diagnosis or 2) a clear course of treatment from the first Dr. You still need a Dr for a probable diagnosis & treatment. A qualified Dr & MRI are the best. If an MRI is not affordable you could still try to find a good Sports Medicine or Orthopaedic specialist and maybe that Dr can tell you what the injury is likely to be or not to be without the MRI. I'd get very active and ask everybody about their knee injuries and experiences with Sports Medicine and Orthopaedic Drs. Forget convenient locations for the Drs office and drive to nearby city if necessary.
I would not take advice related to diagnosis or treatment of your injury from any forum or internet source. The typical advice is to purchase a $25-40 wrap or brace but there is never any information on your injury or how something applied to your skin might help the injury inside your knee. Inform yourself as much as possible.
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I had a meniscus tear diagnosed by an orpthopod.
He wanted to go in and cut, told me it would feel great, but that I would have bad arthritis in 10 years. I had an opportunity to go to the clinic of the famous Dr. James Andrews in Birmingham. (Does all the top athletes in the world).
His "minion" doctor, told me I didn't need surgery at all.
Got me on glucosamine sulfate and some exercises.
3-6 months of no running and no tennis.
Took the glucosamine, did the exercises.
10 years later, I am running about 1000 miles a year on top of playing about 5 hours of tennis a week on hard courts.
My knee is a little sore every now and again, but nothing that a couple of naprosyn once to twice a month can't handle. I'm 55 noe, so I figure I'm in the same boat as you.
Moral fo the story? Spend the money, go see a specialist, not just any orthopod. I don't care how much it costs, it's worth it.
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The doctor today suspects a meniscus tear and I will have an MRI on 11/11. In the mean time my fingers are crossed. Thank you everyone. I'll report back with the results.
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Oh yeah, when he was testing my knee it was clicking beneath my knee cap each time he made a certain movement, a very small click.
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MRI revealed degeneration, but no tear. Going on five weeks and haven't played at all. I'm imagining I had a bad sprain. Going on five weeks now and haven't played yet, but may have a go tomorrow very cautiously.
if the MRI revealed degenerative changes, your knee is mispositioned so that when you use it, you are getting excessive friction within the joint capsule and you are both prematurely wearing articular cartilage, and probably creating some measure of arthritic change.
There are many people who think that simply aging will necessarily mean that our load bearing joints must degenerate. This is not true. There is absolutely no reason that a properly positioned joint should develop degenerative change simply from playing tennis a few times a week.
Moreover, if the joint is mispositioned, virtually ALL activity (even just walking around) is going to present degenerative stress to the knee.
We tell our clients, once you have ruled out any pathology that requires medical intervention (like a tissue tear requiring surgery), focus on the POSITION of the joint, not the condition. The condition of a joint is almost always a direct result of the position of the joint.
If you'd like a resource for starting down that path, I recommend the book Pain Free by Pete Egoscue. (Disclaimer: I own and operate the Egoscue Clinic in Austin, TX, but I will not make a penny from you buying one of Pete's books). It will give you tools for getting your knee back into a better position where you can reduce the friction load on it.
I made that recommendation to someone in a similar situation on another thread and about 3 weeks later I got an email from a woman who said she read the post, had almost the exact same issue as being described by the OP here, got the book and started doing the exercises for knee pain, and within a week her knees were both pain free and she was back on the court.
Best of luck to you, I know how frustrating it is to not be able to play because of pain.
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Yo, thanks for that quick reply. I'm interested in that book, but I don't know if I agree with you about the degeneration not occurring naturally over many years. Either way, perhaps I can get the book, but what I wanted to say is that I have not been not playing because of pain. In fact, the knee was never really painful. It's sore a bit after a long day, but not painful. I haven't been playing because the injury is fresh in my mind and I don't want to injure it again before it heals. Basically, I have been afraid to play. Also, perhaps I'm prone to arthritis because I have osteoarthritis in my big toe joint and last week I had a wrist ganglion, which I hear could be a precursor to arthritis. Anyway, I'm interested in the book, but at the same time I'd rather learn of the knee exercises without having to buy a book.
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Time required to heal? -I have had a hard time getting definitive information on cartilage healing. It heals, it does not heal, some areas heal if they have blood flow. The Posture Guy has described some conditions including posture related ones that are important. Arthritis to some degree starts at some age....... There are healing tables in some of my books but best if you research the subject yourself. Allowing 3-4 months seems reasonable to me for healing time. Let's say healing time and degree is uncertain in general and for your situation - some arthritis & some injury - more uncertain. Tennis players want to play and have a very hard time with taking a few months off. Playing too soon might(?) be a very bad mistake regarding the progression of chronic injuries (I have many stories and almost all involve playing with pain.)
In 1999 I gave a torn meniscus 4 months to heal with no running and then knew I had to have it scoped.
This year I injured my knee somewhat and played on an uncomfortable knee. I then injured it worse in June stopping my tennis match. At first, before the MRI, the Dr said that I could ease back after resting two weeks but I knew that I could not run. Then an MRI indicated a torn meniscus. The Dr said it did not look so bad and that I could slowly start back a month after the injury. But I still could not run so I decided that I did not want to push it that early. I waited 3 months with no running and started by going to the gym for my legs and to a rubberized track for short runs. I very much needed that conditioning as it was not comfortable to start. After 6 weeks getting back into doubles tennis the knee feels almost normal. I am worried about how it will hold up over next year but OK for now........
I also requested a posture evaluation and am doing corrective PT. My glutes & their function have been remodeled somewhat.
5 weeks would not have worked for me.
the reason the book is important is to understand the concepts behind why you have a degenerative knee. Address the core problem, not symptom.
re being "prone to osteoarthritis", my opinion (and clinical experience) is that such a phrase describes so few people statistically that it's not worth mentioning. The reason you have osteoarthritis in your toe joint is the same reason you have it in your knee. Your posture is compromised so the knee is out of position, and if the knee is out of position, the foot strike is compromised and you are not toeing off correctly. That's true if it's the same foot as the knee problem, or the other one. You are out of balance, posturally.
I'm heading out the door but remind me to post the results of a Stanford study that showed the "wear and tear" theory of joint degeneration is an absolute myth. Studied runners over the course of about 20 years, high mileage, and definitively concluded that high mileage running over the course of many years does NOT degenerate knees.
I'm 50, I've run and played tennis since I was 10, played basketball, racquetball, done some high-demand mountaineering, etc... I've USED my body in my 50 years. I had knee surgery a couple years ago to repair a torn meniscus suffered in a freak accident. They took photos in the knee and between the photos, the MRI and the xrays of the knee, the conclusion was my knees showed absolutely no evidence of arthritic change and I still had a full complement of articular cartilage.
aging does NOT mean your knees must break down. It's a myth. Using your knees does NOT mean your knees must break down. That too is a myth.
but using your knees (or any joint) in a compromised position absolutely WILL break them down, and that is what most people are doing, then they think that's just aging. It isn't.
my recommendation is get the book above, read the first three chapters, THEN go to the chapter on knees. It will help you not just fix this immediate issue, but will help you keep your knees functioning and keep you on the court for many years to come.
I play singles tennis now at a 4.5 level, trying to get to 5.0, and I plan to play singles for the next several decades. And my knees will do just fine.
and FYI, when I had my meniscus surgically repaired? Because the knee was properly positioned going into the surgery I had no quad de-activation, had almost full range of motion a week after the surgery and was doing light running at 3 weeks.
when it comes to joint function, POSITION is paramount. Position dictates condition. Ignore a joint's position at your own peril.
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Thanks for the reply, Chas. What you said really struck a chord with me: I can't run. That's how I feel. I was just thinking about that earlier this evening. I was thinking that I could play even though I can't run. Also, foolishly, I tried to play basketball a couple of weeks ago. I started by jogging a little to warm up and immediately sensed that I couldn't run. Then when we started I felt like I was sort of trotting at about 50%. Then going back on D I tried to change direction and that was enough for me. So, yeah I'm not going to try and play. I'm going to get the book Posture Guy mentioned, work on strengthening and stretching and wait at least 3 months. No sense in kidding myself.
And thanks, Posture Guy. Your previous post has convinced me about the degeneration. I'm sure I must have some serious position issues. When you mentioned that I recalled a friend of mine who was studying that and told me he learned how to walk all over again and it really improved his health. Thanks, man. I'm going to get the book and appreciate any other advice you can send my way.
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