SystemicAnomaly
Bionic Poster
Switch from briefs to boxers? Or see a psychiatry or psychology sexpert about your (c)orn addiction.
Seriously, have it addressed by a medical professional. The tight hip flexor issue that I was feeling 10+ years ago turned out to be much more serious than I suspected. Turned out to be avascular necrosis (femur bone death) and a lumbar scoliosis. Hopefully, I'll get a hip replacement in the next 6 months to correct that issue.
Seriously, have it addressed by a medical professional. The tight hip flexor issue that I was feeling 10+ years ago turned out to be much more serious than I suspected. Turned out to be avascular necrosis (femur bone death) and a lumbar scoliosis. Hopefully, I'll get a hip replacement in the next 6 months to correct that issue.
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ollinger
G.O.A.T.
eeeeesh!!!
SystemicAnomaly
Bionic Poster
Typo (unpremeditated space). That should have been avascular necrosis (in addtion to an undiagnosed scoliosis).
Raul_SJ
G.O.A.T.
IIRC, scoliosis was screened for in schools?
SystemicAnomaly
Bionic Poster
Don't recall that at all. If I had in my youth, it was so extremely mild that it would not have been detectable at all w/o an Xray of the spine or pelvis. I did not see any evidence of a scoliosis until just a few years ago. Even then, I thought it was a pelvic tilt due to my left hip-femur problem. Nobody called it out as a scoliosis of the spine until a Stanford ortho surgeon mentioned it 2 months ago.
Raul_SJ
G.O.A.T.
Ok, OP changed from "vascular necrosis" to avascular.
But I'm not getting the joke.
Ronaldo
Bionic Poster
Ok, OP changed from "vascular necrosis" to avascular.
But I'm not getting the joke.
Raul_SJ
G.O.A.T.
I remember all the kids being called in to the nurses office. Suspect the examination was not very thorough (30 seconds?) but not sure what the initial screening entails. Maybe that was good enough.
IN 2004, THE US PREVENTIVE Services Task Force (USPSTF) called for an end to a century-long practice of screening adolescent schoolchildren for scoliosis. According to its panel of medical and public health experts, scoliosis screening did not meet the criteria of evidence-based medicine, standards first articulated and upheld by the USPSTF and the US Public Health Service in 1984.
The diagnostic tool—a visual inspection of a child performing a forward-bending test—remained unreliable, often leading to a sizable number of false-positive results.
School-based screening not only diagnosed scoliosis in children who did not really have it but also often led those who did have a mild curvature to endure painful and unnecessary brace wear.
With this assessment, the USPSTF attempted to put America on the same path as many other industrialized nations (e.g., Canada, Great Britain, and Australia) that have overturned the long tradition of mandatory spinal screening of its school-aged citizens.
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SystemicAnomaly
Bionic Poster
When and what area (state) did this screening take place? I dont believe I was ever subjected to this. If I was, I don't remember it.I remember all the kids being called in to the nurses office. Suspect the examination was not very thorough (30 seconds?) but not sure what the initial screening entails. Maybe that was good enough.
IN 2004, THE US PREVENTIVE Services Task Force (USPSTF) called for an end to a century-long practice of screening adolescent schoolchildren for scoliosis. According to its panel of medical and public health experts, scoliosis screening did not meet the criteria of evidence-based medicine, standards first articulated and upheld by the USPSTF and the US Public Health Service in 1984. The diagnostic tool—a visual inspection of a child performing a forward-bending test—remained unreliable, often leading to a sizable number of false-positive results.2 School-based screening not only diagnosed scoliosis in children who did not really have it but also often led those who did have a mild curvature to endure painful and unnecessary brace wear.3 With this assessment, the USPSTF attempted to put America on the same path as many other industrialized nations (e.g., Canada, Great Britain, and Australia) that have overturned the long tradition of mandatory spinal screening of its school-aged citizens.4
Perhaps it was a public school thing. And maybe only in some areas/states. I went to public school for kindergarten but then private Catholic schools (in Hawaii in California) for the next 12 years. Don't even recall if we had a school nurse or not for all of those 12 years.
mikeler
Moderator
I remember being screened in middle school for scoliosis. In 8th grade, I got serious about tennis and was playing quite a bit. The nurse who did the brief exam told me I was overdeveloped on my right side. After telling her I play tennis, she said that I should play tennis left handed too. Ironically, I played some of the lower level guys in high school left handed several years later to make the practice sets competitive. The exam seemed like a waste of time.
Raul_SJ
G.O.A.T.
1980s. New Jersey Public School.
Also attended Catholic School for some grades and can't seem to recall a nurses office even existing... But I am guessing all public schools are required to have a nurse on site.
