Injury Quotes - Page 11

• All we can do now is try to prevent secondary damage by relieving pressure on the brain caused by the initial injury. There is no reparative treatment for traumatic brain injury.

  Charlie Cox

  Brain, Trying, Pressure

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• I confess that Magic teacheth many superfluous things, and curious prodigies for ostentation; leave them as empty things, yet be not ignorant of their causes. But those things which are for the profit of men -- for the turning away of evil events, for the destroying of sorceries, for the curing of diseases, for the exterminating of phantasms, for the preserving of life, honor, or fortune -- may be done without offense to God or injury to religion, because they are, as profitable, so necessary.

  Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa

  Men, Evil, Ignorant

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• Your ancestors invaded Macedonia and the rest of Greece and did us great harm, though we had done them no prior injury; ... [and] I have been appointed leader of the Greeks.

  Arrian

  Leader, Greek, Done

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• If nature had produced spontaneously all the objects which we desire, and in sufficient abundance for the desires of all, there would have been no source of dispute or of injury among men; nor would any man have possessed the means of ever acquiring authority over another.

  James Mill

  Mean, Men, Desire

  James Mill (1821). “The Article Government: Reprinted from the Supplement to the Encyclopædia Britannica”, p.4

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• Such help as we can give to each other in this world is a debt to each other; and the man who perceives a superiority or a capacity in a subordinate, and neither confesses nor assists it, is not merely the withholder of kindness, but the committer of injury.

  John Ruskin

  Kindness, Men, Giving

  John Ruskin (1872). “The Two Paths: Being Lectures on Art, and Its Application to Decoration and Manufacture, Delivered in 1858-9”, p.149

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• It's malarkey. When you tell people that the roof crushing in on your head is not the cause of injury, it's your head hitting the roof, it's laughable.

  Joan Claybrook

  Crush, People, Hitting

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• Don't get discouraged. As far as I'm concerned, a positive attitude is the most important attribute any runner can have. You'll need it often. Every runner has bad days, every runner has occasional injuries, and every runner eventually slows down (take it from someone who has slowed down a lot). But as long as you maintain a positive attitude, you'll find ways to overcome the obstacles and continue running. After all, running offers countless rewards. It's simply up to you to find the ones that have the most meaning for you.

  Amby Burfoot

  Running, Attitude, Bad Day

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• I got on a plane. I remember when I got on the plane, the talk was, you know, they're checking Dale out, that it's more than what it looked like, but I still didn't think it would be anything more than maybe some injuries. Then I landed at home and my phone just lit up. I started getting those messages.
  
  I mean, I was blown away. I couldn't believe it. I was just in shock.

  Jeff Gordon

  Believe, Home, Mean

  "Daytona 500: Jeff Gordon - Media Day visit". www.motorsport.com. November 2, 2011.

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• Words are both better and worse than thoughts, they express them, and add to them; they give them power for good or evil; they start them on an endless flight, for instruction and comfort and blessing, or for injury and sorrow and ruin.

  Tryon Edwards

  Blessing, Evil, Giving

  Tryon Edwards (2015). “The New Dictionary of Thoughts”, p.1517, Ravenio Books

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• Many years before when I had serious back pain from a sports injury, the surgeons said they would explore my spine and "figure it out." Out of frustration I had impulsively opted for the procedure. They ended up fusing the vertebrae. It left me debilitated. In hindsight, I blamed myself more than the surgeons. I had pressed them for a solution when in fact none was apparent because the cause of the pain was obscure.

  Jerome Groopman

  Sports, Pain, Frustration

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• I think all of the best nonfiction that has ever been made comes from the result of someone who can't stop thinking about a certain topic - a very specific aspect of a certain topic in some cases. And second, they got really good at figuring out what they had to say about it.

  Merlin Mann

  Pain, Thinking, Topics

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• The work of a science blogger is largely comprised of correcting and criticizing bad science news reporting.

  Steven Novella

  Pain, News, Criticize

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• It is my impression that 'pain-killing' drugs improve the patient's mood rather than take away the pain.

  John E. Sarno

  Pain, Drug, Patient

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• The labeling of nociceptors as pain fibers was not an admirable simplification, but an unfortunate trivialization under the guise of simplification.

  Patrick David Wall

  Pain, Fiber, Admirable

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• In fact, on one occasion, a rather pedantic experimental psychologist was telling him about a long, complicated experiment he had done, incorporating all the proper controls and using considerable technical virtuosity. When he saw Crick's exasperated expression he said, "but Dr. Crick, we have got it right - we know it's right," Crick's response was, "The point is not whether it's right. The point is: does it even matter whether its right or wrong?"

  Vilayanur S. Ramachandran

  Pain, Expression, Long

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• We apply fight-or-flight reflexes not only to predators, but to data itself.

  Chris Mooney

  Pain, Fighting, Data

  "The Science of Why We Don’t Believe Science" by Chris Mooney, www.motherjones.com. May 2011.

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• Scientific results that aren't reported might as well not exist. They're like the sound of one hand clapping. For scientists, communication isn't only a responsibility, it's our chief pleasure.

  Robert O. Becker

  Pain, Communication, Responsibility

  Robert O. Becker, Gary Selden (1985). “The Body Electric: Electromagnetism and the Foundation of Life”, William Morrow & Company

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• The odds are lousy that I actually said something attributed to me.

  Morgan Freeman

  Pain, Odds, Said

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• We should listen less to the opinions of those who either overtly promote or stubbornly reject complementary and alternative medicine without acceptable evidence. The many patients who use complementary and alternative medicine deserve better. Patients and healthcare providers need to know which forms are safe and effective. Its future should (and hopefully will) be determined by unbiased scientific evaluation.

  Edzard Ernst

  Pain, Medicine, Deserve Better

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• A positive attitude does not cure cancer, any more than a negative one causes it.

  Siddhartha Mukherjee

  Pain, Attitude, Cancer

  Interview with Decca Aitkenhead, www.theguardian.com. December 4, 2011.

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• ... surgery is a powerful placebo, perhaps the ultimate placebo. The effectiveness of a placebo is directly proportional to the impression it makes on the patient's subconscious mind.

  John E. Sarno

  Pain, Powerful, Effectiveness

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• Even the clearest localization of pain in one area may, in fact, be originating from a distant area .... The reference of pain implies the existence of convergence of inputs within the spinal cord. This leads to the necessary involvement in central neural circuits in the simplest of peripheral disorders. It also leads to the possibility that the basic disorder is entirely central.

  Patrick David Wall

  Pain, May, Input

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• The notion that only those who preach the gospel of integrated medicine are able to perform the art of medicine is as ridiculous as it is insulting to everyone in healthcare who does his/her best to meet the needs of their patients. The assumption that unproven or disproven treatments become acceptable simply because they are often administered in a kind and caring fashion is quite simply not true.

  Edzard Ernst

  Fashion, Art, Pain

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• The daily clinical experience of thousands of massage therapists, physical therapists, and physicians strongly indicates that most of our common aches and pains - and many other puzzling physical complaints - are actually caused by trigger points, or small contraction knots, in the muscles of the body.

  Clair Davies

  Pain, Massage, Physicians

  Clair Davies, Amber Davies (2013). “The Trigger Point Therapy Workbook: Your Self-Treatment Guide for Pain Relief”, p.21, New Harbinger Publications

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• Many people are afraid of running because between 30 to 70 percent (depending on how you measure it) of runners get injured every year.

  Daniel Lieberman

  Running, Pain, Years

  "Brains Plus Brawn" by Dr. Daniel Lieberman, www.edge.org. October 7, 2012.

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