training camp malarkey.
Gberg: Which Jack Johnson?
Leyner: The GREAT heavyweight champion!!
Gberg: The singer?
Leyner: NO!!!!!!!
Leyner: The singer probably masturbates before, during, and after “big games.”
Gberg: Don’t take such offense.
Leyner: I’m talking about Jack Johnson.
Leyner: OK…sorry…just a little
hypersensitve when I get hungry.
Gberg: How dare I challenge your
masculinity. Maybe you do fall asleep after sex.
Gberg: I fall asleep during.
2:25 P.M .
Leyner: I sleep with one eye open…
Gberg: It’s the yakuza in you.
IS HEADING A SOCCER BALL DANGEROUS?
Some boxers are known to get a condition called dementia pugilistica from repeated punches to the head. This is also known as the punch-drunk syndrome or chronic traumatic encephalopathy, and it results from repeat concussions over many years. There is also some concern that heading a soccer ball could also cause brain injury.
Head injury can definitely occur in soccer, but these injuries usually result from head-to-head rather than ball-to-head contact. There have been several studies that searched for the presence of injuries in competitive soccer players, and none has found a connection between ball-heading and brain injury. It is thought that the acceleration of the head caused by heading a soccer ball is not great enough to cause a concussion. There have been some advocates of soccer players wearing soft helmets, but these have not been found to reduce the risk of serious injury.
WHY DOES THE DOCTOR SAY TURN YOUR HEAD AND COUGH WHEN CHECKING FOR A HERNIA?
First a little lesson about hernias. (Welcome to hernia school!)
The general definition of a hernia is the protrusion of an organ or other bodily structure through the wall that normally contains it. There are many different types of hernias in the body, the most common of which is an inguinal hernia. This type of hernia occurs in the groin. There is an area in the groin called the inguinal canal. (Yes, it sounds a little bit like a vacation spot near Niagara Falls.) The inguinal canals are natural passages or openings through the muscles of the abdominal wall. They form a pathway for the testicles to descend from the abdomen into the scrotum. (This is not “The Flight of the Bumblebees” or
The Return of the Mummy
…no, this is The Descent of the Gonads.) Each canal usually closes before or right after birth. If this opening doesn’t close, you may notice a lump in that region, or scrotal swelling. It could be your intestine that is poking through that hole. These hernias can either be congenital or acquired during adulthood. Inguinal hernias are more common in men than women.
Now, to the doctor…When the doctor is examining a patient for an inguinal hernia, he or she first tries to feel for the inguinal canal. For those of you who remember this part of the school sports physical, it’s when you experience the frigid hand of some semiretired old doctor grasping your crotch. Coughing increases the pressure inside the abdomen. If you have a hernia or a defect in the inguinal canal, the increased pressure can push your intestine through the small hole and the doctor would feel this.
As for the “turn your head” part…this simply prevents you from coughing in the doctor’s face.
WHY DO MEN NEED TO WEAR A JOCK STRAP? (AND WHY DOES IT HURT SO BAD WHEN YOU GET KICKED IN THE BALLS?)
The testicles are vulnerable little things, just hanging there in the scrotum with nothing protecting them from a vicious kick or punch. The testicles develop inside the abdomen and usually move down into the scrotum before birth. The nerves and blood vessels remain attached even as the testes descend. There is no muscle or bone to cushion a blow. Being covered in nerves adds to the unforgettable pain of getting kicked in the balls. That’s why you feel it in the pit of your stomach when the vicious blow happens.
The jock strap or athletic supporter serves to support the testicles and keep
Gberg: Which Jack Johnson?
Leyner: The GREAT heavyweight champion!!
Gberg: The singer?
Leyner: NO!!!!!!!
Leyner: The singer probably masturbates before, during, and after “big games.”
Gberg: Don’t take such offense.
Leyner: I’m talking about Jack Johnson.
Leyner: OK…sorry…just a little
hypersensitve when I get hungry.
Gberg: How dare I challenge your
masculinity. Maybe you do fall asleep after sex.
Gberg: I fall asleep during.
2:25 P.M .
Leyner: I sleep with one eye open…
Gberg: It’s the yakuza in you.
IS HEADING A SOCCER BALL DANGEROUS?
Some boxers are known to get a condition called dementia pugilistica from repeated punches to the head. This is also known as the punch-drunk syndrome or chronic traumatic encephalopathy, and it results from repeat concussions over many years. There is also some concern that heading a soccer ball could also cause brain injury.
Head injury can definitely occur in soccer, but these injuries usually result from head-to-head rather than ball-to-head contact. There have been several studies that searched for the presence of injuries in competitive soccer players, and none has found a connection between ball-heading and brain injury. It is thought that the acceleration of the head caused by heading a soccer ball is not great enough to cause a concussion. There have been some advocates of soccer players wearing soft helmets, but these have not been found to reduce the risk of serious injury.
WHY DOES THE DOCTOR SAY TURN YOUR HEAD AND COUGH WHEN CHECKING FOR A HERNIA?
First a little lesson about hernias. (Welcome to hernia school!)
The general definition of a hernia is the protrusion of an organ or other bodily structure through the wall that normally contains it. There are many different types of hernias in the body, the most common of which is an inguinal hernia. This type of hernia occurs in the groin. There is an area in the groin called the inguinal canal. (Yes, it sounds a little bit like a vacation spot near Niagara Falls.) The inguinal canals are natural passages or openings through the muscles of the abdominal wall. They form a pathway for the testicles to descend from the abdomen into the scrotum. (This is not “The Flight of the Bumblebees” or
The Return of the Mummy
…no, this is The Descent of the Gonads.) Each canal usually closes before or right after birth. If this opening doesn’t close, you may notice a lump in that region, or scrotal swelling. It could be your intestine that is poking through that hole. These hernias can either be congenital or acquired during adulthood. Inguinal hernias are more common in men than women.
Now, to the doctor…When the doctor is examining a patient for an inguinal hernia, he or she first tries to feel for the inguinal canal. For those of you who remember this part of the school sports physical, it’s when you experience the frigid hand of some semiretired old doctor grasping your crotch. Coughing increases the pressure inside the abdomen. If you have a hernia or a defect in the inguinal canal, the increased pressure can push your intestine through the small hole and the doctor would feel this.
As for the “turn your head” part…this simply prevents you from coughing in the doctor’s face.
WHY DO MEN NEED TO WEAR A JOCK STRAP? (AND WHY DOES IT HURT SO BAD WHEN YOU GET KICKED IN THE BALLS?)
The testicles are vulnerable little things, just hanging there in the scrotum with nothing protecting them from a vicious kick or punch. The testicles develop inside the abdomen and usually move down into the scrotum before birth. The nerves and blood vessels remain attached even as the testes descend. There is no muscle or bone to cushion a blow. Being covered in nerves adds to the unforgettable pain of getting kicked in the balls. That’s why you feel it in the pit of your stomach when the vicious blow happens.
The jock strap or athletic supporter serves to support the testicles and keep
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