Yes definitely excellent medical facilities in Germany, and my country will continue to drop that wad of cash on the hospital's table when we visit.
Oh, didnt know you were in Dubai. You could try going to a different country to see a doctor. If the doctors opinions are split 50/50 (highly unlikely on this topic) then go with your gut feeling based on their professional opinions. There must be an army base or somewhere you can go to see an American doctor.
Wait, what? I've just skimmed over the thread, but what do you mean that professionals can't seem to agree? Seemed pretty conclusive when I did my bit of research (unless you were talking about something other than the "should I drink water when I eat?" question). Of course, by professionals, I'm including doctors and scientists (especially those who work in these fields), and not random bloggers/quacks. Haven't really seen any good counter-arguments, at least in this thread (although maybe I missed them?). Worse comes to worst, there are usually studies/experiments that are done. Might have to filter through poorly executed studies/experiments, but that's what you do when you want to test a hypothesis. Don't have to believe what anyone tells you, just look at the results. I just found it yesterday (when I was looking for articles on this), but it might be an OK place to start: http://skeptics.stackexchange.com/ Basically tons of questions (like this one), and seems like at least some link to studies and/or good expert opinion.
I'm right there with you...I had a college professor, who had extensive experience as a collegiate and HS coach (on championship teams), say he didn't believe in stretching. I've found other credible professionals that somewhat back up his position, but yet it seems like most professionals still recommend stretching. I've also seen or heard optometrists who claim dim light is bad for your eyes, period. Others have said it's not, unless it's so dim it forces you to strain your eyes. I had 3 different doctors look at an ankle issue I had and all 3 said it was fine. They just humored me with braces and steroid shots. turned out to be a muscular issue... And there's a lot more out there....sometimes professionals don't know or care. You're left with no other option, but to seek knowledge on your own, unfortunately it's going to require a lot of trial and error.
Why would you ask a coach about something that should be directed towards a trainer or physician? Especially, if he feeds you some garbage about not believing in stretching. The ones who told you that it isn't bad for your eyes probably wants you to buy some glasses some time down the road. What kind of "doctors" are you going to? They probably took X-Rays and saw that nothing was broken? How did you end up resolving the muscular issue? More times than less, professionals know what they are talking about. If you ask Kobe Bryant how to take advantage of a one-on-one situation on the court then he will be able to give you a good answer. However, if you ask Kobe how you can deal with your stage III melanoma, then he probably isn't the best person to ask about that sort of thing. however he may be able to point you in the direction of a good doctor or clinic.
Just because they're not doing research does not mean they are unable to do a reading of the current literature to answer your questions. If you are concerned about your quality of physician, goto a SEHA accredited facility. Those physicians have an exchange with physicians at the Cleveland Clinic and Johns Hopkins.
FWIW, i had typed up a more detailed reply and accidently pushed the back button He wasn't the stereotypical coach who isn't educated in training. He just happened to coach, but his focus was in exercise science. He was an assitant pursuing a Phd, i believe. Mutliple degrees in the field, extensive research hours, etc... It's not garbage and its not an isolated case. There's other professionals out there who believe something similar, just like some believe ballistic stretching is good and dynamic isn't, or vice versa. l I've read it and also saw a special report a year or two ago on one of the evening news. It would be career suicide for someone to agree to such an interview and basically lie to the country. If it is bad for you, why do we drive in dim interior lighting at night? Or sit in dark theatres for hours to watch movies? general practitioners and specialists, basically they failed to test my ankle while bearing weight, so they didn't realize the impact it had on the alignment of my ankle. I've received my degree in exercise science since, so it's given me the foundation to know where to look and figure it own on my own. Npot saying i'm an expert or know more than a doctor, but obviously the doctors i saw didnt know enough, didn't care, or didn't believe my complaints. My initial comment about pros with opposing view points was about the science field...not talking about pros in general, like in basketball. You could test every bball situation in a season or two, yet go decades without an answer to just one scientific test. Science constantly changes and pros in this field must want to constantly learn to be true professionals and that means pursuing knowlege, not just accepting it. this is one reason for disagreements. A lot of old dogs don't want to be taught new tricks...and even worse, when those old dogs are doing the teaching, that means even new dogs, don't learn new tricks.
