- Jessica Ennis had severe left heel pain due to damaged Achilles tendon
- Decided to let it heal naturally and had to pull out of World ChampionshipsÂ
- Physios Alison Rose, Rob Johnson and doctor developed recovery prog.
- Ennis’ absence from the track will be longer, but for far happier reasons
By
Mail On Sunday Reporter
17:00 EST, 11 January 2014
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17:00 EST, 11 January 2014
Jessica Ennis is pregnant
Jesscia Ennis might not make it to the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow this
summer – but she is in perfect shape to handle the physical demands of
pregnancy and a new baby, after conquering the injury problems that
blighted her last year.
Heptathlete Jess, who is expecting her first
child with husband Andy Hill, explains: ‘I started getting severe pain
in my left heel last June but it was only after I had a few scans that
doctors identified that the tendon in my Achilles had been damaged. All
the continuous training for London 2012 had put an unbearable strain on
it.’
The 27-year-old, right, tried to manage the pain through steroid
injections so that she could take part in the World Championships in
Moscow in August, but that provided little relief. ‘Having it operated
on was an option but I wanted my body to heal naturally,’ says Jess.
‘Unfortunately I had to pull out of the World Championships because my
coach was worried about how competing could cause further damage,
leaving me with a problem for years and, at worst, forcing me into early
retirement.’
Physios Alison Rose and Rob Johnson then worked with
her doctor to develop a recovery programme. Although Jess’s absence from
the track will now be longer than originally anticipated, it’s for far
happier reasons.
A new treatment for acute respiratory distress
syndrome (ARDS) could reduce death rates in intensive care patients by
80 per cent, a groundbreaking trial suggests.
ARDS is a major cause
of death in intensive care units and is caused by lung injury. There is
currently no effective drug so patients are usually treated with
life-support systems.
But a clinical study testing a new drug called
Traumakine in eight UK hospitals found it cut mortality by 81 per cent
in ARDS patients. The treatment also reduced the amount of care
required, according to a report in medical journal The Lancet
Respiratory Medicine. Dr Geoff Bellingan, medical director of University
College London Hospital, who led the trial, said his team now planned
further investigations.
The ballads of Lionel Richie may be the perfect music to give birth to
Lionel eases away the pain
The
ballads of Lionel Richie, right, are played by romantics all over the
world – but his hit songs such as Hello and Don’t You Ever Go Away may
also be the perfect music to give birth to. Researchers say the tempo
mimics the human heart rate of between 60 to 80 beats per minute.
In
a study carried out by obstetricians and gynaecologists at Turgut Ozal
University in Turkey and Harvard University in the United States, women
in labour were allowed a choice of music, from classical to pop, as long
as it had the stipulated tempo.
The results showed that these
mothers had a lower level of pain and anxiety compared with those who
did not listen to music. Just why songs with a tempo of 60 to 80 beats
per minute should have such an effect is not clear but it may be because
matching the beat of the heart has a relaxing effect
‘Music is used for pleasure and it can also be used for therapeutic benefits,’ says Dr Serap Simavli, who led the study.
Energy
drinks aren’t a good way to sharpen up. Researchers at Twente
University in the Netherlands set out to test claims that the beverages
have a positive effect on cognitive performance. Three groups of
teenagers drank either water, sugar-free lemonade or an energy drink
before carrying out tests to measure attention and learning ability –
but no significant differences were reported.
People pou 12 per cent more wine into a wide glass than a standard one
Drink too much? Change your glass
If you want to reduce your alcohol consumption, you might want to change
your glass.
A study at Cornell and Iowa State universities in America
found that the amount of wine we pour depends on various factors.
For
example, participants poured 12 per cent more wine into a wide glass
than a standard one, and more when they were holding the glass instead
of placing it on a table.
People also poured nine per cent more white
wine into a clear glass than red wine. The key to consuming less is to
pour red wine into a glass placed on a table, say scientists in a report
in the journal Substance Use Misuse.
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