[ ARC forum 2 ]
Written by Jim at 24 Aug 2002 18:41:26: Beware of wolves in sheep's clothing
As an answer to: Research - AJ style! written by Paul B. at 24 Aug 2002 14:42:24:
I think even our teen subject can see through the idiocy of the suggestion that a doctor's ananysis would be necessary or even appropriate in this case. With the overwhelming evidence within these pages contraindicating such necessity, any sensible person would get right into the stretching routine.
It would be interesting to know what the purported possible damage might be, wouldn't it? In emails from a restoration group, I see some most interesting devices used to create tension on the skin, and not once have I read of any complaints about damage by any of the contributors. Some report occasional soreness from their overeager attempts at trying to achieve too much too soon, but certainly nothing that isn't healed within a day or two. I also wonder why anyone would think that devices are so much different from fingers. Are not fingers devices of sort? It is also interesting that medical science has shown that skin expansion works and works well, yet when asked to describe the reason for his personal failure at such attempt, the heckler refuses to give account.
It's interesting also to note the caution prescribed about the quality of advice given without any personal inspection by a physician, isn't it? Do the English not have medical columns in their local newspapers, columns which dispense medical advice about real medical issues. In this case, we have the equivalent situation of an athletic exercise, one which hardly would necessitate the need for medical advice, but in the real world, established and well-known doctors are giving out free medical analyses and advice about real life and death medical problems, all through the media without seeing the patient. I'm wondering if our little "wolf" ever gets out into the real world to see what really goes on. Perhaps his sociophobia has confined him to such a degree that his imagination suggests that everyone is weak and vulnerable as he is.