Training with an injury

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There's been studies on groups of people who visualise going to the gym and lifting weights, and they gained greater muscle growth and memory than than control group and slightly less than the group who physically went.

It's a fascinating new frontier.

Does that work on other body parts? I’m asking for a friend, you understand.

In the UK we have the popularity of the the Green Party surging. Their leader, Zack Polanski, used to be a hypnotherapist who was stung by an undercover journalist into saying he could enlarge women’s breasts with hypnosis! He’s getting roasted for the claim.

 

[Haruhiko]

Does that work on other body parts? I’m asking for a friend, you understand.

In the UK we have the popularity of the the Green Party surging. Their leader, Zack Polanski, used to be a hypnotherapist who was stung by an undercover journalist into saying he could enlarge women’s breasts with hypnosis! He’s getting roasted for the claim.

Hypnotherapy does work, but it gets a bad wrap.

@APL76 :

"This systematic review provided a critical overview of the
major peer-reviewed studies published to date in the liter-
ature seeking evidence in support of or opposition to the
effect of mental imagery perspectives on strength perfor-
mance. The review also searched for the potential moder-
ator and mediator variables that might affect the mental
imagery-strength performance relationship. The neuro-
physiologic mechanisms of the mental imagery-strength
performance relationship were also discussed... In addition, this re-
view suggests that mental imagery might be of benefit in
preventing the strength losses that occur during immobili-
zation and ACL."

Slimani M, Tod D, Chaabene H, Miarka B, Chamari K. Effects of Mental Imagery on Muscular Strength in Healthy and Patient Participants: A Systematic Review. J Sports Sci Med. 2016 Aug 5;15(3):434-450. PMID: 27803622; PMCID: PMC4974856.

Effects of Mental Imagery on Muscular Strength in Healthy and Patient Participants: A Systematic Review - PMC

The aims of the present review were to (i) provide a critical overview of the current literature on the effects of mental imagery on muscular strength in healthy participants and patients with immobilization of the upper extremity (i.e., hand) and ...

pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov

 

[Haruhiko]

Virtually the same neural pathways are activated when imagining doing a movement as actually doing it! Try it!

That's a slight misreading of the literature. Mirror neurones in this context depends on the subject observing the object to activate or map new neuroplastic pathways.

Simply visualising the activity is less mirror neurology and more imagery neuroplasticity/motor imagery.

 

[Gyakuto115 124]

That's a slight misreading of the literature. Mirror neurones in this context depends on the subject observing the object to activate or map new neuroplastic pathways.

Simply visualising the activity is less mirror neurology and more imagery neuroplasticity/motor imagery.

I bow to your pedantic, neuroscience knowledge

 

[APL765 4]

Hypnotherapy does work, but it gets a bad wrap.

@APL76 :

"This systematic review provided a critical overview of the
major peer-reviewed studies published to date in the liter-
ature seeking evidence in support of or opposition to the
effect of mental imagery perspectives on strength perfor-
mance. The review also searched for the potential moder-
ator and mediator variables that might affect the mental
imagery-strength performance relationship. The neuro-
physiologic mechanisms of the mental imagery-strength
performance relationship were also discussed... In addition, this re-
view suggests that mental imagery might be of benefit in
preventing the strength losses that occur during immobili-
zation and ACL."

Slimani M, Tod D, Chaabene H, Miarka B, Chamari K. Effects of Mental Imagery on Muscular Strength in Healthy and Patient Participants: A Systematic Review. J Sports Sci Med. 2016 Aug 5;15(3):434-450. PMID: 27803622; PMCID: PMC4974856.

Effects of Mental Imagery on Muscular Strength in Healthy and Patient Participants: A Systematic Review - PMC

The aims of the present review were to (i) provide a critical overview of the current literature on the effects of mental imagery on muscular strength in healthy participants and patients with immobilization of the upper extremity (i.e., hand) and ...

pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov

Thanks for posting that article. I'll have a read. Mind body interactions, and the way socio-cultural phenomena are somatised has long been a side interest of mine. And this training method, of sitting and imagining one is training is something my sifu has encouraged us to do for as long as I've known him. I get quite a lot of training sitting on the train to work that way, but I hadn't realised just how effective it is in terms of retention of strength etc. or how much research there is in the field.

Thanks again.

 

[APL765 4]

I bow to your pedantic, neuroscience knowledge

Exactly the sort of knowledge, and even perhaps pedantry, we need.