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[Austin Baraki]

Hi there,

Sorry to hear about these issues. They are unfortunately quite common in the aftermath of a severe systemic infection - although...

[Austin Baraki]

There's some fairly complex immunobiology here, and -- as is typical with these sorts of things -- the media headline makes a fairly enormous leap from...

[Austin Baraki]

I would just keep training, with graded exposure this should return to normal.

[Austin Baraki]

Tom wrote an article on the topic here: https://www.barbellmedicine.com/blog...ng-to-the-gym/

There is not necessarily something "wrong"...

[Austin Baraki]

Weekend Reading / Listening

1. Recommended Podcast: "How beliefs influence pain with Dr Sam Bunzli, PhD"
https://bodylog...

[Austin Baraki]

I am confident that you can find an approach (and load) to deadlift that will be tolerable.

It sounds like you are on the right track, in...

[Austin Baraki]

Sorry to hear about this issue.

This description of "tense" muscles from pelvic floor physiotherapists is extremely common; however,...

[Austin Baraki]

There isn't any specific evidence or guideline on this matter, so any recommendation we gave you would be completely made up.

Anecdotally,...

[Austin Baraki]

I don't know that there is necessarily a "problem" here at all, to be honest, but if someone wanted to use topical agents like minoxidil for...

[Austin Baraki]

We do not view APT as a condition or problem that needs special attention. I would continue deadlifting.

If you'd like a form check, I would...

[Austin Baraki]

Like you, I don't know of any direct / comparative evidence here either, unfortunately.

[Austin Baraki]

This can be normal in many individuals (e.g., benign leukopenia / benign ethnic neutropenia), but with this isolated value alone we cannot comment further...

[Austin Baraki]

If there is concern for a generalized lack of secondary male sex characteristics, further endocrinological / genetic testing may be necessary through...

[Austin Baraki]

1. "Rethinking Proximity to Failure for Strength Gains”
https://myojournal.com/rethinking-pr...trength-gains/
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[Austin Baraki]

Just because it isn't listed in the slots doesn't mean you can't do a particular exercise. Given that she is currently tolerating the high incline or...

[Austin Baraki]

There is a lot that is unknown about the value of testing in various scenarios right now. If you have no symptoms, no known contacts/exposures, and are...

[Austin Baraki]

Sorry to hear this is causing distress.

It's hard to provide a specific reason for this outside of normal age-related changes in most cases,...

[Austin Baraki]

I agree that this is very unlikely to be diverticulitis, especially because (I assume) the urgent care did not diagnose this based on a CT scan.
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[Austin Baraki]

Right, these results suggest that you do not have significant OSA.

[Austin Baraki]

The first-line therapy for this would involve any variety of intranasal corticosteroid (e.g., fluticasone / mometasone). If severe symptoms are persistent,...