THE GREAT BLUNDER: MISTAKES AND SUCCESSES IN SCIENCE
In the case of weightlifters, it was obvious to the onlookers that their arm muscles shook rhythmically at peak performance. Soviet scientists began to study this phenomenon and made a gadget that applied low-level electric currents to mimic the pumping mechanism using the same rhythm. This shortened the recovery period of fatigued muscles. The performance of Soviet sportsmen automatically improved with this technique. This was often used to treat the muscles of ballerinas in between strenuous acts so that muscles would be instantly invigorated to produce one stunning performance after another.
Similarly, it has been noticed that a simple massage of the most active muscles recycles the blood and reinstates their functions in full, even after intensive training. Although science could not find any explanation for it initially, it is used widely in sports medicine and those who deal with fitness and performance have made massage into an essential part of the sportsmen's routine rituals. Sports teams have trained physical therapists or masseurs who routinely use massage to treat and maintain the vigour of muscles. All this came about from the observation of several oriental methods of muscle treatment.
The biggest mistake medical science has made is in classifying weight-bearing muscles under the heading of voluntary skeletal muscles. This blunder has led to a series of other mistakes that has brought great confusion in understanding a common problem like backache. It is almost like telling the first lie and then following it by a series of lies to cover up the original. A single mistake has led to frequent mistakes in diagnosis, management and prevention of backaches.
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