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Turns out the pain in my knee was a latent infection with staph aureus, forming small nubs under the skin. Debrided the skin, removing the nubs, applied 3% doyi

by leechy 9mo ago

Turns out the pain in my knee was a latent infection with staph aureus, forming small nubs under the skin. Debrided the skin, removing the nubs, applied 3% doyiciclin creme and pain is gone. This for a knee with 2 operations before and teo doctors saying I need a replacement. Doctors are mostly unhelpful idiots imho.

aeonik 9mo ago
Yea, same here, following the studies had helped me fix a 18 year old shoulder tendon issue. I owe that research group a lot.
- giardini 9mo ago
  What happened to you? Might anything you have learned help me? Recommended reading? I too have a shoulder tendon issue: 14 months ago a loud one-time "pop" occurred while doing a simple external rotation shoulder exercise with very light weight. I immediately lost most strength lhs and the shoulder felt very loose. More than a year later + 1 steroid shot my shoulder is much better but still loose.
  - aeonik 9mo ago
    It's complicated, rotator cuff tear combined with a bunch of rib, shoulder and neck injuries. I never properly healed them, just rest, career in tennis ended after trying to rest and heal 3 times over 8 years. YouTube and Physical Therapy combined with the UC David protocol has brought back more strength and mobility than I've ever had. My main issue I had before was I kept pushing my injury too hard without proper remodeling. The UC Davis protocol requires a specific isometric, loaded stretch while dosing Vitamin C and Type 2 Collagen an hour before isometrics. It took about 6 months before I felt it getting significantly better, and I'm not fully healed yet, but I can actually throw balls to my kids without feeling my injury now.
    - giardini 9mo ago
      Thank you! I searched for "UC Davis protocol for shoulder" and found Dr. Keith Baars at UC Davis and his research on tendons: [Tim Ferriss podcast re Baars' work at https://tim.blog/2025/02/27/dr-keith-baar-transcript/ https://tim.blog/2025/02/27/dr-keith-baar-transcript/ and "dastratman" has produced an excellent summary of Baars' and Ferriss' discussions: https://hackmd.io/@dastratman/rygQhSmhke https://hackmd.io/@dastratman/rygQhSmhke ] I searched your old HN posts and found that you've explained this before to HN denizens! Thank you, thank you so much! FWIW I've never been able to throw w/o shoulder pain and, now that you mention it, I may make it my goal to build up to that!
      - aeonik 9mo ago
        Yep you found it, sorry I got a bit mixed up with the threads here.
lifter3101 9mo ago
Glad to hear you’re feeling better! How did you find out the root cause and treatment?

by leechy 9mo ago

aeonik 9mo ago

Yea, same here, following the studies had helped me fix a 18 year old shoulder tendon issue. I owe that research group a lot.

giardini 9mo ago
What happened to you? Might anything you have learned help me? Recommended reading? I too have a shoulder tendon issue: 14 months ago a loud one-time "pop" occurred while doing a simple external rotation shoulder exercise with very light weight. I immediately lost most strength lhs and the shoulder felt very loose. More than a year later + 1 steroid shot my shoulder is much better but still loose.
- aeonik 9mo ago
  It's complicated, rotator cuff tear combined with a bunch of rib, shoulder and neck injuries. I never properly healed them, just rest, career in tennis ended after trying to rest and heal 3 times over 8 years. YouTube and Physical Therapy combined with the UC David protocol has brought back more strength and mobility than I've ever had. My main issue I had before was I kept pushing my injury too hard without proper remodeling. The UC Davis protocol requires a specific isometric, loaded stretch while dosing Vitamin C and Type 2 Collagen an hour before isometrics. It took about 6 months before I felt it getting significantly better, and I'm not fully healed yet, but I can actually throw balls to my kids without feeling my injury now.
  - giardini 9mo ago
    Thank you! I searched for "UC Davis protocol for shoulder" and found Dr. Keith Baars at UC Davis and his research on tendons: [Tim Ferriss podcast re Baars' work at https://tim.blog/2025/02/27/dr-keith-baar-transcript/ https://tim.blog/2025/02/27/dr-keith-baar-transcript/ and "dastratman" has produced an excellent summary of Baars' and Ferriss' discussions: https://hackmd.io/@dastratman/rygQhSmhke https://hackmd.io/@dastratman/rygQhSmhke ] I searched your old HN posts and found that you've explained this before to HN denizens! Thank you, thank you so much! FWIW I've never been able to throw w/o shoulder pain and, now that you mention it, I may make it my goal to build up to that!
    - aeonik 9mo ago
      Yep you found it, sorry I got a bit mixed up with the threads here.

lifter3101 9mo ago

Glad to hear you’re feeling better! How did you find out the root cause and treatment?