WOW! If it works and does not contain any drugs or hormones, this would be a great training aid. Accupuncture is an alternative medicine that truly works. My mother has had terrible neuritis in her leg for YEARS. Traditional medical treatment has not helped her. She recently started going to a MD that is trained specifically to give accupuncture. Her pain has improved immensely! I'm a believer. When and where will these patches be availible to the public?
Whoa there Geochuck!...read the article again. It says the patch does not contain drugs. If I understand it correctly, it is more of an accupunture-type treatment.
Richard Quick would be exceptionally stupid to let his swimmers wear these patches if there was any chance they contained a banned substance. And I don't think Richard Quick is stupid.
It is proper that they test them, though. There's no way to no for sure until they do.
Geochuck, I'm so sorry you had to compete against cheaters. That had to be frustrating! It goes against everything that is honorable about competition. At least you will never doubt that you did the best you could with what God gave you! Those cheaters probably never felt good about themselves. In the long run....YOU WIN!!;)
I raced against doppers and now believe if anyone wants to endanger their own lives let them. There are so many doing this kind of stuff and know how to cover it up, what is the difference. I was offered steroids in 1956 and was told of the benefits???? But did not use them.
George
Originally posted by swimr4life
Whoa there Geochuck!...read the article again. It says the patch does not contain drugs. If I understand it correctly, it is more of an accupunture-type treatment.
I understand and read the article, these patches are not drugs???
I was refering to what I had put up with over the years, I even saw a swimmer being injected with a hypodermic needle during a race in 1964. He said it was cocaine to stop him from getting sea sick during the race. We knew what was going on, especially the foreign swimmers, but there was no testing going on then.
George Park www.swimdownhill.com
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Originally posted by Guvnah
Today's testing might show these things to be drug-free, but who knows what tomorrow's (or next year's) testing will show? If they find something illegal in these things 30 days after the olympics, could they retroactively retract medals from winners who used these patches at the olympics?
I assume that these things are going to attract serious scrutiny for quite a while. It just doesn't seem worth the risk today of losing medals until these are tested beyond reproach.
I put a heat patch on my chest as I had a stitch. I told another swimmer it was a floating device to help me during the race. The officials came over and made me remove it.
George
So many people take so many pills. I have asthma & I had colitis. Almost everyone I talk to about having asthma respond to me that they think that the drugs I take so I can breathe are helping me swim. If I didn't take them, I wouldn't be able to swim period. For my colitis, I used to take lots of drugs-some of them through IV & needles. I used to always have needles on me. People almost always mentioned that I took drugs. There was always doubt. Then I got really sick, had to be on chemo for a very long time. Then had a colectomy. Now when I tell people my story they are almost always sympathetic. Perception is relative. Knowing the truth about who is using & who isn't is very hard to determine.
We do not know what people are taking & why. Most of the rules are not enforced. then when some one does violate the rules, they appeal. So many appeals are granted.
Today's testing might show these things to be drug-free, but who knows what tomorrow's (or next year's) testing will show? If they find something illegal in these things 30 days after the olympics, could they retroactively retract medals from winners who used these patches at the olympics?
I assume that these things are going to attract serious scrutiny for quite a while. It just doesn't seem worth the risk today of losing medals until these are tested beyond reproach.
