| Fi | Activity https://womensprosoccer.com/members/fi/activity/ Activity feed for Fi. Mon, 19 Feb 2024 10:42:22 +0000 https://buddypress.org/?v=12.2.0 en-US 30 hourly 2 8481957fec959ff7d3a66c860648e05f replied to the topic Caster Semenya - what else is a genetic advantage in sport? in the forum General Banter https://womensprosoccer.com/forums/topic/caster-semenya-what-else-is-a-genetic-advantage-in-sport/#post-4504 Sat, 11 May 2019 12:26:42 +0000 A leaked report stated that she was indeed Intersex and had internal testes which is what gives her the elevated testosterone.
This was never officially confirmed because of Human Rights issues, etc. and quite correctly that information should never be released without the individuals consent.
The only feasible way that the IAAF can control this…[Read more]

]]> 0 339b91c0a15ca677d4bedc402512f9ba Fi posted a new activity comment https://womensprosoccer.com/activity/p/609/#acomment-616 Tue, 07 May 2019 09:52:01 +0000 One thing that is quite irritating about this ruling is that there is a general consensus that athletes should not be medicating specifically for competition, and yet Semenya is explicitly being told to medicate in order to compete (or retire).

It does seem (to me) to be unfair to exclude some women from competing in international sport just…[Read more]

In reply to - posted an update Caster Semenya. Just wondering what people’s views are on this? My initial view is that it is (rightly) widely accepted that there should be certain categorisations in organised sport – male / […] ]]> ee861074a04557362217051d0a43df11 replied to the topic Caster Semenya - what else is a genetic advantage in sport? in the forum General Banter https://womensprosoccer.com/forums/topic/caster-semenya-what-else-is-a-genetic-advantage-in-sport/#post-4481 Fri, 03 May 2019 11:13:11 +0000 What has her skin colour got to do with it?

]]> 0 e68ae7114325c70ef4e89404c39f74da replied to the topic People who take sumatriptan for migraines in the forum Health https://womensprosoccer.com/forums/topic/people-who-take-sumatriptan-for-migraines/#post-4453 Thu, 09 Aug 2018 13:54:05 +0000 If I have an ordinary headache I take Anadin Extra. Paracetamol has never worked for me, nor Ibuprofen.

Sumatriptan is like a miracle drug for me, works every time.

]]> 0 3012514df5418bbfd0732bccf894510c replied to the topic Smashing things up in the forum General Banter https://womensprosoccer.com/forums/topic/smashing-things-up/#post-4433 Mon, 09 Jul 2018 15:29:19 +0000 Perhaps football brings out the worst in a very, very small minority, but most people seem to be able to watch and enjoy it without doing any damage to anyone. Millions of people watched the match on Saturday (official BBC figures show almost 20 million viewers, but obviously that doesn’t account for those who had viewing parties or went to pubs/…[Read more]

]]> 0 99f28febcd6d0051d98592791b3df1dd replied to the topic World Cup 2018 in the forum General Banter https://womensprosoccer.com/forums/topic/world-cup-2018/#post-4355 Tue, 19 Jun 2018 08:39:45 +0000 Fair enough- but they’ve been easily the best 2 sides.

I’d be much more concerned if I was a Germany fan.

Belgium game will be the real test- if England can live with them, then they could do alright…

]]> 0 8b317f52eb29cf0dda1b2b37af903c03 replied to the topic World Cup 2018 in the forum General Banter https://womensprosoccer.com/forums/topic/world-cup-2018/#post-4350 Tue, 19 Jun 2018 08:35:27 +0000 Steady on… they’ve played some of the best football of any team so far, and they’re a young side. Kane is a good player. With him in the side, they’ll be a threat to anyone and given how limited Germany, Brazil, Argentina and France looked, I think they’re not badly placed here.

]]> 0 2f514b0878c41c1d78793fbb7e829a9f replied to the topic China and football? in the forum General Banter https://womensprosoccer.com/forums/topic/china-and-football/#post-4340 Sat, 16 Jun 2018 14:32:26 +0000 Because they’re not very good at it.

]]> 0 42d6458a5c6842c5d750778c04171b1e replied to the topic China and football? in the forum General Banter https://womensprosoccer.com/forums/topic/china-and-football/#post-4338 Sat, 16 Jun 2018 14:31:47 +0000 They do.

]]> 0 4687e457751d116dca3978ffe3a86bd5 replied to the topic World Cup 2018 in the forum General Banter https://womensprosoccer.com/forums/topic/world-cup-2018/#post-4326 Sat, 16 Jun 2018 10:18:29 +0000 That’s one heck of an assumption.

Belgium has more than enough good players for an exciting game, maybe Croatia does too. Colombia could come good, or Uruguay. Portugal has some great players, though tend to play a fairly dull game. Then there’s England…

And what was the last great world cup final between two established teams? 1986? 1998 was…[Read more]

]]> 0 b98a0ca128e358bdc7491ddb5a6cd0f4 replied to the topic World Cup 2018 in the forum General Banter https://womensprosoccer.com/forums/topic/world-cup-2018/#post-4324 Sat, 16 Jun 2018 10:16:48 +0000 I’m really looking forward to it. Not sure why, but I still find the World Cup much more special than any other football comp, regardless of the quality. Ancient memories of when it was the only time you got to see the world stars; Brazil and Italy in 1982, Denmark and Maradona in 86 etc.

I’m hoping for England to perform well and just create…[Read more]

]]> 0 970887fc91f51b6b2116274914f3d9dd replied to the topic Any sciatica experts? in the forum Health https://womensprosoccer.com/forums/topic/any-sciatica-experts/#post-4319 Wed, 13 Jun 2018 10:28:03 +0000 Stupid thing is the meds aren’t needed if I stay on my back and are nowhere near strong enough when I sit up. I’m on 2x 5mg diazapam every 4 hours, with 400 mg ibuprofen and then tramadol and gabapentin in the 2 hours in between – I feel like a zombie…

Went to physio who said that it is probably a prolapsed disc which can take up to 3 months…[Read more]

]]> 0 de38c977a288398bf96e4d2e7b6eb1fd replied to the topic Any sciatica experts? in the forum Health https://womensprosoccer.com/forums/topic/any-sciatica-experts/#post-4317 Wed, 13 Jun 2018 10:26:46 +0000 I think from what the referral number said it is very similar here, I just don’t know what I will do if I can’t walk for a minimum of 6 weeks whilst I get bounced from waiting list to waiting list, it would be annoying if I was employed but as a self-employed dog walker it will absolutely be the end of my business.

]]> 0 676e79fd68d9196af67c4a4e0aebb41b replied to the topic Any sciatica experts? in the forum Health https://womensprosoccer.com/forums/topic/any-sciatica-experts/#post-4315 Wed, 13 Jun 2018 10:25:07 +0000 I tried talking to the doctor again today but they aren’t available until tomorrow but to be honest their attitude yesterday was so bad I don’t think I will get anywhere with them. I called the unit that does the physiotherapy from referrals directly and they said they didn’t have the info yet but if I got the doctors surgery to fax them the…[Read more]

]]> 0 437b1e2f6c2146e383436720036fed83 replied to the topic Any sciatica experts? in the forum Health https://womensprosoccer.com/forums/topic/any-sciatica-experts/#post-4313 Wed, 13 Jun 2018 10:24:01 +0000 Well I still can’t sit or stand without being in masses of pain, I called the hospital to say that the doctor said I needed an MRI but the referral team were quoting 6 weeks and was there any way to be seen by their orthopedic department and get an on-site referral to which the answer was no. I called the referral people to see if it could be…[Read more]

]]> 0 393bc85060128c5442cf5f70a1e51e88 replied to the topic Any sciatica experts? in the forum Health https://womensprosoccer.com/forums/topic/any-sciatica-experts/#post-4309 Wed, 06 Jun 2018 10:22:23 +0000 I called the spinal clinic but apparently they can’t process the referral till 14th so I can’t call to make an appointment till then, I can’t understand having to wait over a week to book an appointment, God knows how long I will still have to wait for the appointment, in the meantime I worry that my clients at work will probably go elsewhere.

]]> 0 6032de9a58a67281c4047369d35614f5 replied to the topic Any sciatica experts? in the forum Health https://womensprosoccer.com/forums/topic/any-sciatica-experts/#post-4306 Wed, 06 Jun 2018 10:19:54 +0000 Made it to the doctors who have referred to the spinal clinic for an mri and agreed I can try 1 gabapentin per day with the diazapam but warned they may make me really sleepy which works for me as can’t feel pain when I’m asleep.

]]> 0 3923c4c24cb5936712dd401c1bb2c5f0 replied to the topic Any sciatica experts? in the forum Health https://womensprosoccer.com/forums/topic/any-sciatica-experts/#post-4303 Wed, 06 Jun 2018 10:17:04 +0000 UPDATE: Went back to chiro yesterday who did another realignment and some acupuncture, came home to bed and too diazapam which sent me to sleep so things relaxed a bit but this morning back to pain again. It’s all in my ankle and foot and can’t face the pain of walking which chiro says I need to do, maybe I need to get to the docter but can’t…[Read more]

]]> 0 8a968f1487c476f483a6f0b4634a7520 Fi posted a new activity comment https://womensprosoccer.com/activity/p/432/#acomment-435 Thu, 31 May 2018 12:34:01 +0000 Really? Not a good person amongst them? “Power to the people!”

In reply to - posted an update Top ten excuses for not having women on board… “I don’t think women fit comfortably into the board environment” “There aren’t that many women with the right credentials and depth of experienc […] ]]> 2dee62b341bddece2f6e873d2aacafc9 posted an update: Top ten excuses for not having women on board... “I d […] https://womensprosoccer.com/activity/p/432/ Thu, 31 May 2018 12:31:41 +0000 Top ten excuses for not having women on board…

“I don’t think women fit comfortably into the board environment”

“There aren’t that many women with the right credentials and depth of experience to sit on the board – the issues covered are extremely complex”

“Most women don’t want the hassle or pressure of sitting on a board”

“Shareh…[Read more]

]]> 9 0284fddbbd4bf0a77d0fb4cc491d1eab replied to the topic Any sciatica experts? in the forum Health https://womensprosoccer.com/forums/topic/any-sciatica-experts/#post-4295 Mon, 28 May 2018 10:32:36 +0000 Thanks for the replies, I’ve got a really good chiro who unfortunately is away for the Bank Holiday but will fit me in on Tuesday. I’ve got some gabapentin that OHs brother left behind after a visit. Do you think it would be safe to take when it wasn’t prescribed for me? Or should I just keep resting and taking ibuprofen as surely the leg just…[Read more]

]]> 0 04c3913429007c7bb97540012738ecba started the topic Any sciatica experts? in the forum Health https://womensprosoccer.com/forums/topic/any-sciatica-experts/ Mon, 28 May 2018 10:24:25 +0000 I’ve had a few bouts of sciatica in the past but this current one is a bit different. Normally I have really bad lower back pain and limited movement in that area and the pain through the right leg is sharp shooting pain, however this time the back pain was just a low grade niggle each morning this week which wore off with movement. Yesterday…[Read more]

]]> 0 343a1ec9befd2b3ae9ad6b1c095f03fd replied to the topic Best rowing machines? in the forum General Banter https://womensprosoccer.com/forums/topic/best-rowing-machines/#post-4275 Wed, 23 May 2018 11:45:07 +0000 There are quite a few companies that rent them which might be worthwhile in case you get bored with it. I think they usually give you a discount if you decide to buy.

]]> 0 8cec68afd457889cf93b5642166180dc Fi posted a new activity comment https://womensprosoccer.com/activity/p/394/#acomment-398 Thu, 29 Mar 2018 12:27:58 +0000 Not yet at tipping point but if large swathes of the agricultural sector keep shovelling tens of thousands of tonnes of ABs into the food chain every year, we’ll soon get there.

When it happens we’ll have a lot more than STI’s and chest infections to worry about. For a start lots of cancer treatments and many types of elective surgery will…[Read more]

In reply to - posted an update Have we reached a tipping point where antibiotic become as useful as a chocolate fire guard? http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-43571120 ]]> 53bae87703c567a65e5e7e7f2f359108 Fi posted a new activity comment https://womensprosoccer.com/activity/p/349/#acomment-355 Wed, 28 Feb 2018 11:30:44 +0000 Why focus on the world cup? This is how the construction industry works in most of the world, so why cherry pick the world cup for your concern instead of all construction?

In reply to - posted an update Boycott the next World Cup in Qatar? So many people have died building the stadiums, let alone the abuse and neglect of workers and their human rights, yet there is little in the way of public […] ]]> c00f721f674078bea19f09c60178a16e Fi posted a new activity comment https://womensprosoccer.com/activity/p/329/#acomment-345 Wed, 28 Feb 2018 11:20:37 +0000 If funding is there to ‘buy’ medals, the Norwegians are 16 times better at it than us …
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/winter-olympics/43167215

In reply to - posted an update 5 medals £28 million spent.. was the winter Olympics worth the money for great Britain? ]]> e8a14e6edccaa706e2505552665f6fbc Fi posted a new activity comment https://womensprosoccer.com/activity/p/329/#acomment-344 Wed, 28 Feb 2018 11:20:20 +0000 I worked with a Winter Olympic sportsman. He spent the winter six months a year living out of the back of a 15 year old van going from event to event. I think his funding covered travel costs, but that was about all.

In reply to - posted an update 5 medals £28 million spent.. was the winter Olympics worth the money for great Britain? ]]> a18376f3a3ad702c4a5b3d41f55cc106 replied to the topic Do men like independent women? in the forum General Banter http://womensprosoccer.com/forums/topic/do-men-like-independent-women/#post-4149 Fri, 09 Feb 2018 11:09:15 +0000 Surely there’s a spectrum? I’ve met several men, including my own brother, who can’t sustain a relationship with an equal, and have to be able to guide/teach/help the other party in some way, ie that she must always be in some way or another either inferior or dependant. Then there are men like my OH, married for 40 years to one of the most…[Read more]

]]> 0 661d35f41a3237afec82e8b5af5d4259 replied to the topic Womens head soccer coach Phil Neville posts sexist remarks in the forum General Banter http://womensprosoccer.com/forums/topic/womens-head-soccer-coach-phil-neville-posts-sexist-remarks/#post-4126 Thu, 25 Jan 2018 15:51:22 +0000

He was employing things called “irony” and “black humour”

Spot on.

There are WAY too many people who don’t get irony and black humour. If they ever read texts or overheard me and my mates at the wall we would never get employed!

]]> 0 c42e9183640e1c19daa880d38cd310ff replied to the topic The President's Club Dinner in the forum General Banter http://womensprosoccer.com/forums/topic/the-presidents-club-dinner/#post-4110 Thu, 25 Jan 2018 10:01:34 +0000 Pretty obviously most of them are doing it for the money because most people on an agency list as a hostess won’t be on their first job. They know the gig is something closer to strippers/lap dancers than waitresses when the boss specifies what color of underwear to wear and pays them well over the odds. They also know that a bunch of drunk…[Read more]

]]> 0 49037e8f97affc9244bcaf43e7790eb6 replied to the topic Milk causing early puberty? in the forum Health http://womensprosoccer.com/forums/topic/milk-causing-early-puberty/#post-4100 Fri, 19 Jan 2018 10:14:37 +0000 Id be much more suspicious that it is due to childhood obesity. I had an earlier period then many of my friends because I was a heavy child despite my parents efforts. One of my friends who was always slim to underweight was the slowest to have a period(late teens)

For example I keep horses and in order to get a heifer calf ready for breeding…[Read more]

]]> 0 a93bac86061c3e97ae2a03eac3a733a4 replied to the topic How to treat ankle pain? in the forum Health http://womensprosoccer.com/forums/topic/how-to-treat-ankle-pain/#post-4043 Fri, 12 Jan 2018 13:09:35 +0000 Its possibly your action causing a slight sprain each time you exercise it- I’d go to a doctor for a referral to a biomechanics department- as well as physio.

]]> 0 76dd120c9166f620624ee4c745514277 started the topic "Flirting is not a crime" in the forum General Banter http://womensprosoccer.com/forums/topic/flirting-is-not-a-crime/ Thu, 11 Jan 2018 11:06:00 +0000 “Flirting is not a crime” says French actor Catherine Deneuve, “but rape is”.

She and 100 female French writers,performers and academics have hit out at the “wave of Puritanism” which has been sparked by the Harvey Weinstein allegations, saying that men should be free to try and seduce women, and “hit on them”. Men “are being punished summarily,…[Read more]

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