| sophie | Activity https://womensprosoccer.com/members/sophie/activity/ Activity feed for sophie. Mon, 19 Feb 2024 10:42:22 +0000 https://buddypress.org/?v=12.2.0 en-US 30 hourly 2 5e8271b6ea0c3902557d17f597007419 sophie posted a new activity comment https://womensprosoccer.com/activity/p/609/#acomment-612 Tue, 07 May 2019 09:49:29 +0000 Was that ‘expert’ Ross Tucker!? He loves sticking his oar in, and as a frustrated wannabe pro sportsman his favourite hobby is trying to prove that anyone with any success in endurance sport is doping. I’m not a fan.

Regarding Semenya I take the same position as you – sport is a ‘fictional framework’ in which people compete and that framework has…[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 / […] ]]> 90a06ff5d80cd1fa49ff9d20ecd071c3 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-4494 Fri, 03 May 2019 11:23:36 +0000 The reason sport is separated generally by sex once athletes hit puberty is because hormones come into play. Testosterone is the advantage that males have over females in terms of growth of muscle and power. If her hormonal makeup is as a male (remembering that it is the hormones that causes this difference in ability) then how is it fair to…[Read more]

]]> 0 26fbebd2e395910343994d450ccbf693 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-4479 Fri, 03 May 2019 11:11:33 +0000 We do already have categories for para sports and for physical sports like wrestling boxing etc not out of the realms of possibility to have more.

I believe these distances were chosen specifically as there was large amounts of data that showed that testosterone conferred a massive sporting advantage, the other distances haven’t been fully analysed yet.

]]> 0 2379714477a12dda2cc7c4eb32938d3c 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-4477 Fri, 03 May 2019 11:10:43 +0000 The issue is because most athletics isn’t separated on height or weight, boxing is for example. But it is separated by sex and testosterone which is were the difference comes in. Also this ruling only applies to DSD athletes which genetically test as XY which Castor does which does make her genetically Male which is why this ruling is in place.

]]> 0 b2ba92719089b8207ed7dffe0677929d replied to the topic Jose Mourinho: Manchester United sack manager in the forum General Banter https://womensprosoccer.com/forums/topic/jose-mourinho-manchester-united-sack-manager/#post-4473 Tue, 18 Dec 2018 15:09:42 +0000 Maybe they need Big Sam so they can avoid relegation 😉

]]> 0 9733648711885d6c3f4ec5d7777584df 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-4458 Thu, 09 Aug 2018 13:57:40 +0000 Syndol used to work wonders for me. I remember the panic when it was taken off the market – I had friends in similar situations who were importing them from goodness knows where at ridiculously high prices.

I probably should not admit that I bought the Syndol muscle relaxant component separately and found that it worked well with paracetamol. I…[Read more]

]]> 0 2c8456edb3b0c8cd729980fd63ea5d61 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-4452 Thu, 09 Aug 2018 13:53:37 +0000 I have recently switched from Sumatriptan to Zomig – Sumatriptan just wasn’t always shifting migraine, even the nasal spray.

I am prone to cluster headaches that last 3 – 4 days too and paracetamol only lessens them, it doesn’t get rid. Cocodomol does a better job but wipes me out.

I am not sure if Paracetamol has become less effective for me,…[Read more]

]]> 0 7e9a3634ee019195307a3bf94416a9d5 replied to the topic World Cup 2018 in the forum General Banter https://womensprosoccer.com/forums/topic/world-cup-2018/#post-4420 Mon, 02 Jul 2018 08:54:02 +0000 Ive never known the quarterfinals minus Germany, Italy, Argentina, Holland, Spain or Portugal. Surely England should win the world cup this year?

]]> 0 4f9e536e11a997631c5d22aa665afc1e replied to the topic World Cup 2018 in the forum General Banter https://womensprosoccer.com/forums/topic/world-cup-2018/#post-4397 Fri, 22 Jun 2018 14:01:48 +0000 I’m not sure, right now there’s a good chance that a 1-0 win in there last game will get them second place.

]]> 0 f7cf3ac23ddc222ea118145187de3489 replied to the topic World Cup 2018 in the forum General Banter https://womensprosoccer.com/forums/topic/world-cup-2018/#post-4395 Wed, 20 Jun 2018 18:35:26 +0000 I imagine neither side would really want to win, but is it against the rules to deliberately try to lose by scoring loads of own goals? Or would they have to pretend to not be trying to lose?

]]> 0 d33ac3d6d6121be3ea3b8f8f9aaa9fc3 replied to the topic World Cup 2018 in the forum General Banter https://womensprosoccer.com/forums/topic/world-cup-2018/#post-4362 Tue, 19 Jun 2018 08:47:05 +0000 Yes, I thought there was some great running last night, not sure about being composed, but also a lack of precision passing or shooting.

The penalty decisions were bizarre. After the Brazil game and this one, the refs might start getting tougher on tussles in the box.

]]> 0 5a485dd63695aab9bd244194050573c5 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-4141 Fri, 26 Jan 2018 10:32:38 +0000 Does anyone else feel rather aggrieved that someone must have gone back through all his tweets and dug up something that could be construed as sexist? Presumably the person doing the digging worked on a newspaper?

The same as the way Sam Allerdice got stitched up by a couple of hacks whose sole intention that night was to get him to say something…[Read more]

]]> 0 949188861dfca808f9e07fae3141b501 replied to the topic Milk causing early puberty? in the forum Health http://womensprosoccer.com/forums/topic/milk-causing-early-puberty/#post-4091 Fri, 19 Jan 2018 10:00:12 +0000 @soccergal your right, looking on pubmed at all the most recent studies it does seem more research needed.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3581542/

Interestingly (or worryingly) there are loads of studies looking at dairy and T2D.

]]> 0 18c8782737dd5cc0e3864f7dd71e222d started the topic Milk causing early puberty? in the forum Health http://womensprosoccer.com/forums/topic/milk-causing-early-puberty/ Fri, 19 Jan 2018 09:55:40 +0000 https://nutritionfacts.org/video/dairy-sexual-precocity/

What do the good people think?

]]> 0 7d5e434d300e13fbe1afc385ee409f24 replied to the topic Plantar fascitiis or policeman heel in the forum Health http://womensprosoccer.com/forums/topic/planter-fascitiis-or-policeman-heel/#post-4032 Wed, 10 Jan 2018 16:57:22 +0000 I had plantar fasciitis and had steroid injections.
Bloody painful but it’s worked and I no longer suffer.

]]> 0 50883053d1f796f3ea8c44397a1840a0 replied to the topic Coccyx Pain in the forum Health http://womensprosoccer.com/forums/topic/coccyx-pain/#post-4031 Wed, 10 Jan 2018 16:56:16 +0000 I had coccydinia as a teenager after a fall off a horse but thankfully no fracture. I had physio, steroid injections but nothing worked. I then had manipulation of the coccyx done, which frees off all the spasmed muscles, which is what causes the pain. Thankfully the manipulation is done under GA! This was in the late 80’s so I don’t know if this…[Read more]

]]> 0 f7d196c7d5f7df515f054a7e119a2349 replied to the topic Running leggings advice in the forum General Banter http://womensprosoccer.com/forums/topic/running-leggings-advice/#post-3992 Wed, 10 Jan 2018 14:58:32 +0000 Definitely get one’s with a drawstring – all mine slither down otherwise! Honestly, I don’t want to sound like a pain, but you do really need to try them on as some will make you look hideous, even if you’re a skinny minny , while others will be quite nice! (Top tip: check out what you look like from behind too and run up and down on the spot in…[Read more]

]]> 0 776044382d093ce4521a42c88a07c9b2 replied to the topic Returning crutches to NHS in the forum General Banter http://womensprosoccer.com/forums/topic/returning-crutches-to-nhs/#post-3918 Sat, 06 Jan 2018 14:33:50 +0000 I was given 2 crutches after badly tearing an ankle ligament, and had one of them taken off me by the hospital when I went back to have how I was doing checked up on, and later on the other one requested back as my ankle improved further.

Possibly it’s when a hospital can’t ‘track’ the crutches it handles that it can cost them money in…[Read more]

]]> 0 8c93d3eb4c64cce046a77fb1090e62f1 replied to the topic Women ARE better at driving than men! in the forum General Banter http://womensprosoccer.com/forums/topic/women-are-better-at-driving-than-men/#post-3899 Sun, 24 Dec 2017 17:59:53 +0000 I agree us women are so much better at driving than men give us credit for (Not man hating just blame the media for this). But having said that everything is easier in a van. My current one has 150k on the clock all done by me.
During that length of time you get to know exactly how long, wide and the turning circle. Also vans have mirrors that…[Read more]

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