Learning from the bears.

[2greys]

Grizzly bears spend many months in hibernation, but their muscles do not suffer from the lack of movement. In the journal “Scientific Reports”, a team led by Michael Gotthardt reports on how they manage to do this. The grizzly bears’ strategy could help prevent muscle atrophy in humans as well.

“Muscle atrophy is a real human problem that occurs in many circumstances. We are still not very good at preventing it,” says the lead author of the study, Dr. Douaa Mugahid, once a member of Gotthardt’s research group and now a postdoctoral researcher in the laboratory of Professor Marc Kirschner of the Department of Systems Biology at Harvard Medical School in Boston.

mdc-berlin.de/news/news/lea...

The Study Report

nature.com/articles/s41598-...

[2greys]

This could be a game changer for those who are admitted to hospital regularly. When I contracted Pneumonia it was one of my fears that I would get de-conditioned and fought very hard for it not to happen.

[Yatzy in reply to 2greys]

Thanks, 2greys. That’s interesting.

I think my inactivity as I have tried to recover from a three week, so far, nasty virus, caused me to rick my back, moving awkwardly, no real weight involved, just out of condition and moving too slowly. The pain in my lower back is now the main problem, so tiring! And so many pain killers. Wish I’d read this first!

[skischool]

I am struggling to prevent muscle atrophy due to my inability to consume enough calories to both stay alive and exercise sufficiently to prevent atrophy,it's a tricky balance and my 500 mtrs on the treadmill today mean i am currently overdrawn. i need a bear blood transfusion as soon as possible,if olympic athletes can do it why can't i.

[HungryHufflepuff in reply to skischool]

Skis is no one doing anything for you, weren't you supposed to have a follow up appointment? Maybe there is nothing that can be done. But it seems like you've just been abandoned to your existence on high calorie chicken flavour soup with no care for your quality of life. I can't believe any health care worker would think it's acceptable to let you continue in this way yet they seem to think it is? Who, I wonder, is deemed to be unwell enough to be worthy of their attention? It makes me feel so angry on your behalf and utterly powerless at the same time.

Maybe I'll ask my sheep if they know any bears, and if any of these would be willing to be your personal trainer.

🐻 🏃🏋️

[Izb1 in reply to HungryHufflepuff]

Couldnt agree more HH, its a disgrace that Skis has been left so long I think it needs a good shove to get things going x

[2greys in reply to HungryHufflepuff]

Not a good thing at all leaving Skis like it. Perhaps the NHS want to re-create The Soup Dragon.

youtu.be/oIw7E-q-flc(Not working as expected?)

[2greys in reply to 2greys]

Or musical Soup Dragons

youtu.be/Fb3j2z9OPUY(Not working as expected?)

[Oshgosh in reply to skischool]

That’s good,you doing 500 metres on the treadmill.

Perhaps you could do an extra10 steps every day

[skischool in reply to Oshgosh]

Why would i want to?unlike some people on this site i don't have an obsession with exercise and i have never counted steps in my life. :)x

[Oshgosh in reply to skischool]

I’m sorry if I offended you.i didn’t mean to.

I have NSIP (lung) and lupus.

I go the gym,but my efforts are not impressive. On a good day I can do a bit more.sometimes I achieve a lot less.

I have a step counter on my phone .

Sometimes it’s really poor,but it makes me want to try a bit harder.

At the least when you tell the consultants you go to the gym etc,they are pleased,so don’t peck my head.

Their latest peck is they want me to lose weight.!

Happy days

[skischool in reply to Oshgosh]

You didn't offend me at all :)i do enough routine pottering around and housework plus my treadmill activity to maintain reasonable health and i can not afford to burn off more calories than i take in or i will actually start eating my own muscles not having any body fat to burn off. x

[Hidden]

Good research for space travel as well! Discovery leads to more discovery

[2greys in reply to Hidden]

With a manned mission to Mars planned, certainly.

[Izb1]

I have found that my arm and shoulder muscles just in this short space of time have gone to pot, how people manage when in hopsital for long stays beats me , wouldnt mind a bit if bear blood in me ha!x

[pete45]

Fascinating............didn't understand a damn thing but for US that would be one hell of a benefit.