Comments by "Beth Gerow" (@kittyfan) on "New study finds elite athletes face greater mental health risks" video.

  1. i started to wonder when a young Australian Dr found out that stomach ulcers are caused by Helicobacter and not stress. It took the lad YEARS to get a paper published....he had to give himself the disease and then cure it with antibiotics before it would be accepted anywhere.....and there are STILL psychologists that insist it's stress that's causing the ulcer....and charging over $100 per session for limitless sessions to "cure" the ulcer when a 6 week course of antibiotics would do it. All the best to you!!
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  2. Prince Harry, going for the gold!!
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  3. Simone doesn't sound like mental health...she sounds like a golfer with the yips. That's been a problem for pro golfers for 50+ yrs.....the pro is about to make a putt, and at the time he hits the ball, a muscle in a hand spasms, and the putt is missed. It's a glitch between the brain and the nerve in the hand, and sometimes sorts itself with rest for awhile (the cause is too much repetition of the same fine movement.) Gymnasts call it the "twisties" The body is supposed to make, say, a double flip, but for some reason throws in an extra half turn....which means that the gymnast lands on her knees...or her head. The golfer just loses money. The gymnast can snap her neck and never walk again (that happened to a little Chinese vaulter at the Olympics 12 or 16 yrs ago.) I can see why Simone wouldn't want to risk THAT! Her Drs should phone a GOLF sports Dr and find out what the cure is...if there is a legal cure (pot's not allowed at the Olympics) Rest fixes it for some, but you never know whom until they're on the course again. Biles has pulled out of vault (usually the first event for the event finals).... and bars.....she's still in beam and floor (floor's been the last event for several Olympics and is at the end of the 2 wks...lots of rest). We'll see...
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  4.  @lgtbtgaming6331  the article was on the twisties....i already knew about the yips. Apparently her sports Drs haven't put the 2 together yet...they probably don't even KNOW about the yips. She's out of everything but the beam now....we'll see. Either way she's cooked...if she goes on the beam and does well, everyone will say WTH? If she doesn't go on the beam, everyone will think she flaked out. And 24 is pretty OLD for gymnastics.
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