I tell you one thing I hate: acronyms. People use them without knowing what they stand for and pretty soon no-one remembers and then people use the acronym incorrectly and all meaning is lost. You should always know what the letters stand for.

DOMS stands for ‘delayed onset of muscle soreness’. This is the phenomenon whereby you experience stiff muscles some time after a bout of exercise. Squash Arse is one ailment that always seem to go hand in hand with DOMS.

It’s thought to be the result of many tiny tears to your muscle fibres and is felt most acutely after doing unfamiliar movements during exercise.

Shin splints are no one thing. It’s actually just a term that’s used to refer to several different problems which all result in similar pain on the front of the lower leg.

I can’t tell you which kind I suffered, but it was as a result of overuse. I did a lot of running and despite having my feet tested, I’m pretty sure I had the wrong kind of running shoes.

I will tell you one thing about the experience of having shin splints: do not go running.

I found that like many injuries, a short spell of running would cause the pain to subside, but it’s misleading. You’re actually doing more damage and you’ll know about it the next day.

Suicide clinics, good or bad? I’m really caught between the fact that people in the world suffer that much and should have the right to end it if they really want but on the other hand there is a very close line between assisted suicide and man slaughter. If you were in pure agony would you really give up on living to stop the pain or would you hope for a cure and live on the strongest pain killers which give you no life at all and don’t actually stop the excruciating pain certain diseases make you feel. Whats your opinion?

What sort of medical blog would this be if I didn’t mention the world epidemic of swine flu. Its everywhere, one of the lads in the office has been banned form the office as his girlfriend has been diagnosed and even worse my cleaner has been given a dose of the swine flu but luckily in her case she has Tami-flu nice and early.

Who the hell is going to do my cleaning, err I men get well soon. I suppose I have always got my girlfriend as I really cannot be bothered.

Do you know some one with swine flu?

As a man growing up in a mixed school you often came across the crazy world of menstruation and period pains, whilst growing up you think this is a myth, or girls simply attention seeking and has got to be the best reason to either get time off or crave attention. When you get a little bit older exactly the same happens and many people all over the world use the taboo subject to get extra days off or receive unnecessary sympathy from friends or colleagues. The only time I ever give this recognition is if my partner is doubled over as I’m sure that if they are not they can rectify this will pain killers? Whats your opinion?

Rhinitis is a condition that is hereditary and affects the the nose and throat, making you have a runny itchy nose and sneeze hundreds of times a day, I know this as the gentleman sat in front of me has it and sneezes around 120 times a day, you can get sprays to subside the runny itchy nose but realistically you need an operation to sort the nasal cavity out and then breath for ever easy after that.

The funny thing is this guy wont even get the nasal spray and sits there all day blowing his nose and sniffing, I think if it was me that would drive me mad and I would be moaning to the doctor on a weekly basis.

What about you?