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Maria Gall
OK, here's the scoop: My friend is physically disabled due to a work-related injury when she worked as a CNA, and her health is not very good at all. She is borderline diabetic and she was on the verge of having a stroke and a heart attack the day before Easter. Essentially she is very stressed about her and her family at the poverty level and about not providing an Easter for her family. Her husband left her for a younger woman, and he admitted in being with her because of her money. He is living better without any regards to his wife and young children's plight. They are still married, however. My friend cannot afford to pay all her bills and she and her family tend to go hungry a lot. I try to help financially but I am really to the breaking point because of other obligations I must attend to. They reside in rural North Central Florida, and I don't know what else to include so I can get more responses to my question. I am also looking for ways to self-help. Please help TY
Answer
Hello Maria
I am so glad she has a friend like you.
It does sound as though your friend would be eligible for Food Stamps, family assistance and Medicaid through the state of Florida. Look in your yellow pages for Fl State of Department of Children and Families. Also look up the number for FL department of Child Support recovery. This shouild help provide ongoing financial stability.
For immediate emergency food help go to www.secondharvest.org just below the top picture put in her zip code and click the search. Immediate emergency help with bills may be available through Salvation Army, the nearest large Baptist church and the nearest large Catholic church. Her children's school counselor or principal may be able to direct her to other sources of help. Some school districts even have an emergency help fund for this.; I know it is hard to ask but she has paid taxes all her life to help others now it's her turn. United Way is not a source of direct help for individals and families in most cases but can tell you who in the community can help.
If the work injury was less than 2 yrs ago she may well be eligible for workmans comp. Your yellow pages will shopw you a number of lawyers who handle workman's comp cases with no payment up front, no charge unless they win for her.
She may also be eligible for Social Security disablity or SSI (Suplemental Security Income) if she is unable to work. This is a long process and most ppl are turned down 2-3 times as a matter of policy but if she is truely disabled and keeps appealing the turn downs she may well get benefits for life. Social Security will pay for the medical exams to establish disability. For this too there are many lawyers who help with appeals and make no charge until they win. Her nearest state or county mental health dept. can help with stress related issues and having consulted them for this will help in getting her disability established.
Every hospital emergency room MUST BY LAW treat ppl in emergency situations even if they have no money and hospital social services ppl are expert at getting ppl hooked up with medical and other benefits. WallMart and Target both have programs where generic meds are available for $4 for a month's supply. Her local health dept or one in a nearby larger county may have medical clinics free or on a low cost basis.
The FL Bureau of Vocational Rehabilitation may be able to help her get training for a job she can do with her present disabilitioes and abilities. Their services are free.
If you want to tell me the city I can dig a bit more in our data available and see if I can find more specific contacts.
Please tell her for me that long after any specific Easter basket or outfit is forgotten her children will; remember that mom sat down and colored pictures with them, read the Easter story to them, helped them pray, sang with them, took time to play, hugged them a lot and really listened when they need to talk to her. My favorite all time Christmas Decorations were a nativity scene my dad cut out of brown paper bags and set up in the window ass a sillouette. It was special because he made it for me.
Hello Maria
I am so glad she has a friend like you.
It does sound as though your friend would be eligible for Food Stamps, family assistance and Medicaid through the state of Florida. Look in your yellow pages for Fl State of Department of Children and Families. Also look up the number for FL department of Child Support recovery. This shouild help provide ongoing financial stability.
For immediate emergency food help go to www.secondharvest.org just below the top picture put in her zip code and click the search. Immediate emergency help with bills may be available through Salvation Army, the nearest large Baptist church and the nearest large Catholic church. Her children's school counselor or principal may be able to direct her to other sources of help. Some school districts even have an emergency help fund for this.; I know it is hard to ask but she has paid taxes all her life to help others now it's her turn. United Way is not a source of direct help for individals and families in most cases but can tell you who in the community can help.
If the work injury was less than 2 yrs ago she may well be eligible for workmans comp. Your yellow pages will shopw you a number of lawyers who handle workman's comp cases with no payment up front, no charge unless they win for her.
She may also be eligible for Social Security disablity or SSI (Suplemental Security Income) if she is unable to work. This is a long process and most ppl are turned down 2-3 times as a matter of policy but if she is truely disabled and keeps appealing the turn downs she may well get benefits for life. Social Security will pay for the medical exams to establish disability. For this too there are many lawyers who help with appeals and make no charge until they win. Her nearest state or county mental health dept. can help with stress related issues and having consulted them for this will help in getting her disability established.
Every hospital emergency room MUST BY LAW treat ppl in emergency situations even if they have no money and hospital social services ppl are expert at getting ppl hooked up with medical and other benefits. WallMart and Target both have programs where generic meds are available for $4 for a month's supply. Her local health dept or one in a nearby larger county may have medical clinics free or on a low cost basis.
The FL Bureau of Vocational Rehabilitation may be able to help her get training for a job she can do with her present disabilitioes and abilities. Their services are free.
If you want to tell me the city I can dig a bit more in our data available and see if I can find more specific contacts.
Please tell her for me that long after any specific Easter basket or outfit is forgotten her children will; remember that mom sat down and colored pictures with them, read the Easter story to them, helped them pray, sang with them, took time to play, hugged them a lot and really listened when they need to talk to her. My favorite all time Christmas Decorations were a nativity scene my dad cut out of brown paper bags and set up in the window ass a sillouette. It was special because he made it for me.
How important is the students age during conditioning training?
Kokoro
Do you know what ages are too young for conditioning?
At what age bones are still too soft?
What age bones are still forming and joining together?
What age the muscles are still developing?
The age when bones stop growing?
I ask this because of all the misconceptions i see on here, more so by i believe the younger children and young adults who dont have an idea there body is still developing.
I'll add more to this in a bit depending upon the answers.
@Juventus you didn't read the whole question and your,
btw you are not far off with the age.
Answer
Conditioning comes in many flavors: withstanding the rigors of training, withstanding the rigors of life, and both emotionally and physically.
When you are dealing with children, physical conditioning is a dangerous endeavor. If you don't understand the biomechanics of muscles, tendons, ligaments, and bond physiology, your students can be damaged for life. Further, emotional preparation is also dangerous: they are easy to quit and then not get a full picture of all that you were trying to train them. Parents will see you as a tyrant or unfair. You get a bad rep. Thus my dislike for teaching children.
When you are dealing with adults, you can get away with the emotional training, but again, today's western society doesn't tolerate the barking drill sergeant anymore. Who wants to pay to be barked at? Even the military has strict rules now: no swearing at the soldiers, no hitting, give them plenty of breaks, and do not withold first aid, food, or bathroom as a means of punishment.
Nevertheless, physical conditioning at any age ought to be commensurate with the expected life encounters. There is no reason a child should have to defend themselves using techniques requiring the strength to break a patio block. Nor should they be allowed to train up to it. It's one thing to put up a patio block and challenge someone to break it. It's wholly another matter to begin iron palm training - with hot sand, castor beans, sand bags, and oils, linaments, and ointments.
As a result, I do not condition children at all in this manner. Knuckle, wrist, or fingertip pushups? Only if they want to. They shouldn't be punching anyway - it's too dangerous for the knuckles and wrist, and using it is liable to get them in legal/school trouble. That's why I focus more on the throws and blocks, and the occasional palm heel. They're safer for them, and safer for their opponent. At least, it ought to buy them enough time for proper self-defense to rescue them, like a parent or teacher. So that save me from having to do such physical training like iron palm, et al, type training.
Therefore, age is hugely important: when they're young, I eliminate it. I do condition them for strengthening their ankles and knees, since these are important for Taekwondo. Done properly, they're important for life in general.
I have always believed that anyone under 20 was at-risk for physical conditioning; judging by the answers, I will have to do some more research to see if I was wrong. I've always used the phrase "last growth spurt" - a phrase my own doctor gave me when I was a teen doing martial arts.
Some bones - notably the skull - are forming up to the low 20's. And head-breaks for anything other than light board breaking should be banned. A microfracture at the interior of the skull can create adhesions and abrasions to the meneges lining, opening the brain up to infections like meningitis - a disease that's commonly present but stopped by the blood/brain barrier.
My student base does not usually train for breaking, though some - including myself - often compete for breaking. For them, they do creative breaking, involving less power and more speed. I tend to focus on power. So we train differently.
Muscle development is on-going. Whenever they are being exercised, they will expand and contract according to their use. There are no age guidelines in this area. If children do too much weight training, that can affect bone growth. I'm unaware of the kind of damage it can cause, only that it is harmful. As a result, I don't encourage my younger students to do any sort of bodybuilding.
Conditioning comes in many flavors: withstanding the rigors of training, withstanding the rigors of life, and both emotionally and physically.
When you are dealing with children, physical conditioning is a dangerous endeavor. If you don't understand the biomechanics of muscles, tendons, ligaments, and bond physiology, your students can be damaged for life. Further, emotional preparation is also dangerous: they are easy to quit and then not get a full picture of all that you were trying to train them. Parents will see you as a tyrant or unfair. You get a bad rep. Thus my dislike for teaching children.
When you are dealing with adults, you can get away with the emotional training, but again, today's western society doesn't tolerate the barking drill sergeant anymore. Who wants to pay to be barked at? Even the military has strict rules now: no swearing at the soldiers, no hitting, give them plenty of breaks, and do not withold first aid, food, or bathroom as a means of punishment.
Nevertheless, physical conditioning at any age ought to be commensurate with the expected life encounters. There is no reason a child should have to defend themselves using techniques requiring the strength to break a patio block. Nor should they be allowed to train up to it. It's one thing to put up a patio block and challenge someone to break it. It's wholly another matter to begin iron palm training - with hot sand, castor beans, sand bags, and oils, linaments, and ointments.
As a result, I do not condition children at all in this manner. Knuckle, wrist, or fingertip pushups? Only if they want to. They shouldn't be punching anyway - it's too dangerous for the knuckles and wrist, and using it is liable to get them in legal/school trouble. That's why I focus more on the throws and blocks, and the occasional palm heel. They're safer for them, and safer for their opponent. At least, it ought to buy them enough time for proper self-defense to rescue them, like a parent or teacher. So that save me from having to do such physical training like iron palm, et al, type training.
Therefore, age is hugely important: when they're young, I eliminate it. I do condition them for strengthening their ankles and knees, since these are important for Taekwondo. Done properly, they're important for life in general.
I have always believed that anyone under 20 was at-risk for physical conditioning; judging by the answers, I will have to do some more research to see if I was wrong. I've always used the phrase "last growth spurt" - a phrase my own doctor gave me when I was a teen doing martial arts.
Some bones - notably the skull - are forming up to the low 20's. And head-breaks for anything other than light board breaking should be banned. A microfracture at the interior of the skull can create adhesions and abrasions to the meneges lining, opening the brain up to infections like meningitis - a disease that's commonly present but stopped by the blood/brain barrier.
My student base does not usually train for breaking, though some - including myself - often compete for breaking. For them, they do creative breaking, involving less power and more speed. I tend to focus on power. So we train differently.
Muscle development is on-going. Whenever they are being exercised, they will expand and contract according to their use. There are no age guidelines in this area. If children do too much weight training, that can affect bone growth. I'm unaware of the kind of damage it can cause, only that it is harmful. As a result, I don't encourage my younger students to do any sort of bodybuilding.
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