Nov132009
I “feel your pain”….Really!
Filed under Fall sports, Family, Fans, Food, Football, General, Gossip, Health & Fitness, High School Sports, Injuries, Parents, humor by bob hammerstrom at 3:49 pm
I hope there’s no voodoo doll hanging from the football field press box. But, I guess it could be arthritis kicking in from those old football injuries.
Do you ever “feel the pain” of a player laying on the field during a game? Trainers and coaches gather around the squirming kid, clutching his knee or ankle. Moms and dads will say “yes,” but, how about from a player you don’t even know?
The pain could be coming from the endorphins released by the body, according to a gentleman I spoke with this morning at one of my photo assignments. So, I looked it up. Actually, what I found by Googling pain and endorphins was the term Anandamide. According to Wikipedia, “anandamide is thought to be an endogenous ligand for vanilloid receptors (which are involved in the transduction of acute and inflammatory pain signals), activating the receptor in a PKC-dependent (protein kinase C-dependent) manner.”
The stuff is reportedly found in sea urchins and chocolate. Oh my gosh! No sea urchins for me. Does that mean all those pains I feel watching football players get flattened on the field, are just coming from the hot chocolate I drink during the game?
The gentleman this morning insisted the pains we feel in the stands are from endorphins. I just figured it was my cold muscles and bones. Sorry guys, no more bragging about the old football injuries. Just kick the chocolate habit.
-Bob Hammerstrom
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