Did Chris Paul Injure Himself While Flopping?

Okay, here’s the news. Los Angeles Clippers point guard, or point god if you’re one of the cool kids, Chris Paul is going to be out for a while due to a separated right shoulder that he suffered on January when his team played against the Dallas Mavericks.

The injury happened at around the 6-minute mark of the third quarter during the Clippers’ offensive possession as Paul was trying to use a screen set by his teammate DeAndre Jordan. Mavericks guard Monta Ellis who was called for a foul was chasing Paul around the screen when the latter seemed to have gotten tripped and fell to the floor. The fall caused Paul to hit the floor with his right shoulder hitting first, grimacing in pain. After the game, Clippers head coach Doc Rivers stated the nature of the injury and that Paul will be missing 3 to 4 weeks as due to the previously detailed incident.

As a basketball fan who wants to see the best teams and players competing hard, I’m saddened that one of the best players in the game will be out for a significant amount of time. There’s also the possibility that the injury could adversely affect Paul’s game once he return.

However, there’s also a part of me that’s mockingly laughing about the injury. As I watched the incident over and over again, I noticed that there wasn’t really significant contact from Ellis or anyone that could have caused Paul to fall.

After having watched Paul all these years, I have to say that he’s got a pretty good flopping game going on. It’s not just about exaggerated motions to draw a referee’s attention to a foul. There have been many times wherein he acts like he was hit despite the absence of any contact to draw fouls. He is creative or annoying like that, depending on your perspective. And it seems this recent injury to Paul is a case of flopping gone wrong. If you don’t believe, search for the footage of the incident and see for yourself.

Stem Cell Therapy – Fact or Fiction?

The past few years has seen so many for-profit stem cell clinics popping up around the United States, advertising that they can treat everything from arthritis to Alzheimer’s just by several injections with each one costing $5,000 to $20,000. However, cases have shown that patients of these clinics have developed tumors, suffered infections and even sight loss after unapproved procedures.

So, is stem cell therapy an effective treatment or just false hope? Some information is necessary for those who are curious about stem cell therapy.

What is stem cell therapy?
Just like the stem of a plant will produce branches, leaves, and flowers, stem cells are undifferentiated cells that can produce several different kinds of cells. They originate from two main sources: adult body tissues including bone marrow, blood and blood vessels, skeletal muscles, etc. and embryos in which stem cells can differentiate into more cell types than adult stem cells.

Stem cell therapy, also known as regenerative medicine, is the use of stem cells to help patients’ bodies repair damaged tissue by intravenous or intramuscular injection.

What types of diseases does stem cell therapy work for?
Theoretically, any condition in which there is tissue degeneration can be a potential candidate for stem cell therapies given that they can produce all kinds of cells.

However, up to now, the use of stem cell therapy is quite limited. For the last 50 years or so, there have been patients successfully treated with hematopoietic stem cells, commonly known as bone marrow transplants. This remains the prototype for how stem cell therapy can work.

New clinical applications for stem cells are currently being tested therapeutically for the treatment of musculoskeletal abnormalities, cardiac disease, liver disease, autoimmune and metabolic disorders and other advanced cancers. However, these new therapies have been offered only to a very limited number of patients and are experimental rather than in standard practice.

What are the advantages of stem cell therapy?
A common problem of transplantation is the risk of transplant rejection. Using autologous stem cell therapy, this risk can be avoided. What’s more, there is also no risk of communicable disease transmission.

Stem cell transplantation is usually by infusion or injection instead of complicated surgeries; thus, patients needn’t worry about scars, complications or the side effect of general anesthesia.

“In 2012, professor Shinya Yamanaka was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for the discovery of induced pluripotent stem cells, which shows greater potential of stem cells to help us understand and treat a wide range of diseases, injuries and other health-related conditions.” Said a senior scientist in Creative Biolabs, a leading company providing stem cell therapy development services.

However, their current applications as treatments are sometimes exaggerated by “clinics” looking to capitalize on the hype by selling treatments to chronically ill or seriously injured patients, and there is still a lot to explore about how they work in the body and their capacity for healing.

With the continuous development of technology, stem cells will trigger a medical revolution, becoming the third treatment method after drugs and surgery. A series of diseases and injuries that are difficult to treat now will eventually be gradually rescued.

Casa Grande Elan – a Flamboyant Life awaits you

Casa Grande is a young and dynamic real estate developer, who has achieved great expertise in the delivering high quality residential projects in amazing surroundings with all sorts of amenities right within reach. They have launched their latest project Casa Grande Elan at Thalambur, one of the Chennai’s topnotch localities. This new tower is a one of a kind project that strives to provide residents a very high quality living experience at affordable rates.

This new project is located in Thalambur on OMR, One of the most prominent suburbs of Chennai. The locality enjoys close proximity to other residential areas like Sholingnallur, Moolacheri, Navallur, Perumbakkam, Uthandi , etc. The social infrastructure around this project is quite well developed. There are many schools like Anselto high School, Sai Sankalp and Nursery, Matriculation School, TATVA School, BVM global senior secondary school, etc along with good quality healthcare providers in close proximity such as Om Sakthi clinic. The locality also has many ATM’s and banks around it. Thalambur is currently witnessing some of the most rapid development in infrastructure in terms of roads and highway; this ensures that in future more residential projects and other social infrastructure projects will be taken up here thereby uplifting the whole locality.

Casa Grande Elan sprawls across an area of 15 acres and has on offer 333 units of villas and row houses; there are 2 options in terms of sizes in row houses or villas, giving resident’s choice depending on their requirements and budget. The project is caters to all lifestyle and aspirational needs of the residents and provides a wide variety of facilities to ensure they enjoy a first class living experience. Some of the amenities offered here include swimming pool, club house, gymnasium, jogging track, power back up , maintenance, 24 hour security, car parking, indoor games, landscaped gardens, Sauna and Jacuzzi, movie room, toddler’s pool, basketball court, tennis court etc. Apart from the complex also has on offer facilities like barbeque, aroma garden, lily ponds which are unique and are sure to bring joy to the residents.

This residential project is a unique project in the fact that it tries to offer luxurious homes to residents at fantastic prices. The independent villas and row houses are a win win situation for residents as they offer privacy and exclusivity at phenomenal prices, that too at a premium location close to the city. With Elan, the focus of the builder has been high end living experience, which is evident in the landscaped areas, spacious living areas and high-end specifications.