The NY Times article quoted interviewed doctors as saying that injuries from falls on a treadmill are “rare” whatever that means. I’m still skeptical.
"Injuries, however, are far more common. In 2014, there were 24,400 injuries associated with treadmills in emergency departments across the country, said the commission, a federal agency based in Bethesda, Md. In all, 62,700 injuries were reported for all exercise equipment — a category that includes swimming pools, weights, golf clubs, and trampolines. Treadmills caused the single largest number of injuries.
In interviews on Tuesday, doctors of emergency and sports medicine said that injuries from falls on machines were rare, and that the vast majority of injuries from sports equipment were related to overuse — for example, an injured tendon from a long run on a treadmill."
" injuries associated with treadmills in emergency departments across the country"
For me, the inference is that severe injuries, i.e., injuries that require ER visits, are rare. Most falls and wipeouts do not result in ER visits. The couple of times I fell, I cursed at the cats, iced the bruise, and licked my wounded ego (although I probably did have a hairline fracture of some sort in my left foot toes, but I did not bother to see my doc - RICE, what else would he tell me?).
Very poignant; so true that none of us really knows how long we have. In some ways, those of us whobare diagnosed with serious chronic illnesses have a wakeup call in that respect and some of us reprioritize our lives accordingly.
@dadx, sometimes autopsies will include medical history if family gives it to investigators. Lists of meds can also reveal a history of cardiac rhythm problems. A pacemaker or implanted defibrillator is also a clue.
It did seem rather simplistic to me, to assume that because he died near a treadmill, that his death must have been caused by a fall on the treadmill. How anyone can be so certain of that with no witnesses, video, or autopsy report, is beyond me. So now they think it may have been caused by a heart arrhythmia. I hope they come up with a certain cause of death, for his family to know, and his children to be aware of any genetic risks that they might have to watch out for.
I don’t know how you can be sure of anything, with no witnesses or video, until the investigation and the autopsy is complete. Even if something is most likely, the family certainly deserves to know for sure. Especially in places where police corruption is common, I’d want as many investigators looking at it, and as many details as possible.
Presumably blood spatter would help determine if Goldberg fell and struck his head or if he were, say, attacked from behind with an object. That would, of course, assume that they have investigators capable of making these kinds of determinations.
Thank you for sharing Katie Hafner’s letter to Sheryl Sandberg… .what a beautifully written piece. There are no words but my eyes are filled with tears.
Even minor heart attacks carry the risk of causing a fatal arrhythmia, or certainly one which could cause dizziness and a fall. When I heard about this, I wondered if that might have been the case. Of course, one can have arrhythmias which are not caused by heart attacks. Some are exercise induced, and sometimes the first symptom is sudden cardiac death.
Oh good grief. Not everything is a conspiracy. Sometimes, it’s EXACTLY what it looks like.
When I was around 10 I passed out in the shower. No reason why… Didn’t trip or anything just passed out… but I hit my head. Luckily my dad heard it and took me to the er where I got stitches. Nothing like that happened before or since.
People fall. It’s sad, it’s terrible, but it’s life.
I can’t even imagine what she and her children are going through. I’m not sure how old their kids are so I’m not even sure if they can process what happened. I wish them peace.
“Oh good grief. Not everything is a conspiracy. Sometimes, it’s EXACTLY what it looks like.”
Very often, it is exactly what it looks like. However, sometimes it is not what the initial impression would lead one to believe. I would hate to think that police in any country would go the easy route and make simplistic assumptions to make their job easier, or because they are incompetent. No doubt that happens in many places throughout the world.
Bus, I’m normally would advocate for conspiracy theory but I don’t think this is a case. My own brother Coles in the yard at one point and that was years ago. He has never had any health issue after that. My husbands family has a history of arrhythmia too. I think as one ages the problem tends to appear out of nowhere.