{"id":2781,"date":"2007-03-18T17:03:38","date_gmt":"2007-03-18T17:03:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/diyhealth.com\/?p=2781"},"modified":"2014-06-16T08:22:59","modified_gmt":"2014-06-16T08:22:59","slug":"tough-guys-heal-faster","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/drprem.com\/globalhealthcare\/tough-guys-heal-faster","title":{"rendered":"Tough guys heal faster"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\"a“When the going gets tough, the tough gets going”. This is a very old saying and no prizes for guessing about the origin of this idiom. Obviously a tough one must have mouthed his inner most feeling while he quoted the phrase.<\/strong><\/p>\n

But now even science seems to acknowledge the fact that tough persons with masculine tendencies are at an advantage when it comes to healing an injury<\/strong> or speeding up the recovery process.<\/p>\n

Glenn Good<\/strong> of the University of Missouri, Columbia <\/strong>and his colleagues examined a group of 50 middle-aged rural white men who had experienced traumatic brain and spinal cord injuries.<\/p>\n

With the help of questionnaires that measured the degree of masculinity and some specific gender related roles, the study team was able to come to a conclusion that the man-of-steel mentality can boost and speed up a guy’s recovery from a serious and\/or traumatic injury possibly.<\/strong><\/p>

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Based on this study the team of scientists have come to a conclusion that an inner narrative is the engine behind the boost in health and the tough guys win this situation because of their die-hard attitude.<\/p>\n

Though the team believes that negative effects of increased masculinity is not ruled out as the ‘injured tough guys’ <\/strong>in question might refrain from seeking psychological help from their women partners, whom they consider as subjects to be ruled upon, which may prove detrimental to their health.<\/p>\n

And therefore the scientists encourage psychotherapy along with traditional methods of healing. As Good wrote in his report:<\/p>\n

Therapists trying to help men recover from serious injuries could encourage men’s masculine tendency to seek success but discourage them from believing it’s appropriate to exert power over women.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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