It's been confirmed (already suspected in this thread) that the female tennis player allowed a TUE by the ITF for the anabolic steroid DHEA was Bethanie Mattik-Sands (before WADA stepped in and quashed it).
In this light, I thought it'd be interesting to revisit the 2016 Australian Open during which Bethanie and other players (Djokovic, Murray, Raonic, Ivanovic, Isner, Sock, and the Bryans), visited a Melbourne clinic providing hyperbaric oxygen (HBO) therapy. The clinic in question offers this service, and claims to assist athletes with 'athletic recovery and performance'. The players even had their pics feature on the front page of Hypermed's website! (The pictures of Raonic, Murray and Ivanovic have since been removed, but I recall seeing them).
http://www.hypermed.com.au/home
http://www.wsj.com/articles/tennis-players-get-an-oxygen-fix-1454023796
HBO therapy is not prohibited by WADA, but scientific evidence for its efficacy in sports medicine is limited at best. It's not medically approved for sports injuries by the FDA, nor by Australian regulatory authorities, as far as I can tell.
The clinic is run by Malcolm Hooper, a former chiropracter whose license was suspended for two years in 2013 after a dispute with a former cerebral palsy patient who allegedly paid the clinic ~40K AUD for therapies with no proven benefit. Hooper was also investigated as part of the Aussie rules football supplement scandal, since the football players in question allegedly used his clinic.
Hooper's Hypermed website used to feature AOD-9604, which is on the WADA prohibited list. It still mentions Thymosin, which is also banned by WADA.
http://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/afl/essendons-chiropractor-charged-disabled-patient-45000-for-unproven-treatments/story-fni5ezdm-1226657449801
Maybe the tennis players were gullible and viewed HBO as a "copper bracelet/cure my rheumatism" kind-of-thing. Maybe they knew that HBO genuinely enhanced their performance (and it is legal). Maybe. Personally, I'm unconvinced.
Anytime I see wealthy, elite athletes queuing-up at these quasi-medical clinics, I shudder. Makes me think of The Guyer institute, Biogenesis, and Dr Bonar....... They have access to the best legitimate sports medicine in the world. So why on earth are they going there?
Looking into the people involved in the Hypermed clinic makes me even more uneasy (http://www.hypermed.com.au/team).
Jack Bolshinsky is FB friends with Arthur Staroselsky... Dr Staroselsky is a cosmetic dermatologist who practices in Canada and who linked this on his FB page:
http://www.worldhealth.net/news/Symptoms-of-Adrenal-Fatigue-and-natural-Remedies/#.V9dXXn4bVvc.facebook
"Adrenal fatigue is not just a disorder that high-end athletes get"
The link finishes with a solution for 'adrenal fatigue' (whatever that is)........ to the anabolic steroid DHEA
Which brings us right back to........Our friend BMS!
In this light, I thought it'd be interesting to revisit the 2016 Australian Open during which Bethanie and other players (Djokovic, Murray, Raonic, Ivanovic, Isner, Sock, and the Bryans), visited a Melbourne clinic providing hyperbaric oxygen (HBO) therapy. The clinic in question offers this service, and claims to assist athletes with 'athletic recovery and performance'. The players even had their pics feature on the front page of Hypermed's website! (The pictures of Raonic, Murray and Ivanovic have since been removed, but I recall seeing them).
http://www.hypermed.com.au/home
http://www.wsj.com/articles/tennis-players-get-an-oxygen-fix-1454023796
HBO therapy is not prohibited by WADA, but scientific evidence for its efficacy in sports medicine is limited at best. It's not medically approved for sports injuries by the FDA, nor by Australian regulatory authorities, as far as I can tell.
The clinic is run by Malcolm Hooper, a former chiropracter whose license was suspended for two years in 2013 after a dispute with a former cerebral palsy patient who allegedly paid the clinic ~40K AUD for therapies with no proven benefit. Hooper was also investigated as part of the Aussie rules football supplement scandal, since the football players in question allegedly used his clinic.
Hooper's Hypermed website used to feature AOD-9604, which is on the WADA prohibited list. It still mentions Thymosin, which is also banned by WADA.
http://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/afl/essendons-chiropractor-charged-disabled-patient-45000-for-unproven-treatments/story-fni5ezdm-1226657449801
Maybe the tennis players were gullible and viewed HBO as a "copper bracelet/cure my rheumatism" kind-of-thing. Maybe they knew that HBO genuinely enhanced their performance (and it is legal). Maybe. Personally, I'm unconvinced.
Anytime I see wealthy, elite athletes queuing-up at these quasi-medical clinics, I shudder. Makes me think of The Guyer institute, Biogenesis, and Dr Bonar....... They have access to the best legitimate sports medicine in the world. So why on earth are they going there?
Looking into the people involved in the Hypermed clinic makes me even more uneasy (http://www.hypermed.com.au/team).
Jack Bolshinsky is FB friends with Arthur Staroselsky... Dr Staroselsky is a cosmetic dermatologist who practices in Canada and who linked this on his FB page:
http://www.worldhealth.net/news/Symptoms-of-Adrenal-Fatigue-and-natural-Remedies/#.V9dXXn4bVvc.facebook
"Adrenal fatigue is not just a disorder that high-end athletes get"
The link finishes with a solution for 'adrenal fatigue' (whatever that is)........ to the anabolic steroid DHEA
Which brings us right back to........Our friend BMS!