Posts Tagged ‘science’

Direct Primary Care: The Key to a Better Patient Experience?

Tuesday, September 5th, 2023
Direct Primary Care scientist in a lab

While booking an appointment with the doctor two days prior and hardly getting 10 minutes per appointment, you may end up feeling like a better patient experience is the last thing they care about. It is more likely to be true than false as the one thing all these big corporations care about is money. Luckily, now we are not bound to the traditional healthcare systems and corporate hospitals. A relatively new healthcare model is introduced Direct Primary Care.

In this post, we will examine how direct primary care prioritizes the patient experience and health.

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Does Your Grip on a Baseball Bat Affect the Trajectory of the Ball?

Sunday, June 27th, 2010

Baseball Grip StrengthI saw this nifty little video on ESPN today about the effect of your grip on the trajectory of a baseball. Nomar Garciaparra gets wired up with electrodes to conduct this experiment. He used to be a pretty good ball player.

Essentially what happens, is this:

  • Pitcher throws the ball. In this experiment it is a 90 MPH pitch.
  • Bat comes in contact with the ball. Nomar swings the bat 67 MPH.
  • Shockwaves from the contact between bat and ball travel down the bat to the hands.
  • Some shockwaves are reflected and bounce back up the bat towards the ball.
  • The ball leaves bat before shockwaves bounce back.
  • Therefore your grip on a bat doesn’t directly influence the trajectory of the ball when hit.
  • … with a couple possible exceptions.

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