Lucas Seehafer
@seehafer.bsky.social
Assistant Professor | Physical Therapist | Sports Science | Kinesiology PhD | Views are my own.
I have never had a student leave my cadaver dissection course without gaining a significant appreciation of the human body. If only that it hammers home that we are all the same on the inside, despite how we look on the outside.
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November 22, 2025 at 9:11 PM
I have never had a student leave my cadaver dissection course without gaining a significant appreciation of the human body. If only that it hammers home that we are all the same on the inside, despite how we look on the outside.
www.smithsonianmag.com/science-natu...
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Cadaver dissection is not gross or disturbing. It's a profoundly emotional and powerful experience, not only for learning but for understanding. You lose some understanding of the human body without it.
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November 22, 2025 at 9:08 PM
Cadaver dissection is not gross or disturbing. It's a profoundly emotional and powerful experience, not only for learning but for understanding. You lose some understanding of the human body without it.
www.smithsonianmag.com/science-natu...
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There's also a profound sense of humanity and what it means to be human when dissecting. The individual who donated their body wanted nothing more than to help students learn, for their body to have meaning in death. That humanity is lost with computers.
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November 22, 2025 at 9:05 PM
There's also a profound sense of humanity and what it means to be human when dissecting. The individual who donated their body wanted nothing more than to help students learn, for their body to have meaning in death. That humanity is lost with computers.
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I teach human anatomy with cadaver dissection and the answer is an emphatic no. It's not that the cadaver is needed to learn the anatomy but it is need to learn how it looks and feels, what it's like to see it inside of a human.
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November 22, 2025 at 9:04 PM
I teach human anatomy with cadaver dissection and the answer is an emphatic no. It's not that the cadaver is needed to learn the anatomy but it is need to learn how it looks and feels, what it's like to see it inside of a human.
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Galen (129-210 AD) was a certified ball-knower
November 20, 2025 at 10:03 PM
Galen (129-210 AD) was a certified ball-knower
Is it because the 49ers got a really good player and the Panthers did not?
November 19, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Is it because the 49ers got a really good player and the Panthers did not?
You can't email me this information unsolicited and then expect me to keep this information embargoed. The American people need to know.
November 18, 2025 at 5:58 PM
You can't email me this information unsolicited and then expect me to keep this information embargoed. The American people need to know.
I'm listening to an audiobook on Galen, an ancient Greek physician from around 150 AD.
Among many roles, he was the "team" doc for the gladiators and often performed muscle repair surgeries and struggled with finding an effective treatment for quad tendinopathy.
There is nothing new under the sun.
Among many roles, he was the "team" doc for the gladiators and often performed muscle repair surgeries and struggled with finding an effective treatment for quad tendinopathy.
There is nothing new under the sun.
November 18, 2025 at 3:57 PM
I'm listening to an audiobook on Galen, an ancient Greek physician from around 150 AD.
Among many roles, he was the "team" doc for the gladiators and often performed muscle repair surgeries and struggled with finding an effective treatment for quad tendinopathy.
There is nothing new under the sun.
Among many roles, he was the "team" doc for the gladiators and often performed muscle repair surgeries and struggled with finding an effective treatment for quad tendinopathy.
There is nothing new under the sun.
I'm not going to pretend like I'm an expert on the negotiations between the U, Fairview, and U doctors, but if you're going to make this argument, you should probably provide some data that backs it up.
www.startribune.com/u-physicians...
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November 18, 2025 at 12:42 AM
I'm not going to pretend like I'm an expert on the negotiations between the U, Fairview, and U doctors, but if you're going to make this argument, you should probably provide some data that backs it up.
www.startribune.com/u-physicians...
www.startribune.com/u-physicians...
I'm here to inform everyone that the sun is at it again. But thanks to the mighty magnetosphere, we survive--nay, thrive!--another day. One day we will overcome the tyranny of Sol.
November 13, 2025 at 2:19 AM
I'm here to inform everyone that the sun is at it again. But thanks to the mighty magnetosphere, we survive--nay, thrive!--another day. One day we will overcome the tyranny of Sol.
The decision to greenlight a return to play very much should not be in the purview of a team owner fwiw
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November 13, 2025 at 2:16 AM
The decision to greenlight a return to play very much should not be in the purview of a team owner fwiw
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I caught a student cheating in one of my classes because the workout program they "wrote" was produced by ChatGPT and I know this because I saw this commercial while watching a Packers game one Sunday.
November 12, 2025 at 7:05 PM
I caught a student cheating in one of my classes because the workout program they "wrote" was produced by ChatGPT and I know this because I saw this commercial while watching a Packers game one Sunday.
I, too, am seeing the result of the Earth getting bombarded by solar radiation that would be otherwise deadly if not for the Earth's magnetosphere
November 12, 2025 at 2:13 AM
I, too, am seeing the result of the Earth getting bombarded by solar radiation that would be otherwise deadly if not for the Earth's magnetosphere
And they say magazine journalism is dead
November 12, 2025 at 1:22 AM
And they say magazine journalism is dead
Repost with an iconic fictional band
November 12, 2025 at 1:11 AM
Repost with an iconic fictional band
"Perfect technique" doesn't exist; "the fundamentals" are not some infallible, cemented concept. Athletes solve movement problems in unique ways (ever wonder why shooting form varies?). Focusing on mastering "ideal" technique does not improve performance.
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November 11, 2025 at 8:50 PM
"Perfect technique" doesn't exist; "the fundamentals" are not some infallible, cemented concept. Athletes solve movement problems in unique ways (ever wonder why shooting form varies?). Focusing on mastering "ideal" technique does not improve performance.
transformingbball.com/why-its-not-...
transformingbball.com/why-its-not-...
The 2-year-old's favorite game is a variant on the classic tea party. It's called "drink milk and eat seafood"
November 10, 2025 at 11:44 PM
The 2-year-old's favorite game is a variant on the classic tea party. It's called "drink milk and eat seafood"
Why is the aurora borealis in pain?
November 7, 2025 at 2:56 AM
Why is the aurora borealis in pain?
When were those? *Buh-dum, tiss*
November 4, 2025 at 9:48 PM
When were those? *Buh-dum, tiss*
I wrote about Festa's thoracic outlet syndrome and Botox injection treatment here and in the comments:
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I suspected Festa's program would look something like the following assuming everything went well. Seems like he's more or less on that track.
twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/...
I suspected Festa's program would look something like the following assuming everything went well. Seems like he's more or less on that track.
November 4, 2025 at 9:21 PM
I wrote about Festa's thoracic outlet syndrome and Botox injection treatment here and in the comments:
twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/...
I suspected Festa's program would look something like the following assuming everything went well. Seems like he's more or less on that track.
twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/...
I suspected Festa's program would look something like the following assuming everything went well. Seems like he's more or less on that track.
One of my favorite endeavors is working closely with the women's soccer team at the college I teach in developing athlete health and performance initiatives. Here's a taste of what it looks like to be a sports scientist.
October 31, 2025 at 7:14 PM
One of my favorite endeavors is working closely with the women's soccer team at the college I teach in developing athlete health and performance initiatives. Here's a taste of what it looks like to be a sports scientist.