Submitted for your inspection: Phil Raschker’s innards
 Bone scan of W60 world champion Phil Raschker.
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Now for something completely different: Phil Raschker’s bones. More specifically, three bone scans done as part of Amanda Mittleman’s master’s thesis research at Long Beach State University near Los Angeles. Phil volunteered the images and writes: “When I was out in California before Thanksgiving, I did the study with Amanda and highly recommend it to anyone. Especially if they are in driving distance, they should not miss this FREE opportunity.” Among other things, we learn that Phil’s body fat is in the bottom 4 percent of her age group, she’s in little danger of suffering osteoporosis, and her hips aren’t perfectly symmetrical.
 Phil Raschker’s interior, No. 2.
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 Phil Raschker’s interior, No. 3.
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5 Responses
Since when did body fat
contribute to osteoporosis?
First time I’ve heard that
and I’ve had bone scans.And
also what does it matter if
hips are not perfectly
symetrical?Except one hip is higher than the other??
from what i gather, there is no mention of body fat contributing to osteoporosis, and no negativity insinuated while scientifically reporting her asymetrical hips.my mother had similar body fat naturally(she wasn’t a runner) and had osteoporosis.i think the study is a great idea. anytime we can inspect and measure the human machine we can document our findings to pass to another to compare. i do it by documenting my times and distances.maybe my future generations will show up at the antique road show new york city 2070 and have a collection of my track stuff. shoes…medals…etc. and the thing that will make the “package” worth the big dough will be the results…good or bad,…it’s all in the results
It is interesting that she can perform at such a high level without her hips being symmetrical.
Actually, everyone’s right and left hips are slightly different. One will usually have a tiny bit more bone mineral density (BMD). I think that’s kind of interesting.
I’m Amanda, the thesis student whose research Phil and several other amazing athletes from the Master’s Track web site have participated in. I have to say that I am really fortunate to have received the opportunity to work with the amazing women I’ve met through this web site…..thank you all! Thank you Phil for posting your results on this blog.
I am still looking for about 10 more female, postmenopausal athletes for my study. So, I hope that some more athletes see this blog and are interested in participating in my study….you will receive the results from your DEXA scan and Body Composition test (DEXA is the top of the line body comp and BMD test available today)the day of your test. And it only takes 30 minutes or less for the whole appointment. So, if anyone who reads this blog is interested please feel free to e-mail or call me anytime to set up an appointment for your DEXA scan. There is a questionnaire that you fill out before your appointment but I can e-mail or send it to you in the mail after you contact me.
Thanks again Phil for posting your results (they are truely impressive–I hope I’m not embarrassing you!)
Also, Thank you Ken for all of your support including–posting the information for my thesis on the Mastertrack website and blog in October and again in January as well.
My e-mail is mandamitt@yahoo.com and my cell phone number is (562) 682-7657
Thank you all for reading this blog and hopefully I’ll hear from some more of you soon! Thanks! Amanda
Phyllis, it may matter to an athlete if the hips are not symmetrical. A physio remarked that my hips are asymmetrical and I know it is not osteoporosis. When I do the Long Jump, I end up dangerously close to the right edge of the pit – almost out of it. I finally got around to measuring this yesterday and found that I lose some 15 cm by jumping diagonally. I will now try to compensate for it. Does anyone else have this “jumping diagonally” problem?
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