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https://www.patreon.com/scibodytherapy Josh Cottle is an online anatomy educator and science communicator. He owns and operates SCI Body Therapy as a hub for continuing education for both medical professionals and community based programs.

01/11/2026

Cannabis use can increase the risk of miscarriage. Smoking to***co and va**ng have similar effects.

Breast implant calcification is one of those slow-burn, cellular soap operas where your immune system plays both detecti...
01/11/2026

Breast implant calcification is one of those slow-burn, cellular soap operas where your immune system plays both detective and demolition crew. It is not the implant “turning to stone.” It is your body quietly wallpapering it with minerals.

When any foreign object is placed in the body, including silicone or saline implants, the immune system immediately builds a fibrous capsule around it. Think of this as biological shrink-wrap made of collagen and fibroblasts. That capsule is alive, vascularized, and constantly remodeled.

Over years, especially decades, that capsule can undergo chronic low-grade inflammation. Macrophages keep bumping into the implant surface. Fibroblasts keep laying down collagen. Tiny areas of cell death appear in the capsule. And wherever dead or stressed tissue exists, calcium loves to show up.

That process is called dystrophic calcification.

It is the same thing that makes old scars, damaged heart valves, atherosclerotic plaques, or long-healed TB lesions turn chalky. The blood calcium level is normal. The tissue is what is abnormal.

The implant itself does not calcify. The scar capsule around it does.

Three main forces drive this.

#1 Time.

Calcification is rare in the first decade and increasingly common after 15 to 30 years. Many studies find visible calcium in more than half of implants over 20 years old.

#2 Mechanical irritation.

Implants move with every breath, every arm swing, every workout. That constant micro-friction irritates the capsule. Textured implants, in particular, create more micro-trauma and inflammation than smooth ones.

#3 Leakage and biofilm.

Even “intact” silicone implants slowly bleed microscopic silicone molecules. This is called gel bleed. The immune system reacts to it. Bacteria can also form thin biofilms on implant surfaces that never cause infection but keep the immune system switched on.

Chronic inflammation plus dying cells plus calcium in blood equals mineral deposition.

The calcium deposits start as dust. Over years they become gritty, then chalky, then sometimes rigid plates. On mammograms they can look like cancer, which is why very old implants complicate breast imaging.

Importantly, this is not rare, not mysterious, and not dangerous by itself. It is simply the biology of foreign materials living inside mammals for decades.

Just in case you missed it. If you think ICE was justified in shooting Renee Nicole Good, you’re not welcome in this cla...
01/10/2026

Just in case you missed it. If you think ICE was justified in shooting Renee Nicole Good, you’re not welcome in this classroom.

I suggest Self Deporting.

You don’t want to be exposed to a liberal education and I don’t want to teach a bunch of boot licking simpletons. 😁

I will not support a menace like ICE. And I will not provide a place for people to laugh at an innocent woman being gunned down by government agents.

And know that death threats and threats of violence toward my family, will be documented and turned into my local police department.

Just a little update, turns out it is Influenza A. Two consecutive positive tests (read correctly this time).Spiked a fe...
01/05/2026

Just a little update, turns out it is Influenza A. Two consecutive positive tests (read correctly this time).

Spiked a fever of 105 (no,I don’t recommend this unless you have a nurse in the house like I do). It was managed quickly and safely with ibuprofen and plenty of cool fluids.

Woke up to absolutely soaked sheets (not the good kind 😉). Fever broke during the night. Still feeling like garbage, but not on fire anymore.

Spoke to my doctor and got recommendations for some reassurnce and instruction self management.

A note of fevers:

IN ADULTS anything over 103.5f needs to be monitored closely. 104f should absolutely be treated. 105f especially if it does not respond to medication is an emergency.

105.8 is called hyperpyrexia your organs are now in danger.

107-108 is where brain damage begins. This type of fever is uncommon from infections.

I know many of you were concerned about sepsis. I didn’t have any of the other symptoms but was ready to head to the ER if the need to arose. Or I should say my amazing wife would take me there.

Thank you all for your concern and comments. You really are the best and most caring classroom!

I’m going to blame feeling like hot garbage for misreading the test. Thanks to the quick witted folks in the class I got...
01/04/2026

I’m going to blame feeling like hot garbage for misreading the test. Thanks to the quick witted folks in the class I got good news instead of bad.

Sadly, even tho it’s not those nasties I’m still going to be lying low for a bit.

Thank you for catching my error. And soothing my mind. ☺️

Sadly my space marines got ambushed, BUT they are still nuking the site from orbit.

01/03/2026

Death grip syndrome is a condition where the nerve endings of the p***s are desensitized or damaged due to aggressive self-care.

This 1880s medical illustration shows a rare congenital variation of the reproductive tract called a bicornuate uterus w...
01/02/2026

This 1880s medical illustration shows a rare congenital variation of the reproductive tract called a bicornuate uterus with a bifid (double) va**na. Instead of forming one unified cavity, the uterus develops as two horned chambers, and the va**nal canal may be divided as well.

Physicians of the time were still mapping these anatomical surprises, trying to understand fertility, pregnancy risk, and surgical options with the tools they had. It’s a reminder that human anatomy isn’t a single blueprint so much as a whole library of fascinating drafts.

01/02/2026

Activities that can damage (or worse) the p***s.

01/01/2026

Where is the G-**ot? Time for some controversial reproductive anatomy.

12/31/2025

Will taking testosterone give you a plethora of p***s?

Did you accomplish your goals this year? I did pretty well this year. 😁
12/30/2025

Did you accomplish your goals this year? I did pretty well this year. 😁

12/30/2025

Some backdoor s*x education. A**l reflexes can get you in trouble.

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The Why of SCI

Many ask why I went into massage therapy. While that answer is complicated, it has a lot to do with being able to help my wife. She injured her back at work, and it was supposed to be a quick fix, easy peezy. She was young, active, and healthy.

What followed was nearly a decade of, doctors, surgeries, PT, OT, a laundry list of medications, alternative treatments, painful procedures, blatant quackery from both western and alternative medicine. At multiple points, both my wife and I seemed to be at the end of our respective ropes. The experience tried our relationship in every possible way.

In the end, it was the integrative approach of Mayo Clinic’s Pain Clinic that brought her back. I can still remeber the first day I saw her dancing again. It made me cry. It was wonderful. It’s certainly wasn’t easy and we learned that with chromic pain there is no “cure”.