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07-12-2007, 03:56 PM
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Join Date: Oct 2006
Location: DC
Posts: 233
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Lifting with a concussion
Please help me not lie to my darling hubby-
Some idiot ran a red light and hit me a few days ago. I'm not physically sore anymore, but my doc put me on 10 days worth of muscle relaxers and ibuprofen. I do have a mild concussion though and a persistent minor headache.
The cabin fever and bedrest are making me pretty crazy, so I came to the gym with the promise that I wouldn't lift (heavy).
So I've kept my C&J and snatches to only 100 pounds. Hubby's ticked and says "take it easy" means no lifting.
Of course, this dispute happened after doc's office is closed and I need to figure out what to say to him. I feel better after lifting now, but has anyone got something that backs up my position? A concussion shouldn't mean I can't lift anything- right?
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07-12-2007, 04:43 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Dec 2006
Location: PNW
Posts: 1,736
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muscle relaxers and lifting......Hmmmm
say it to yourself outloud..Muscle Relaxers/Weightlifting.....
One more time......
Side effect of concussions (trust me,I've had lots) loss of focus, dizzyness, proprioceptive disruptions, sudden loss of visual accuity, weakness in extremities, loss of fine motor control....
say these outloud..
then say weightlifting.......
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07-12-2007, 05:05 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Nov 2006
Posts: 3,600
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Cabin fever for 10 days is better than a lifetime of living with a f'd up head.....rest....taken from someone who has had their share of concussions...something about a swelled brain...increasing blood flow...more pressure on a bruised organ that you may want to keep for the years to come....
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07-12-2007, 05:11 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Feb 2007
Location: Lino Lakes, MN
Posts: 327
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Drag the hubby to the rack and rastle for 10 days. That ought to shut him up
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07-12-2007, 09:58 PM
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Member
Join Date: Oct 2006
Location: In an area wrought with sailing enthusiasts.
Posts: 27
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What could possibly go wrong?
-D.
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07-13-2007, 04:00 AM
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Member
Join Date: Oct 2006
Location: DC
Posts: 233
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Oh...
Perhaps this is the confusion that my doc mentioned could happen.
So, I'll just take it easy. I'll be at a spa week with my girlfriends next week, so I'll just make a point of getting a massage everyday and not exerting myself.
Thanks folks.
Who knew- husbands can be right on occasion?!?!?
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07-13-2007, 04:02 AM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Oct 2006
Location: Charleston, SC
Posts: 4,244
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Jamila Bey
Who knew- husbands can be right on occasion?!?!?
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Must...bite...tongue...
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"And for crying out loud. Don't go into the pain cave. I can't stress this enough. Your Totem Animal won't be in there to help you. You'll be on your own. The Pain Cave is for cowards.
Pain is your companion, don't go hide from it."
-Kelly Starrett
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07-13-2007, 06:47 AM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Oct 2006
Posts: 1,288
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One of the things some bodybuilders do to enhance recovery is to take muscle relaxers AFTER a hardcore session.
I don't know if this works or not.
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07-14-2007, 08:18 AM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Oct 2006
Posts: 1,445
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Dan Silver
What could possibly go wrong?
-D.
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Zactly...calm the hell down sister. Walking only for like a week.
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"Survival will be neither to the strongest of the species, nor to the most intelligent, but to those most adaptable to change."
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07-14-2007, 05:03 PM
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Administrator
Join Date: Oct 2006
Posts: 1,609
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suck it up. i don't trauma from trouble brain have any lasting
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