I figured we'd make a general to ask injury/health related questions, and perhaps any medfags lurking can answer them for us.
So I twisted my ankle pretty badly two days ago, and now I'm able to successfully limp on it so I'm thinking of hitting the gym again tomorrow since I can walk for the most part. How long should I wait on hitting legs? Also does anyone know how to cope with tendonitis in the elbow?
Pic semi-related I guess.
Have had plantar fasciitis for a week or so now on my left heel. I think I got it from overdoing my cardio. When the fuck can I start walkin/running without pain again?
anyone have any experience with long head bicep tendon tear? i did it while benching and i cant train chest/shoulders now, how long for recovery? physio said 6 weeks
go to a foot doctor and get insoles. they help with certain foot imbalances and can help with plantar fascitis
can you squat your body weight without hurting yet? can you deadlift your body weight with no pain yet? if no, don't hit legs until you can. training thru injury leads to further injury. I had knee tendinitis in my sophomore year of HS through wrestling season. I worked through it, but it got worse, so bad to the point where I couldnt do an air squat by the end of the season. I took 2 weeks of just sleeping it off, and it healed. rest time for injuries helps you recover faster
My gf was recently diagnosed with two bulging discs in her back and arthritis. She's 28 and plays softball and does cardio regularly and very light and sporadic weight lifting/resistance training. Weighs about 120. I am having a hard time accepting this. Is there any way that the doc is full of shit and just trying to scam her out of money or something? How serious are bulging discs? Are they just something that are common and many people have but nobody realizes until they get an MRI or are they debilitating? We live in america and have good insurance. Medfags have any advice at all would be much appreciated.
6 weeks for a tendon tear? I guess it depends on the size and severity but my hamstring tear took more like 6 months, and its still not as strong as before.
Im willing to bet everyone who has seriously lifted (squat and deads) has a herniated disc, bulges are a bit rarer though. The thing with back injuries is you wont feel it until it gets serious and starts pinching nerves. After i got a disc bulge i had scans done and it turned out i had 3 other injuries that went unnoticed. Best advice is to not fukin lift or stretch through it, you'd think strengthening your glutes and core would help but it only exasperated it for me and now the pain is permanent.
If you haven't already, get it evaluated by an orthopedic doctor and begin proper physical therapy.
Did the doc tell you which discs are fucked?
That's actually who diagnosed her. She got dicked around by her family doctor for probably more than a year and got told to do stretches and cross her fingers and wait it out and stuff, and she went to a chiropractor on her own but that didn't help either. Her doc finally referred her to an orthopedic specialist and he gave her xrays and MRIs and came to the conclusion that she had two bulging discs and osteoarthritis. I forget which discs but upper back below the shoulder blades right next to one another surrounding the spine. He prescribed her some kind of hardcore antinflammatories and she's starting physical therapy soon.
I believe the discs but how the fuck do you diagnose somebody with arthritis in their twenties with xrays and MRIs? He basically did it off of the description of her symptoms. And I don't know, I'm scared for her and shit if it's true. Is that something they can be wrong about?
In my opinion, an X-ray and MRI is a pretty good way to figure out a diagnosis two bulging discs.. so that part may be true..
Tough say on Osteoarthritis though.. X-rays can determine them but I do think there might be something wrong, especially if she's 28 and was very active..
Go to a second doctor for a second opinion if you are so inclined, but I'd do an orthopedic massage and possible spinal decompression if I were you.
My neck randomly started hurting 2 days after training back, and it has been 5 days now and it is still sore to turn my head in any direction.
Been going to the sauna every day and its helped but it's still sore. Would I be okay to go to the gym and just go light / dont hit back or legs? I dont know wtf I Did, didn't feel any pain while at the gym.
Thanks bro
I completely fucked my back up with bad squats as a kid.
Was in complete agony for nearly a month.
If I didn't actually build so much ridiculous ab strength and knew how to lift to minimize strain on my back I'd be fucked forever.
That and my interest in various forms of esoteric forms of physical training and soft and hard martial arts training styles.
But my back sometimes goes out if I lift things wrong.
I've heard that HGH can help heal things like a strained back and wondered if there was any truth to that.
Can anyone confirm.
It can't, but it does help with mild tendon damage
Shit.
I heard that it was a fucking miracle cure.
4 years ago I fell sideways on my right shoulder, ever since then if I try to use it with to much strength with my arm above my head I re-injure it. This happens every few months.
Shattered tibia+fibula nearly 2 years ago
Still have 8 screws and a plate holding it all together
Occasional pain, especially when running or walking long distances
why the fuck do the screws go all the way through and poke out of your bones? Isn't that bad?
Not sure if it's bad for me, the tissue would have healed around them and it's not like they move at all.
Question for a surgeon I suppose.
Fractured my scapula when I was 14 (12 years ago) and dislocated my shoulder, never noticed any limitations until I started lifting.
Basically I get some pain when doing OHP and my shoulder mobility is poor enough that I struggle to get the bar into position when doing squats, what should I do?
Will the pain dissipate the stronger my shoulders get? It's been 12 years, they're not going to get any more healed than they are now.
My triceps are very sore (feels torn) from doing bench a week ago to the extent where I struggle with a few push ups. I'm new to lifting but I'm convinced its an injury of sort but not sure how long I should wait before I go back to doing bench/dips/OHP as I dont want to put more strain on the muscle and want it to recover properly.
What do!?
Bulging disks are actually a very natural occurrence with aging. Its not unlike your skin losing elasticity with age. If every adult got an MRI right now, a very high percentage of people would have at least one. Surgery should really only be considered if its a severe herniation impinging nerves, because in the long run it going to affect the other spinal joints above and below and cause pain again down the road and lead to more surgery (its a slippery slope). Physical therapy is the best way to treat bulging and sometimes even herniated discs that are actually the cause of pain. Often if an individual gets an MRI for back pain the bulging discs gets called the culprit, when actually there is a different underlying issue that's the root cause. Physical therapists are specialists in the pathology of movement. When you have an injury that isn't an obvious broken bone, they're going to be able to tell you what's wrong, and if you even need medical imaging. Saves you money in the long run and actually treats the root cause of pain.
My knees hurt when going up stairs, sometimes down too. MRI said I have patellofemoral syndrome.
I've been reading, turns out the vastus medialis (the teardrop of the quad) can't be isolated and the best exercises are hip external rotation and hip adduction. Anybody been through this?
Ibuprofen and heat/ice (which ever makes it feel better if the appropriate treatment. Usually with swelling=ice. With muscle tightness/pain=heat). Let it rest for a week and then ease into light tricep movements (cable extensions, ect) to test how it feels and progress from there. If little to no pain, move up in intensity. If no change in pain, let it rest another week. If some reduction of pain, keep doing light movements until it improves. Can you identify a moment when you were lifting where you were like "Okay, may have injured that," or was it gradual onset?
Over pronation of your feet could be a cause. Or an imbalance of the lateral thigh muscles to medial thigh muscles. It could be over tightness of abductors and not necessarily weakness in adductors. Or weakness in gluetus medius (responsible for internally rotating leg when knee is flexed. Externally rotating leg when knee is extended). Its probably a combination of 1 or more of these imbalances that's causing your pain. Take time to address these individually (often though a lot of exercise addressing 1 will also naturally address another). Stretching lateral thigh muscles, strengthening/reactivating gluteus medius (often an overlooked muscle that can be the trouble maker for a lot of different pain), strengthening adductors, and exercises to correct foot pronation. Go light to retrain proper utilization of these muscles (so the bigger/more developed ones don't play hero and take over). 3 to 5 sets of 15 to 20 reps. Pay a lot of attention to form. If it causes pain, back off more in weight/reps. Some pain is ok, but if it pisses it off that's more of a sign you're trying too much.