"Paul \"Mr.Wonderful\" Orndorff"
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>>Paul "Mr.Wonderful" Orndorff [email hidden]> wrote:
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>>>>Paul "Mr.Wonderful" Orndorff [email hidden]> wrote:
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>>>>>I hurt myself doing military press with dumbbells on Wednesday. It
>>>>>was with heavy enough weights that I was only able to do 2 reps.
>>>>>The first one went fine but I really had to force the second rep
>>>>>and I think I arched backward too much. I definitelyt felt a
>>>>>slight strain just below my rib cage and there is a little
>>>>>tightness in my sternum area.
>>>>>
>>>>>Does this sound like anything serious?
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>>>>It's probably a toomah. Or an alien. Don't eat salad with Sigourney
>>>>Weaver and you should be safe.
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>>>>>My biggest fear would be a hernia of some sort but hopefully its
>>>>>not one as it doesnt hurt much and there wasnt any tearing sounds
>>>>>or anything like that. Could I have just strained a muscle or
>>>>>maybe pulled a small muscle under the rib cage?
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>>>>No. That would be a common and obvious thing. That NEVER **EVER**
>>>>happens. It's far more likely to be a toomah.
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>>>>>Anyone have anything simmilar happen while doing military press?
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>>>>Yes. They rested and allowed themselves time to heal before doing
>>>>heavy overhead presses again and their toomahs went away. One did
>>>>eat salad with Sigourney Weaver and ended up in a scene from a late
>>>>70's movie.
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>>>Ummm... thanks, I guess.
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>>Sorry, it's an MFW tradition :-) Noone here can do anything more than
>>speculate as to what's wrong. I mean, it could be an aortic aneurism
>>about to burst for all we know. Then again, it's probably just a
>>pulled muscle or a sprained rib joint (where it meets the sternum).
>>Doing maximum singles (that second rep doesn't count because you
>>broke form, and hence got injured) isn't such a good idea unless it's
>>a planned part of your training program. I both agree and disagree
>>with that last statement.
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>>Cheers,
>>
>>Ari
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> Thanks, I appreciate that. It wasn't bothering me much at all untill
> me and my cousin started talking about the possibility of a hernia
> and my hypochondriac self started obsessing about it. Maybe this is a
> good excuse to take a full week off and start a cycle of HST. I'm
> definitely goingto take your advice about singles, they're out.
>
>
Dude if you REALLY suspect that you've popped a bit of your stomach up
to the wrong side of your diaphragm, then go see a doctor. If I recall
correctly, though, that's pretty much the only type of hernia you need
worry about in that region (and it's internal, not under the skin),
unless you've completely ripped through two layers of muscle, and I
would imagine there'd be no questions in your mind about being really
hurt if that happened. If you popped something out near your lower
abdomen, then that's a different type of hernia in a known weak spot
for men, but from what I understand you to be saying, your soreness is
on the opposite side of the abdomen, right?
cheers,
Ari
If the pain is really over the sternum, i.e. the bone, then you
probably strained something minor. If it's between the bottom of your
sternum and your navel, it could be a hernia. I popped one there doing
[censored] pulls. The good news is it's pretty minor as hernias go. Feel
around and see if there is a lump--if there is see if you can massage
it out of existance. If there isn't just monitor it--mine didn't become
noticeable for a few weeks, I think.
Hugh
There is no lump as far as I can tell. It's been 4 days and it doesn't
hurt anymore. If it were a hernia, would the discomfort just go away on
its own?
So it is in the upper abdomen, not over the bone?
I am not a doctor, but FWIW: Yes, the discomfort might well just go away
on its own. I popped mine in September and didn't get it looked at until
the following January--I only know when I started it because I made a note
in my log. I didn't have a lump right away--I noticed it later, massaged
it, it went away, didn't come back for a while--noticed it again after
pullups, massaged it away again--came back--finally decided to go in.
So even if it's a hernia you can probably afford to ignore it until you
get a lump or pain that bothers you.
But it might just be a muscle or tendon strain. You can probably afford
just to take it easy and see what develops.
Unless it's a toomah.
Hugh
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Run like hell and let the clowns deal with the bull.
