SPORTS & WORKOUT INJURIES

[Wyld]

 

was doing some backreading

 

girl, that has gotta hurt

 

 

 

It did hurt.

 

Now though, its gotten numb ... but the indentation in the muscle caused by the impact of the plates on it is still there...

[QueenGoddess]

nothng broken?

well, all kewl then

[gift_of_game]

miss, the more appropriate term in the Philippine setting is actually "neglect" not "evade".

peeps don't evade surgery, they neglect their injuries and illnesses and opt not too consult, much more get procedures done.

you'll be surprised at how many people are wandering around with gimpy knees, or worse, tumors as big as their heads.

 

anyhow, about my friend, yeah he could still walk around and get through the day-to-day grind.

but he refrained from engaging in sports after that.

the knee itself looked funny (looked way too different from the healthy knee) and occasionally gave him trouble, primarily in the form of pain and tightness (the joint's likely arthritic already; this was bound to happen anyway).

 

^^^

 

well

did he still play with it?

 

just curious

how he managed to

evade surgery that long

Edited August 27, 2008 by gift_of_game

[QueenGoddess]

well

can i ask an honest

question or something

 

how can you know

if you have some knee ligament

torn or damaged

without getting an xray or

mri

 

are there any quick

diagnotics or tests

to know if an injury exists

 

i mean, say, if i flex my

knee at a certain degree

and feel a shooting pain

do i know quickly know

what specific ligament did i tear

[gift_of_game]

there's a whole set of "manual" exams for that which have proven to be fairly reliable over the years.

however, I would recommend that you consult with your orthopedic surgeon to be sure.

they can usually tell a good knee from a bad one off the bat.

[QueenGoddess]

thanks doc

you're a nice guy

after all

[complicated8]

ankles are brittle and don't heal particularly well.

for really bad, bad sprains, we can't really expect to get the same level of function afterward.

it's just the nature of the beast.

 

as for complicated8's knee, I hope that you're following the Shawne Merriman case (although obviously, he's got it worse...PCL palang katay na).

the problem with knee injuries like that is that joint stability is obviously compromised.

it won't bother you as much now (I actually had a classmate whose torn ACL was neglected from high school through college...his knee looked a bit weird, even funny) but it will be an even bigger issue down the road.

 

thanks, sir. So far, from the back of my knee - the most injury prone part is the inner part of the front knee.

 

I'm just waiting for the right time to have it fixed coz the knee never feels a hundred percent.

[diggnation]

slightly torn ACL from basketball .. takot ako sa surgery!

[complicated8]

mas takot ako sa rehab time than the surgery.... it's too long...

[gift_of_game]

good and very important point.

repair/reconstruction is just half of the equation.

as one of my favorite teachers said once, even if we successfully repair everything and make it good as new, if the patient flounders in rehab, the prospects are going to be bleak. if the patient ends up quitting rehab altogether, that practically renders the procedure futile.

 

it's one thing to restore structural stability---that part is actually easy as procedures and protocols have been fine-tuned over the years.

regaining function and retraining yourself to do all the the things you once did with perfect ease, now that's tough, tough work.

 

it's really your call.

kung gusto, madaming paraan.

kung ayaw, madaming dahilan.

 

mas takot ako sa rehab time than the surgery.... it's too long...

[gladiator00]

marami na akong dislocated joints, lahat hilot lng...

meron isang time, sabi ng manghihilot, ibabalik ko sya in 3 counts ha, 1.....2.. CRACK!!!!!! arayyyy!!!!

[complicated8]

sabi nga nung doctor - pag-isipan ko daw muna if I really want it coz it's an expensive procedure. I just wish it happened while I was still employed. Now, that am not. the cost of surgery is really tough a lot of people daw don't go thru surgery but you have to give up sports. maybe it's time to give it up. yung arthritis... maybe it's inevitable.

 

So baka sa Wii na lang ako mag-sports hehehe.

 

I'm playing hurt and not really able to do the things I used to. I just wish I was paid to play then I would really go for surgery.

 

will try the hilot route.

 

i saw that football player you mentioned is going to get some work done on his knees and will be out for 3 months yata.

Edited October 26, 2008 by complicated8

[gift_of_game]

Merriman had it a bit worse as PCL repairs tend to be much more tricky.

it's still beyond me why San Diego's medical staff gave him the go-signal to play the first game of the season despite four separate, independent consults with specialists across the country which told him to quit football for the meantime and work his way back to health.

the macho football culture probably got in the way.

[machototoy]

when i was doing my shoulder press, may tumunog sa upper right part ng back ko. it hurted for mga 3 days.

 

every time nagbabakestball ako ngayon sumasakit siya kahit konti lang.

 

anong injury po kaya ito? mga doc help naman po..

[player61014]

bro try to rest for 3 days or a week.. bka pagod lng yan.. or cguro more stretching pa..