Back Injury

[[old] csabour]

so last week i pulled my back during my 12k piece<br /><br />it turns out that i was severly dehydrated + 12k of rowing = pulled muscle and really really stiff back.<br /><br />I felt the symptoms of dehydration... cold feeling, cramping hands and stomach. however i ignored them, or atleast didn't treat the symptoms with enough respect and now i cant do a proper stroke.<br /><br />so i got back from the sport medicine man and he wrote me a note to see a physiotherapy clinic and im told to avoid running and rowing for the next 2 weeks. which isn't so cool because my goal was to peak for the november erg test when rowing canada will be accepting entries.

[[old] Mark Keating]

<!--QuoteBegin-csabour+Nov 3 2005, 05:13 PM--><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><div class='genmed'><b>QUOTE(csabour @ Nov 3 2005, 05:13 PM)</b></div></td></tr><tr><td class='quote'><!--QuoteEBegin--> so last week i pulled my  back during my 12k piece<br /><br />it turns out that i was severly dehydrated + 12k of rowing = pulled muscle and really really stiff back.<br /><br />I felt the symptoms of dehydration... cold feeling, cramping hands and stomach.  however i ignored them, or atleast didn't treat the symptoms with enough respect and now i cant do a proper stroke.<br /><br />so i got back from the sport medicine man and he wrote me a note to see a physiotherapy clinic and im told to avoid running and rowing for the next 2 weeks.  which isn't so cool because my goal was to peak for the november erg test when rowing canada will be accepting entries.   <br /> </td></tr></table><br />You may have seen me recommend this book before, and I realize I may be sounding like a broken record here, but I have had such good luck with it I have to recommend it again.<br /><br /><a href='http://www.amazon.ca/exec/obidos/ASIN/1 ... 72-8358412' target='_blank'>The Trigger Point Therapy Workbook</a> gave me relief at a time when chiropractic care, conventional massage, muscle relaxants and pain killers couldn't. While my most intense pain was in the lower back, it was through self-massage of trigger points in my abs, buttocks and hamstrings that I have found sustained relief.<br /><br />IMHO, buy it.

[[old] ljwagner]

I hope you iced you back when you strained it. Injuries to humans widen due to the thickness of our thick skulls. <br /><br />The body kind of punishes us by widening an injury to make sure we pay attention. You can counteract this by icing an injury. Good recipe is 20 minutes, on 20 minutes off for three days. Low heat thereafter, which can also be alternated with ice packs. <br /><br />I've read the low back has somewhat poorer circulation, so it heals about the slowest of any body part, possibly 6-7 days rather than 2-3 for muscles. Take it gradual retraining, and LISTEN TO YOUR BACK.<br /><br />Read up on hydration, too. Don't overhydrate. We have a salt balance, and we don't function well outside of a certain range. Drink 8 glasses of water a day, plus what you sweat (have a pan below your rowing machine to collect it and measure ).

[[old] SlugButt]

". . . Drink 8 glasses of water a day, plus what you sweat (have a pan below your rowing machine to collect it and measure )."<br /><br /><br />Also, pause to drink the contents of the pan every 20 minutes or so.<br /><br />Ummm . . . on second thought, no. Bad idea.<br />