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Injury
Posted: November 22nd, 2013, 1:35 pm
by Robert bowes
I have just received an injury on the concept 2, I pulled something along my ribs and caused extreme pain. I hurt when I breath deep and cannot sleep on my sides also have a constant dull ache. I put the rowing on hold for a couple weeks and am now tar tingle back slow only doing 2000M intervals at a low 3 resistance. I was cruising along quite well until this happened and am now gun shy. Is this injury quite common? Thanks....Robert
Re: Injury
Posted: November 22nd, 2013, 1:52 pm
by Bob S.
Robert bowes wrote:I have just received an injury on the concept 2, I pulled something along my ribs and caused extreme pain. I hurt when I breath deep and cannot sleep on my sides also have a constant dull ache. I put the rowing on hold for a couple weeks and am now tar tingle back slow only doing 2000M intervals at a low 3 resistance. I was cruising along quite well until this happened and am now gun shy. Is this injury quite common? Thanks....Robert
This might be the cause;
http://www.usrowing.org/Safety/Boathous ... cture.aspx
Bob S.
Re: Injury
Posted: November 22nd, 2013, 4:47 pm
by gregsmith01748
Other potential cause is a pull of the intracostal muscles.
Both stress fractures and IC pulls are very common among rowers when volume or intensity is ramped up sharply.
I had stress fractures and they took about 6 weeks to heal. I started gentle rowing after about 4 weeks, and avoided low rate rowing for a couple of months.