The Let Kev at your Back thread

[Fagan_ODowd]

@chewy louie

I took a dozen or so advil on monday for a hangover i had and about another dozen or so Nurofen yesterday due to a headache I had -possibly from all the beer on sunday and tiredness- I have an awful dose of the scutters today, could this be linked heavyish intake of these

Yes chewy. That level of intake of ibuprofen will give you ulcers.

[Rocko]

Unrelated I’d say. Another blister pack of Nurofen should see you right.

[Big_Dan_Campbell]

@Rocko

Unrelated I’d say. Another blister pack of Nurofen should see you right.

my headache (more of a dull pain behind my right eye) is starting to return. May as well take another couple as it will help the pain dissipate and I have the scutters anyway

[treaty_exile]

@caoimhaoin

Pretty much right here from my understanding. A tear is when there is literally a tear, the muscle tears its fibers. Imagine a cotton cloth, and you tear it. Well thats very similar to what happens a muscle and the swelling and bruising comes from the bleeding caused by this. The muscle needs to knit itself back together (basiacally grow back new cells). Now you can help this along or it can happen naturally. If you continue to use the muscle this obviously slows it down. If you use massage and strength exercises in recovery then it will knit back in a neater way and the scar tissue will be reduced and will be less likely to tear again. Obviously you need professional help with this. But i would say a calf tear is 4-6 weeks, can be a cunt of an injury and i preach severe caution with it as not correcting it fully can lead to further injury in the calf, but also in your hamstrings, glutes and lower back as your posterior chain is weakened now.

fcuk. i’m not liking the sound of this. take 6 weeks off and i’ll be a moderator.

presume the bruising/swelling caused by a tear would show up where the muscle is torn?
(i.e. not show up elsewhere like the shin or wherever fluid accumulates)

so the lack of a large yellow bruise on the calf muscle means it’s only a strain?

[cluaindiuic]

@chewy louie

my headache (more of a dull pain behind my right eye) is starting to return. May as well take another couple as it will help the pain dissipate and I have the scutters anyway

Do you also have a pain in your neck?

[Big_Dan_Campbell]

@cluaindiuic

Do you also have a pain in your neck?

Not really, the headache lasted nearly a week on and off, presume it was synous(sp) related

[cluaindiuic]

Shame, I thought you had meningitis.

[caoimhaoin]

@treaty_exile

fcuk. i’m not liking the sound of this. take 6 weeks off and i’ll be a moderator.

presume the bruising/swelling caused by a tear would show up where the muscle is torn?
(i.e. not show up elsewhere like the shin or wherever fluid accumulates)

so the lack of a large yellow bruise on the calf muscle means it’s only a strain?

It really depends, but if a physio was working on it, it would be very tender if torn in certain spots. The colour of the bruise would not be a great way of indicating anything really. Neither would the lack of a bruise, as it could be deeper, thus potentially worse and harder to heal. Only a pro would tell you for sure. I think a Sports Massage therapist would suffice myself in this case.

[treaty_exile]

@caoimhaoin

It really depends, but if a physio was working on it, it would be very tender if torn in certain spots. The colour of the bruise would not be a great way of indicating anything really. Neither would the lack of a bruise, as it could be deeper, thus potentially worse and harder to heal. Only a pro would tell you for sure. I think a Sports Massage therapist would suffice myself in this case.

grand so. i’ll get some asian chick to rub it better.

[caoimhaoin]

[fenwaypark]

anybody every get a mortons neuroma in their foot? if so how did you get rid of it?

[Juhniallio]

@fenwaypark

anybody every get a mortons neuroma in their foot? if so how did you get rid of it?

I did. *Absolute cunt of a thing. Got it from wearing boots that were too tight. A sharp shooting pain when you kick a ball that shot up the leg by the time it got really bad. It’s basically a trapped nerve (think it might actually be a tendon) in your foot. Rest didn’t get rid of it. Physios here didn’t get rid of it. I went to a massage hospital staffed by blind people in Beijing and got massage and some ultraviolet therapy on it. I knew by the end of the first session that it was working. It’s the most painful massage I’ve ever had. You’ve got to get someone to get in deep between your bones and massage the living shit out of it. This blind lad had me close to tears. My advice is to find some sadist willing to pound the shit out of your foot and tell them not to stop til tears are rolling down your cheek.

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[fenwaypark]

@Juhniallio

I did. *Absolute cunt of a thing. Got it from wearing boots that were too tight. A sharp shooting pain when you kick a ball that shot up the leg by the time it got really bad. It’s basically a trapped nerve (think it might actually be a tendon) in your foot. Rest didn’t get rid of it. Physios here didn’t get rid of it. I went to a massage hospital staffed by blind people in Beijing and got massage and some ultraviolet therapy on it. I knew by the end of the first session that it was working. It’s the most painful massage I’ve ever had. You’ve got to get someone to get in deep between your bones and massage the living shit out of it. This blind lad had me close to tears. My advice is to find some sadist willing to pound the shit out of your foot and tell them not to stop til tears are rolling down your cheek.

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thats it. i hope i have caught in in the early stages. off to podiatrist tomorrow. he was talking about getting a cortisone injection but im not that keen on it.

[Juhniallio]

Good luck with that FP. Hope you have got it early. I gave mine three month’s rest and it got better til I played again. It was alright when I ran just hurt like fuck when I kicked a ball.

[The_Runt]

My back is still giving me a lot of trouble at night. After my initial physio visits it cleared up for 5/6 days but since then I’ve been intermittently getting severe pain in my back for 3/4 day bursts. Each time it comes back the pain has moved a bit further down my back and has me awake at 4 in the morning.
I paid my first visit to the doctor in nearly 2 years today. He didn’t say much but sent me off for blood tests and to call back later in the week. In the meantime feell free to speculate what life
threatening illness I may contracted.

[TwoRunnyEggs]

@The Runt

My back is still giving me a lot of trouble at night. After my initial physio visits it cleared up for 5/6 days but since then I’ve been intermittently getting severe pain in my back for 3/4 day bursts. Each time it comes back the pain has moved a bit further down my back and has me awake at 4 in the morning.
I paid my first visit to the doctor in nearly 2 years today. He didn’t say much but sent me off for blood tests and to call back later in the week. In the meantime feell free to speculate what life
threatening illness I may contracted.

You may have one leg longer then the other. Or are you sleeping on pallets?

[anon95599269]

@The Runt

My back is still giving me a lot of trouble at night. After my initial physio visits it cleared up for 5/6 days but since then I’ve been intermittently getting severe pain in my back for 3/4 day bursts. Each time it comes back the pain has moved a bit further down my back and has me awake at 4 in the morning.
I paid my first visit to the doctor in nearly 2 years today. He didn’t say much but sent me off for blood tests and to call back later in the week. In the meantime feell free to speculate what life
threatening illness I may contracted.

hope its nothing serious mate & while i dont think it is, I heard back pain is an awful infliction to have - hope it clears up soon

[fenwaypark]

@The All Seeing Eye

hope its nothing serious mate & while i dont think it is, I heard back pain is an awful infliction to have - hope it clears up soon

+1

[hannibal]

@The Runt

My back is still giving me a lot of trouble at night. After my initial physio visits it cleared up for 5/6 days but since then I’ve been intermittently getting severe pain in my back for 3/4 day bursts. Each time it comes back the pain has moved a bit further down my back and has me awake at 4 in the morning.
I paid my first visit to the doctor in nearly 2 years today. He didn’t say much but sent me off for blood tests and to call back later in the week. In the meantime feell free to speculate what life
threatening illness I may contracted.

Stay away from doctors Runt, unless its a disc then they can do nothing to help you. The blood tests are a definite indication that he hasn’t a clue. Is your back only troubling you at night or is it a constant issue? Anything specific that sets the pain off? Might be worth seeing an osteopath if the physio can’t cure you.

[anon61956325]

@The Runt

My back is still giving me a lot of trouble at night. After my initial physio visits it cleared up for 5/6 days but since then I’ve been intermittently getting severe pain in my back for 3/4 day bursts. Each time it comes back the pain has moved a bit further down my back and has me awake at 4 in the morning.
I paid my first visit to the doctor in nearly 2 years today. He didn’t say much but sent me off for blood tests and to call back later in the week. In the meantime feell free to speculate what life
threatening illness I may contracted.

Have you tried jamming your thumb up your ass mate?