injury

[thoreau]

damnit. THis morning I was doing Dips (you know how I love them!) at the gym and I felt a blood vessel in the palm of my left hand pop. I let out a classic girly scream and nearly fell off the dip bar in the middle of the gym in front of everyone. Holy shit this hurts! I iced it once I got home and I'm icing it here at the office - but manohman did it smart! the whole right side of my palm is blue and black. So now I can say I've suffered my first gym "injury" :( I didn't think I've been gripping the gym equipment too tightly - and I'm still in the 180 range so my weight hasn't changed that much. I am anal-retentive about good "form" and wasn't leaning any 'new' way or anything... Any tips from other gym goers as to how NOT to let this happen again - besides "Don't do that?"

Comments

[notdefined.livejournal.com]

Do you have gel filled pads in the palms of your lifting gloves? (You DO wear lifting gloves, do you not?)

[low-fat-muffin.livejournal.com]

I do wear gloves - but - they are simply 1/2 fingers and a pad on the top of my hand. no "gel". I'd never even thought of that.

[notdefined.livejournal.com]

Sports warehouse or whatever it is called nowdays has them. Try them on in the store before you buy them. They will say on the package if they have gel pads in them. I learned about it early on as the barbells were killing my palms

[bruinwi.livejournal.com]

Geez...Sr.Mary Immaculata told me I'd go BLIND if I worked it that hard!

[low-fat-muffin.livejournal.com]

(I love today's comic - - - that mother is in a gothic font - - brilliant!)

[bruinwi.livejournal.com]

Constance will find herself in deep doo-doo, count on it. Andy knows how to hurt her.

[low-fat-muffin.livejournal.com]

oh - I know Constance is "going down" - I've been LOVING this story line. (and assistants that sleep with security men for software) you really are very very talented.

[bearfuz.livejournal.com]

Yes, I'm glad Andy's finally figured out that it's Mother. I look forward to the carnage.

[budmassey.livejournal.com]

Does your dip setup have support for assisted dips? I'd use it, even if I weren't using counterweighted assistance, just for the safety net value.

[geometrician.livejournal.com]

the whole right side of my palm is blue and black

That would get me to the ER or an urgent visit (today) to my physician. I hope that you would do that right away if it got any worse or you had any numbness, tingling, or coldness in that hand.

Hope it gets better soon!

[low-fat-muffin.livejournal.com]

I promise that if it gets worse - I will go to the ER immediately. it doesn't hurt any longer - and doesn't appear to be getting any worse.

[kroyd.livejournal.com]

It's probably one of those "shit-happens" things that is unavoidable. I'd get it checked-out even if it doesn't get worse.