Almost sh!t myself...

[CSAR]

Today, at Gold's East Tokyo, I was doing legs. Anyhow, I had finished hack squats, followed by squats, and was doing leg press. Anyhow, I wanted to use light weight, full range of motion (rock bottom - feet to buttocks) and strict movement to burn my quads. I did a warm-up set with 225 and then threw on another plate to each side (315). I was on my 13th rep and suddenly felt a sharp pop followed by pain on the lower right side of my ribcage. I separated one of my ribs! I almost sh!t myself pushing the damn thing up in order to lock it out.

Then, as I was gimping out of the gym to head home and to the hospital, Gold's was showing some "Road to the Olympia" video in the lobby. I stopped for a second to watch and the camera went up to a door. Craig Titus answered! D'oh!!!

[number twelve]

i didnt know that kind of injury was possible

[MFT81]

You know your a true BB when you stop to watch road to the O on your way to the hospital.

BTW, Dont jinx me ive got legs today....

[K.Biz]

u can pop out a rib? sounds painful

[scaramouche]

did u know thats what ud done before u saw a doc at er

[Panzerfaust]

I did legs this morning, I damn near thought I blew out my back too.

I had to abort leg presses because of it.

[taiboxa]

how do u poop out ur rib?!

[RA]

You know your a true BB when you stop to watch road to the O on your way to the hospital.

....

Thats what I was thinking

[paulzane]

Lmao

[domeyeahaigh]

sounds painful

[Lexed]

that crazy post how it goes

[maxiimus]

now thats gotta hurt

how ya feeling at the moment???

[CSAR]

did u know thats what ud done before u saw a doc at er

Yeah, I had a pretty good idea of what had happened, but of course I wasn't 100% sure. The x-ray confirmed it. All that swimming, drownproofing, and running in the military must've paid off - the doc said I had the biggest lungs he'd ever seen on an x-ray.

I'm not sure, but I think the timing between my breathing and pushing was off. After I lowered the weight down as far as it would go, I meant to take a big breath in before pushing the weight up and exhaling. But, I began pushing before I finished taking a breath, so at the same time that my lungs were expanding/filling I started to push and that's when I felt a "pop" and sharp pain in my lower right ribcage.

Anyhow, the Japanese doc wouldn't give me anything stronger than motrin, so this morning I gimped my way to a Russian doc in Roppongi. He hooked me up with some Darvocet (same class as Percocet) and now I'm feeling groovy. Funny 'cause I still feel the pain, but just don't care. This stuff is great!!!

[scaramouche]

the reason i ask is i did almost exactly the same thing,cant quite figure out what ive done its a pain like ive never had before,i havnt been to the doc i assumed id just pulled a muscle maybe an internal oblique cos side bending is the only thing that makes it hurt more,ive been off training for 2 weeks,i assume theres no treatment other than rest,i cant feel anything loose or protruding so perhaps it is just a nasty sprain,oh well

[CSAR]

the reason i ask is i did almost exactly the same thing,cant quite figure out what ive done its a pain like ive never had before,i havnt been to the doc i assumed id just pulled a muscle maybe an internal oblique cos side bending is the only thing that makes it hurt more,ive been off training for 2 weeks,i assume theres no treatment other than rest,i cant feel anything loose or protruding so perhaps it is just a nasty sprain,oh well

Yeah, just off what you posted, sounds like an oblique or a**ominal injury. For just about any injury, I use the tried and true RICE method.
R - rest
I - ice
C - compression
E - elevation

So, as I type this, I've got an ace bandage wrapped around my ribcage with a bag of frozen peas under it. When I lay down, I lay on my left side to keep the right side elevated. As for rest, I just try not to breathe too deeply or yawn. I think I'll take a break from the board because Tai's posts in the "Dirty Posing Routine" thread make me laugh and that hurts pretty bad too.

[rubix6]

thats crazy shiitty

[CSAR]

Guys and gals, next week is my last week of administering final exams. After that, I'll be on vacation and traveling abroad until late September. Ya'll have a good summer, train hard, and keep on posting.

It's a celebration b!tches. Enjoy yourself! (Rick James, as played by Dave Chappelle)

[C_Bino]

Guys and gals, next week is my last week of administering final exams. After that, I'll be on vacation and traveling abroad until late September. Ya'll have a good summer, train hard, and keep on posting.

It's a celebration b!tches. Enjoy yourself! (Rick James, as played by Dave Chappelle)

How you feeling now man? Everything better.

And I know how you feel about the docs not giving you good pain meds. I powdered a bone in my hand a few weeks ago in a fight. The doc is like oh you prolly got a boxers break, got the x-rays back and shes like oh WOW you really did a good job of breaking that bone. So ya they said I powdered it, jus like smashed it into many pieces. They didnt give me anything for the pain lol. I had to go see a plastic surgeon for it the next day, the nurse is like OMG THEY ARE CRUEL YOU NEED MEDS. I declined anyways, makes you stronger.

[outofthebox]

How you feeling now man? Everything better.

And I know how you feel about the docs not giving you good pain meds. I powdered a bone in my hand a few weeks ago in a fight. The doc is like oh you prolly got a boxers break, got the x-rays back and shes like oh WOW you really did a good job of breaking that bone. So ya they said I powdered it, jus like smashed it into many pieces. They didnt give me anything for the pain lol. I had to go see a plastic surgeon for it the next day, the nurse is like OMG THEY ARE CRUEL YOU NEED MEDS. I declined anyways, makes you stronger.

sorry for thread hijacking....but....
whats the other dude look like?????

[WEBB]

sorry for thread hijacking....but....
whats the other dude look like?????

Dude????...no no no...i think the consensus here is that some fat chica stole a twinkie and shit got ugly real QUICK....

[C_Bino]

sorry for thread hijacking....but....
whats the other dude look like?????

I dont even know, people told me he was just dead.

[firmechicano831]

I hope you get better and back to the gym in time.

[CSAR]

Bino - dude must've been high or something to try and fight you. I'd just throw a donut and run. Oh wait, that only works on Tai. Okay, then I'd throw a plate of steak and potatoes and run. That'd work!

Thanks firm - I took a week off and this week I'm going to lift really light and slow.

[Sir Lifts-a-lot]

I have never poped a rib but once when I was doing ass to the ground squats I pooped a lil bit. It was funny if you ask me!

[IronReload04]

ya man, i my set of squats the other day, on my last rep, I SWEAR TO GOD, I thought my eyeballs were going to pop out my skull

everything rep was fine, but that last one really got me



Dude, get healthy and get back in the game

good luck with the rib

[IronReload04]

You know your a true BB when you stop to watch road to the O on your way to the hospital.

BTW, Dont jinx me ive got legs today....

****!!!!! you know your a bodybuilder when you pop out a rib doing rock bottom squats

[Panzerfaust]

I dont even know, people told me he was just dead.

I also heard he was 13yrs old too and weighed in at a buck fifty tops.

[WEBB]

thats kinda what i heard....heard some chick tried stealing his twinkie and he got all upset and lost his shit on her.....just a rumor though...