Quote Originally Posted by searchwarrant:
That's great news. So many people have no idea how skilled PT's are.
A story. Years ago I was training real heavy, 400lbs squats, deadlifts, sick kind of intensity - etc. Was nothing new but I started getting these slight headaches but thought little of it. Slowly the headaches began severely thumping directly in the back of my head constantly whenever I was vertical. (flat on my back was ok). I visited 2 nuerologists, MRI's, you name I did it, but still the horrific headaches continued. I stopped training for 2 months, became incredibly depressed, drinking heavily, sleeping all day in a dark room... to the point where I was ready to take my own life...absolutely no joke. This was no fucking way to live.
One strange day I ran into a good friend of mine who's a PT. I told him about my symptoms and situation. Next day I was in his office on the table and after extensive assesment he found a knot just beneath my ear on the left side neck muscle and began to gently loosen it. My legs flopped around, eyes watered up, sweat poured off of my skin everytime he applied even the slightest of pressure in a circular motion.
I spent the next 3 weeks, 3 x a week having that knot pressed on, stretched and mobilized to the point of pain that cannot be described..
My headaches were completely gone after the final session and life began once again. I have tears in my eyes just talking about this episode.
His name is Rob and he saved my life.
amazing story, i had one similar with a fatty tumor on my chest. thought i was dieing, seriously. i was freaking out with chest pain, took myself to ER once and they said everything was fine. had ekg, everything fine, etc etc. i kept telling these idiot drs something aint right, have trouble breathing, something feels weird in my chest by my heart.
went to see a surgeon my mom said we had to go see and he felt my chest and said right away, you have a fatty tumor in there. he said no big deal, we will test of course, but its pushing on muscles making everything feel uncomfortable. had outpatient surgery two weeks later and was fine. here is was thinking i was dieing for 2 months and it was something simple.
he said caffeine and as the name of it, fatty foods cause it. well i was 215 and way out of shape at the time because i let my muscles from football smooth over and ate like shit when i was done playing. so after that i lost a ton of weight, got a job at a gym, and now healthy as an ox at 30 and am the gm of one of the best health clubs in the state. amazing how things that scare you straight can change your whole life around.
anyway, sorry for rambling, glad to hear you are bette luv and good stuff search, i know all about what you felt. a lot of scary nights.
Aww that would be real shitty I hope it is just overworked, when was the last time you had a rest week.
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