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Impending quad injury felt innocuous, like a cork

Zoot

Zoot

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In case it helps anyone else:

Friday last week I had a mild pain that I would describe as being like a bruise or a cork, right in the middle of the outer quad, the vastus lateralis or whatever it's called.

Was really nothing, but I aborted the Friday squats anyway out of caution. By Monday it seemed much better so I squatted again. Got up to Friday's weight, noticed that pain had returned, but it was really quite mild so I carried on. Three reps into a work set and there was a tearing, ripping sensation in the muscle, and bang, I'm buggered. Am now getting around on crutches for a couple of days till I can put some weight on it.

The reasons I missed/ignored it were
- it was so mild
- it was right at the mid-point of the muscle - all the other injuries I've had have been in the joints & ligaments, e.g. shoulders, elbows, hip flexors, knees, etc
- it felt so different from the above injuries. Didn't really trigger any of the "don't do it you'll make it worse"-type warnings. Maybe the brain had decided it was just a bruise.

Anyway, if it helps anybody else to avoid something similar, then great...
 
Test-E said:
Jeez... sounds painful man.

You probs. frustrated as well.
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Man I could have cried. Three weeks out from the Wild West Shootout comp here in Perth, I've been training for this one for a few months now.

Pain really wasn't much, the tearing sensation was a worry though. Doesn't really hurt just walking around but I wouldn't want to try a body weight squat right now. Am just resting it, icing it, keeping it elevated when I can. Scoffed a couple of Voltaren at first, just trying to stop any swelling or inflammation. Touch wood it'll all come back as good as new but probably not in 3 weeks.


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Zoot said:
Man I could have cried. Three weeks out from the Wild West Shootout comp here in Perth, I've been training for this one for a few months now.




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Huh?

What sort of comp. is that mate? You get to shoot stuff etc?

Sounds like fun :)
 
Test-E said:
Huh?

What sort of comp. is that mate? You get to shoot stuff etc?

Sounds like fun :)
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It's a 3-lift comp on Oct 13th at the Muscle Pit in Perth, I think it's an annual thing. It will be fun alright.
 
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