Delayed reaction to pulled or strained muscle?

herblady28 · Post by **herblady28** » Thu Jul 02, 2009 9:32 am

Packard-

Oooh!!! That injury sounds like it hurt!!!!!!

Just to let you know we did got to the gym and did some abs and upper body and I am doing well! I am happy.

I am going to wait until next week to introduce anything for the back or any over head exercises. I am still being extremely careful.

Packard · Post by **Packard** » Thu Jul 02, 2009 9:34 am

I pulled that same muscle during a viscious and violent coughing fit and it took about 3 weeks to heal. It hurt every time I coughed.

I am amazed that I would be able to self-inflict this damage by just coughing.

doctor said you can pull seratus muscles the same way.

herblady28 · Post by **herblady28** » Tue Jul 07, 2009 4:01 pm

Thanks so much for everyone's advice!

I think I am back on track now. I haven't worked out much over the past couple of weeks but I guess that is what I have needed because back doesn't hurt at all.

So I am now MISSING going to the gym and cannot wait to get going again. Will start up tomorrow!

Packard · Post by **Packard** » Wed Jul 08, 2009 9:44 am

herblady28 wrote:Thanks so much for everyone's advice!

I think I am back on track now. I haven't worked out much over the past couple of weeks but I guess that is what I have needed because back doesn't hurt at all.

So I am now MISSING going to the gym and cannot wait to get going again. Will start up tomorrow!

Injuries are an inevitable byproduct of training.

You will get injured from time to time.

The key is to not let the injury keep you out of the gym and that you need to learn to work around the injury. If you don't do that you will repeatedly find yourself not training and eventually you will give up the training entirely.

herblady28 · Post by **herblady28** » Wed Jul 08, 2009 3:36 pm

Thanks-I did go to the gym some during injury but it was hard for me to do much considering the location almost everything I did bothered it.

Will try to remember that for next time.

swanso5 · Post by **swanso5** » Wed Jul 08, 2009 5:14 pm

i wrote about this on site just yesturday:

http://www.uponlinetraining.com/

scroll down to "training when injured"

LarsAlex · Post by **LarsAlex** » Thu Jul 09, 2009 9:14 am

It's hard to tell if this was a delayed reaction or a muscle spasm. It's always the best thing to contact a doctor and see if he finds the reason for the problems. I know that there are muscle relaxants on the market, e.g. there is an online shop for Flexeril but you should check before if this is the right medication for you.

herblady28 · Post by **herblady28** » Thu Jul 09, 2009 12:59 pm

Swanso-

Read you article. I will have to get more creative next injury (hopefully no more injuries

).

I went to the gym last night and it was great! I still feel just fine so I think whatever it was, it was a minor thing.

I do know about Joint Injuries because I did injure rotator cuff about 2 years ago. It still bothers me and hurts from time to time but I have noticed that the more I have worked out and built up the strength in arm, shoulder, and chest muscles, the less it bothers me.