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Sergio Servadio writes:
You'll be surprised that sneezes that are otherwise insuppressible are easily suppressed if you have a cracked rib. It's hard to believe but that's what I and friends have experienced. I always wondered how car and motorcycle racers, or airplane pilots for that matter, can avoid sneezes. Would you go further to say that they naturally repress any temptation? They don't. Sneezes are not so disturbing that they interfere significantly with these processes. My point is that the induced pain from just inhaling suddenly for a sneeze, suppresses it in a way otherwise unimaginable. Try it it you doubt that. Of course you'll need to crack a rib first. Jobst Brandt |
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DhBrown99 wrote:
Terry : I wanted to follow up with you on this thread since you mentioned you were a Doctor and ALSO since you mentioned swimming. I broke my collarbone (about 2/3 of the way toward the shoulder from the sternum) May 6th (and a rib too) in a bike crash. I had a follow-up X-Ray May 28th - which showed no healing yet, but I had improved flexibility, less swelling, and virtually no pain. I participate in Triathlons , so all three sports were important to me. After 8 days from the accident - I started riding the indoor bike. On 5/28 The Ortho allowed me to resume "easy" running, as long as there was no pain. this has progressed well...only problem being a pain in my shoulder joint about 4-5 miles into my runs (I assume it's from holding my arm up for so long - something I hadn't done for 3 weeks). Now I am contemplating swimming - and I saw your post about your return to swimming. My next appointment (and follow-up X-Ray) isn't until June 21st - but I'm anxious to hit the pool just to 'try it out', and swim REALLY easy. I wonder if you have any thoughts on this issue you could share. Thanks Dan Brown p.s. Could you email me off-list (I ususally don't lurk here) I'd appreciate it if any information was shared here in the group. -- ***************************** Chuck Anderson • Boulder, CO http://www.CycleTourist.com Integrity is obvious. The lack of it is common. ***************************** |
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That cracked rib
has really given me the most pain.) Jepp, it is bloody hell, just got one on Mallorca riding on skinny tires. Got caught in a race bike trap, a drainage with wide enough slots for my front wheel to sink down between and come to an instant stop with me falling over the bar. Fortunately, my speed was very low, we were going off the road down to a beach. Miracelously my low count spoke wheel did not get untrue. Presently, I can´t cough or laugh. Some positions really hurts bad. And, drainages got a new scary dimension. (How is Germany in early September? I know the alps can be impassible by then. Maybe I should rethink and go somewhere like Crete at that time.) It really depends on the weather. I would say most of the Alps and Germany are quite OK normal years, though it will be less fun as most Europeans have returned to their jobs. Camping places etc will be rather quite. We have been climbing in early September and it has been just fine. And, we been at Furka in central Switzerland in Mid-July, and it was worse than the Himalayan monsoon, a constant cold drizzle. Per http://lowdin.nu |
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Sergio Servadio writes:
You'll be surprised that sneezes that are otherwise insuppressible are easily suppressed if you have a cracked rib. It's hard to believe but that's what I and friends have experienced. I always wondered how car and motorcycle racers, or airplane pilots for that matter, can avoid sneezes. I have not been able to do that otherwise. It is the short circuit reaction of the body, to my thinking, that cancels the need to sneeze, the need to sneeze being of a lower order than the pain the action causes. I have had no control over that response. I don't find sneezing or blinking the eyes a serious interruption of control while operating a vehicle. It would be different with a sensitive, light touch, operation such as watch repair, where blowing the whole project away is even possible. Would you go further to say that they naturally repress any temptation? To what sort of "temptation" are you referring? I'm talking about the need to sneeze and that isn't voluntary or from temptation. It is auto-response of the body, and one that the body can cancel as I said. Jobst Brandt |
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