widehips71
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So I had some x-rays yesterday that confirmed what I had suspected. Fractured a rib peaking for the meet. I knew I was hurting something awful for about 3-4 weeks leading up to it but wasn't about to pull out over a little bit of pain. Well...a lot a bit of pain. I remember feeling something pop pulling 385 for reps one day and dropped it. Called it a day and took a few off after that. Three weeks after the meet now and I'm still hurting pretty bad. The radiologist asked to see the area in question, took off my shirt and the ping pong ball sized knot protruding from my side was immediately obvious. He was just like "Oh my god wtf happened to you?" Said he'd never seen anything like it. First meet and I've already got my tellin the grandkids how tuff we were compared to them story.
"Yeahhh I remember when I set a world record deadlifting 1,300 lbs with nine broken ribs in the snow with no shoes on, and all ya'll wanna do is sit around playin yer virtual reality hologram games" - old man voice
Anyways in all seriousness, anyone ever had to deal with this? I haven't lifted anything in three weeks now and it's killin me. I mean I'll take as much time as I need to get right, but I'm thinking there's gotta be something I can still do while not compromising the healing process. Any ideas?
"Yeahhh I remember when I set a world record deadlifting 1,300 lbs with nine broken ribs in the snow with no shoes on, and all ya'll wanna do is sit around playin yer virtual reality hologram games" - old man voice
Anyways in all seriousness, anyone ever had to deal with this? I haven't lifted anything in three weeks now and it's killin me. I mean I'll take as much time as I need to get right, but I'm thinking there's gotta be something I can still do while not compromising the healing process. Any ideas?