Training with busted ribs
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Anyone have any advice for training while busted up? I broke 10 ribs on the right side of my body three weeks ago and I'm trying to figure out how to not get fat and weak while I recover. I'm able to go on walks now but I was hoping to incorporate some climbing specific exercise. |
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Crunches |
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..and comedy shows |
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Wow what great ideas... I think I'll also inhale some pepper and do some boxing |
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I feel like crunches would exacerbate rib pain, but I dont know, I'm not a doctor lol. Perhaps planks would be a better choice, since you wouldnt be flexing your ribs as much? |
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When I busted ribs a few weeks back I couldn't do anything for a few days/first week, after that the only thing that didn't hurt was hangboarding. So I took a 4 weeks and just hung a few times a week |
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Second the hangboarding (careful jumping down of course), it'll still make you feel like a climber. Also you can get on wrist curls, shoulders and tris as opposing group stabilizers. |
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chris_vultaggio wrote:10 ribs is a lot man, did you end up with a flail segment?Go big or go home right? Fortunately I don't have a flail segment. I did end up with a pretty major collapsed lung but 4 days with a chest tube took care of that. |
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Not gonna lie, injuries in the core are REALLY hard to work around. I've never broken a rib, but have definitely torn and pulled muscles in the rib cage. There's no way I could have hungboard with those injuries; the exercise actually does rely on a bit of core engagement. |
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MaxwellK wrote: Go big or go home right? Fortunately I don't have a flail segment. I did end up with a pretty major collapsed lung but 4 days with a chest tube took care of that.Damn dude. Glad to see you're okay though. Recovery is extremely important so better to get weak and recover fully than to try and stay strong and re-injure yourself. Care to share the story behind your injury? I understand if you don't want to but it might be quite an interesting read if you feel like sharing. |
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MaxwellK wrote: Go big or go home right? Fortunately I don't have a flail segment. I did end up with a pretty major collapsed lung but 4 days with a chest tube took care of that.Seriously - I had something similar, hit a tree snowboarding and exploded my left lung, pneumothorax with 50% collapse. Healing goes quick - frustrating at times - try and get stoked on some new training methods to work around the injury. Heal up and hope you get out and back to climbing asap. |
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Wow, crazy. This just happened to a friend of mine. |
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If hangboarding is too painful you could try hanging weight from pinch blocks and walking around with them (or just sitting). |
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Sounds like isolating the hands and arms, and the legs will allow you to keep at least parts of you in good shape. I don't know what kind of leg specific weight machines are available at gyms these days, but maybe you could take a look at that. |
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Quinn Baker wrote: Recovery is extremely important so better to get weak and recover fully than to try and stay strong and re-injure yourself.Realistically this is probably good advice. Quinn Baker wrote:Care to share the story behind your injury? I understand if you don't want to but it might be quite an interesting read if you feel like sharing.Yeah, sure. I was working for a tree care company and after following some bad advice from a more seasoned employee I fell 30 feet out of a tree we were removing and landed on the chainsaw that I had attached to my harness. I fell while rappelling out of the tree when my rope system slipped off the stub it was over. In addition to the broken ribs and lung issues, I suffered some minor bruising of my kidney and an (fortunately) inconsequential fracture of my C2 vertebrae. I am definitely incredibly lucky that I've gotten off as easy as I have. Peter Howes wrote:Wow, crazy. This just happened to a friend of mine.Hey Pete... powhound84 wrote:Have you sneezed yet?I sneezed for the first time a couple days ago and almost started crying. |
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MaxwellK wrote: Realistically this is probably good advice. Yeah, sure. I was working for a tree care company and after following some bad advice from a more seasoned employee I fell 30 feet out of a tree we were removing and landed on the chainsaw that I had attached to my harness. I fell while rappelling out of the tree when my rope system slipped off the stub it was over. In addition to the broken ribs and lung issues, I suffered some minor bruising of my kidney and an (fortunately) inconsequential fracture of my C2 vertebrae. I am definitely incredibly lucky that I've gotten off as easy as I have. Hey Pete... I sneezed for the first time a couple days ago and almost started crying.Thank you for sharing, that is a crazy story for sure... Hope your recovery goes well and you can start climbing again soon! |