On March 11th, I hit my head on a crossfit machine, and received another stupid concussion. I was so angry. I mean, first I catch a softball with my forehead, and now I hit my head on a silly Glut-Ham machine... this is just insane. My family has been making fun of me for it like crazy. This is the machine that I hit my head on...
Your hips rest on the semi-circular pad, and your feet are locked in the cylinder looking things behind that. You bend at the waist until the top half of you is perpendicular to the ground. It is called a Back Extension Exercise.
I took my glasses off for this because they kept sliding off of my face. Unfortunately, I have TERRIBLE depth perception without my glasses, and when I went to do a back extension, I went too far and hit my head on the bolt on the bar perpendicular to the ground. My forehead was hit in the same spot as before. I lost vision for a few seconds (which happened when I caught the softball with my forehead), but then everything went back to normal, so I completed the workout as usual. When I got home I got a HUGE headache, and I felt sick to my stomach, which are two symptoms of being post-concussive. The next day at school was terrible; I could not focus at all. So I called my Mom on my way home for lunch and she scheduled an appointment for me after school. The doctor told me I was post-concussive and that I could not do crossfit for 7-10 days. I resumed workouts right at 7 days, and I have been fine since. I had a lovely little bump on my forehead right above and between my eyebrows. It was just lovely.
So I guess the lesson I need to learn is to wear a helmet everywhere I go because clearly I am not capable of protecting my head and brain from this dangerous world.
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