Today I was playing some touch football on some wet grass. I pulled a juke move and my feet slipped from under me, and ended up landing hard on the grass (where i live the ground is hard as pavement). Not to look like a puss i jumped back up and finished the game. An hour later I started feeling dizzy and my vision was getting blurry. I had also gotten a bad head ache and started getting nauseous. After about an hour of laying in the fetal position I felt well enough to get up and saw a doctor, who diagnosed me with a concussion. Worst injury I have ever sustained in my life both physicly and emotionally ( I mean i didnt even get touched wth)

Im thinking about investing in cleats....

simme123

Sweden810 Posts

November 10 2010 00:51 GMT

Hope you get well soon .)

Ah well concussions aren't that bad in my opinion (only had a minor once though). My worst injury is my damn ankle. Broke some bones in it ones so now I sprain pretty much when ever I try to play any of the sports i was good at (volleyball / handball) because they involve a lot of jumping and balancing. Same with my fingers I sprain them all the time when I've tried to get back in to those sports. This is mostly emotional though since I was in the junior national team in volleyball and got third in the national championship i handball so.. kinda sucked.

Tippereth

United States252 Posts

November 10 2010 00:54 GMT

Concussions are a serious injury, they're just shrugged off for the exact reason that Quake stated: To not look like a puss. It's a poisonous mentality in the sports world that concussions are a minor injury.

aidnai

United States1159 Posts

November 10 2010 00:55 GMT

Definitely need to protect your head better dude. If you get multiple concussions, it starts to cause permanent damage. Remember your symptoms in case you get in a similar situation, you'll know what's going on.

Gummy

United States2180 Posts

November 10 2010 00:56 GMT

On November 10 2010 09:54 Tippereth wrote:
Concussions are a serious injury, they're just shrugged off for the exact reason that Quake stated: To not look like a puss. It's a poisonous mentality in the sports world that concussions are a minor injury.

Concussions are super deadly. This is no joke, man! I'm glad you got it taken care of, and take it easy for a while until you've gotten used to your diminished brain capacity.

Offhand

United States1869 Posts

November 10 2010 01:00 GMT

Concussions aren't always apparent when they happen though. It's very possible he could have fallen the same way and not received a concussion. The symptoms he got later were a very clear sign that it had happened though. I'd say he did the right thing.

neobowman

Canada3324 Posts

November 10 2010 01:54 GMT

Conussions vary a lot in seriousness. Sometimes, the effects won't even last that long. Other times, problems could appear a long time after you think you've recovered.

hacklebeast

United States5090 Posts

November 10 2010 01:57 GMT

The only advice I can say is don't tell your freinds. They will push you and laugh their asses off as you can't keep your balance and fall, no matter how lightly they tap you.

Or at lest thats what happened on my wrestling team everytime someone got a concussion. In retrospect, it was probaly cruel but, meh, that was just the way it was.

blahman3344

United States2015 Posts

November 10 2010 02:11 GMT

I hope you feel better man. I remember reading in some magazine about something like this. If you happen to fall really hard, then stay down for a bit, otherwise you may suffer something nasty If you get up too quick.
Also, Investing in cleats would be a good idea too. Anything you can do to prevent a similar situation from happening again, I guess.

Toyman69

Canada100 Posts

November 10 2010 02:44 GMT

#10

Had a really bad concussion once, couldn't work for a month and got dizzy everywhere i went, was throwing up a lot for the first 2 weeks. Got a scan to make sure i didn't sustain any brain damage. Funny thing is that i didn't realize till like 2hrs later when i could barely stand. So i know your pain but thankfully yours wasn't as serious but if you feel dizzy(lightheaded or whateva) take it easy for the next little bit.
.... cleats are a good idea but a bulletproof way is something like this:
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dogabutila

United States1437 Posts

November 10 2010 06:15 GMT

#11

Sounds like a bad concussion.

Get somebody to keep waking you up ever 2-3 hours. Sometimes people with bad concussions go to sleep and never wake up(go into a coma)

SolHeiM

Sweden1264 Posts

November 10 2010 06:18 GMT

#12

You really need to get your priorities in order mate. Do you want to look cool and be dead, or look like a pussy and be alive?

I think people who wear a bicycle helmet look fucking ridiculous, but I wear one myself because I'd rather look like a pussy and be alive than look cool as fuck and be dead.

Quake48

United States68 Posts

November 11 2010 00:39 GMT

#13

On November 10 2010 15:18 SolHeiM wrote:
You really need to get your priorities in order mate. Do you want to look cool and be dead, or look like a pussy and be alive?

I think people who wear a bicycle helmet look fucking ridiculous, but I wear one myself because I'd rather look like a pussy and be alive than look cool as fuck and be dead.

You sound like murry from Flight of the Concords