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Old 08-10-2016, 02:34 PM
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Building upper body strength for rock climbing will limit your development as a distance runner if you want to be competitive. If you run for conditioning, not competition, building upper body strength is OK.

Your neck may not exhibit pain but can still be a problem. Do you have tenderness behind your ear at the bony place ? We can them subtle neck injuries because they have minimal symptoms other than inflammation and muscle spasms that cause head aches and fogginess.

Take a run with foam ear plugs and listen to the pounding of your foot plant. That pounding is at C-1 and C-2, right where inflammation and muscle spasms start.

You may need to give up on roadwork for a while. A stationary bike can help maintain you condition. But, do not push into a headache. The Buffalo Protocol says to limit pulse rate to 80% of your symptom triggering level.

btw, Studies show that 80% of concussions include a subtle neck injury.
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