Thread: Can being pushed in the back cause damage?
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Old 07-10-2015, 12:52 PM
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Originally Posted by donniedarko View Post
I know I'm probably overstressing about this, but I'm sure a lot of PCS sufferers can relate to that. I need some reassurance and I wanted to ask you guys after lurking on the forum for a while and noticing how nice of a community this is.

Last night I was hanging out with friends at a get-together. A friend of mine walked into the apartment, I cracked a joke about him and a few seconds later he slapped/pushed me in the back with both hands on my shoulders. I was in a seated position and I went forward a bit since it was an unexpected and firm slap/push. The whole night and this morning I kept thinking as to whether it may have made my head worse by giving me whiplash or something. I'm so sick of overstressing about stuff I'd not think twice about in my pre-PCS condition, but here I am asking this anyway..
Dear Donnie,

I can relate to what you are saying. I do find that even a severe jolt to my body can trigger symptoms but I must also agree with Mark in that anxiety of previous brain injury can force old memorised symptoms to resurface.

Try and think about how far you have come in your progress and hold onto that. You can only get better.

Take care but keep airing your worries here xx
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I am a 36 yr old female who has played football, as a hobby, for 13 yrs. In July 2012, during a game I was slammed to the floor by two angry guys who hit into me so hard that one of them broke their ribs.
This knocked me back onto hard ground leaving me unconscious. I awoke to chronic head and neck pain, sickness and the inability to see or balance.
The paramedics made me walk to the ambulance, instead of placing me on a spinal board, where I was taken to the ER. I was hospitalised with suspected brain hemorrhage for 1 week, then on complete bed rest for 1 month, in a wheelchair for 2 months.

I have been left with PCS, moderate constant head pain, little short term memory, no memory of the accident, balance and sight problems, depression and exhaustion.
The worst problem is collapsing regularly. This has finally been diagnosed as Hemiplegic Migraines , these cause my brain to regularly shut down when I am tired and I then feel the full effects of a stroke (without the bleed on the brain!!) of which the symptoms last 2-4 days.
I have had 6 CT's, 2 MRI's and am under 3 specialists.

I believe everyday is one more towards improvement. Mainly I believe in the power of acceptance not the weakness of complacency or resignation.
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