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Originally Posted by Mark in Idaho
Your experience on the skeleton is not a sub-concussive impact. You are putting your brain under high stress. The momentary but sustained G forces push your blood around in your brain. This can cause problems. If there is vibration involved, that can make it worse.
Work-arounds and accommodations are ways we accomplish tasks by different means that the usual. Memory tricks, word finding tricks, etc.
btw, There is little value to identifying the cause. Treat the symptoms and avoid future trauma. Worrying about 'Did ..... cause CTE or such' is a waste of anxiety.
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Mark in Idaho,
If the g's are not sub concussive events yet I wretch hard (I generally vomit when I am concussed) what were they in your opinion? There is a lot of vibration involved as there are "no shock absorbers" on the sled. This is quite a rock and roll sport and was banned from the Olympics for decades because of how dangerous they felt it was.
Most tracks have about 20 turns or so with more than 1 big sweeping turn where the g's are extended for a while. Speeds are approx. 80mph. My final concussion I hit the roof of turn 9 in Placid (remember head first) Woke up in 12 didn't know where I was - then rewoke in the finish and vomited all over the place. I couldn't see straight for about 3 months
As I type this I feel myself welling up. I am really scared. Was I getting concussed almost every run during my final season? I had 3 documented that season.
Thank You
07-20-2014, 09:03 PM
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