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02-11-2024, 01:43 PM | #1 | ||
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I was walking down the stairs and slipped and lost my footing which caused me to fall backwards and then slide down a few more steps down the stairs. I did not hit my head and absorbed most of it with my arms and back as my elbows went back to catch the fall but I did feel my head shake from the force of the fall and I continued to slide down the stairs after falling which made me head bounce as I kept sliding down the stairs. The stairs were made of carpet so this softened the fall a bit but it made me slide down more since I did not have good grip. My head did not hit anything at any point during the fall. I landed more in my back and arms rather than my tailbone. I felt my teeth chatter a bit from the force to my head
I am really panicking now and super stresses that this could have caused a concussion or whiplash injury. It happened 7 hours and I mostly feel fine but do have headache. Is it possible for such a fall to not cause any injury? |
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02-12-2024, 09:58 AM | #2 | ||
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02-13-2024, 01:51 AM | #3 | ||
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Yes, it is very possible for such a fall to cause no injury other than bruised elbows.
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02-16-2024, 12:44 PM | #4 | ||
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Thank you very much for the responses.
I am doing my best not to think about this fall but I have had PCS symptoms on and off for the past 6 years. In the past few months, I have had periods feeling mostly normal and periods with quite some symptom flares. Experiencing any type of fall or head bump therefore makes me quite anxious because then I can directly link my symptom flares to an incident rather than being able to tell myself that they are just symptoms which will eventually go away and which are bothersome but not due to any serious new injury/trauma. The first few days after the fall I mostly felt normal aside from some headaches. I also had soreness in my upper arms and under my armpits, which I presume is from suddenly contracting those muscles to break the fall and keep me from sliding down the stairs. I have not had any neck pain. However, since day 4 after the fall, I have started to have much worse trouble with concentration and dizziness (not a spinning vertigo but more of a subtle unsteadiness that feels like it comes from behind my eyes). These are two symptoms which often come and go for me, however it has been quite bad these past few days. Does it sound like these symptoms could be from the fall? Does the fall sound like it was enough force to cause a concussion? |
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02-18-2024, 01:25 AM | #5 | ||
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Those symptoms that you claim might be PCS or concussion symptoms are also the most common symptoms of ANXIETY and stress.
I've seen this same complaint hundreds of time in the last decade on NT. The person gets little improvement until they improved their anxiety issues. In fact, the data shows that 80% of the people with prolonged concussion symptoms are people with a history of anxiety or depression. The worst way to handle this is with a benzodiazepine (anti-anxiety) medication.
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03-01-2024, 03:58 PM | #6 | ||
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Does it sound like the fall was enough force to cause a concussion?
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