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Two-part question: 1) You had a broken clavicle repaired surgically - what was your experience? 2) You've been seriously single going through the recovery process from major injury - how did you keep your mojo? [more inside]
posted by swngnmonk on Mar 7, 2012 - 4 answers

I train in a martial art at a place with an active competitive team, which I am trying to join. The other person there who is my size/skill level and on the competitive team goes very hard with me in sparring and always leaves me injured/bruised to a greater degree than any other student. How can I work around this situation or have a mature and productive confrontation about it, given that I still want to compete so I cannot avoid working with this person 100%? [more inside]
posted by zdravo on Feb 28, 2012 - 33 answers

Started Starting Strength, but I think I've done some damage with my squats. Halp! [more inside]
posted by tumid dahlia on Feb 23, 2012 - 21 answers

I have an ACL injury from a motorcycle accident two years ago. I have noticed in the past 6 months it has gotten much worse. Should I excercise more or less? I don't have health insurance and have no way to get physical therapy at all and have already exhausted all free health-care options. [more inside]
posted by RampantFerret on Feb 18, 2012 - 3 answers

Do sports creams with capsacin actually do anything to help healing and repair of inflamed tendons / ligaments or are they merely palliative? [more inside]
posted by BrooksCooper on Feb 15, 2012 - 13 answers

My mother stumbled in my home while getting out of the shower, and twisted her knee. She is uninsured and doesn't have the money to get an MRI or receive physical therapy. She wants to make an an injury claim against my homeowner's insurance to pay for her medical treatment. [more inside]
posted by anonymous on Feb 12, 2012 - 12 answers

Can you recommend a good sports doctor in NYC? (Need treatment for a rock climbing shoulder injury.) [more inside]
posted by Eshkol on Jan 26, 2012 - 6 answers

What can cause knee stiffness and pain in less than a week without any distinct injury? And when is this an emergency? [more inside]
posted by NikitaNikita on Jan 21, 2012 - 8 answers

What the hell did I do to my shoulder? All the details (as many as I can type) inside. [more inside]
posted by littlerobothead on Jan 17, 2012 - 8 answers

Should I Go to the Doctor Filter: Last night, a friend and I were goofing around. He went to pick me up and toss me over his shoulder, and succeeded instead in tossing me face-first into the corner of a wall at a fairly decent velocity. I know the kneejerk response to these questions is usually YES GO TO THE DOCTOR WHY ARE YOU ON METAFILTER YOU IDIOT, but details inside. [more inside]
posted by easy, lucky, free on Jan 3, 2012 - 23 answers

I'm getting some kind of RSI on the side of the end of my thumb (exterior, adjacent to the right side of my thumbnail.) It feels like it is burning and getting worse. It is the spot where I hit the spacebar/trackpad. I'm worried, but in reading up on thumb pain, can't find this particular injury, nor any suggested remedies.
posted by soulbarn on Dec 21, 2011 - 5 answers

I am very, very clumsy. I stumble, bump into things, trip, and actually fall with frequency. Accepting that, can you teach me best practices for falling with minimal injury to myself? [more inside]
posted by peachfuzz on Dec 19, 2011 - 41 answers

Should I get a lawyer, and whose insurance should I make a claim against for an auto accident that was the other driver's fault and which caused significant injury? [more inside]
posted by Vectorcon Systems on Dec 12, 2011 - 15 answers

Need advice on if/how to treat a four-year-old's injured tooth. [more inside]
posted by sprocket87 on Dec 5, 2011 - 5 answers

I have this reoccurring injury on my ankle which always happen when I play futsal. [more inside]
posted by ericteoh on Nov 28, 2011 - 7 answers

MRI ...what it shows and x ray missed [more inside]
posted by Postroad on Nov 28, 2011 - 7 answers

IT Band problems: Tried the foam roller, deep tissue massage, building the muscle and stretches (all to no avail). What are other remedies? [more inside]
posted by xinglin91 on Nov 27, 2011 - 12 answers

I hate my job and yet I can't legally leave, I don't think. Help me cope. [more inside]
posted by anonymous on Nov 26, 2011 - 9 answers

What's up with my cat's chin? My cat has a strange spot on his chin that looks sort of like a wart, and I'm not sure whether I should be concerned about it or not. [more inside]
posted by odayoday on Nov 18, 2011 - 28 answers

Anything I can do to help my shoulder heal from a bad sprain? [more inside]
posted by alex_skazat on Nov 2, 2011 - 7 answers

Movies/shows where an actor's last-minute injury or mishap was worked into the final shooting? [more inside]
posted by TheSecretDecoderRing on Sep 7, 2011 - 29 answers

If you had an L5 injury, and you were a runner, how would you treat it? [more inside]
posted by roomthreeseventeen on Sep 2, 2011 - 15 answers

How can I improve my 800 meter dash time, without doing much speedwork? [more inside]
posted by crawltopslow on Aug 31, 2011 - 5 answers

I just put a 2 inch gash in my leg deep enough to expose fatty tissue. I can't afford to go to the ER. Will it be okay if I wait until morning? [more inside]
posted by echolalia67 on Aug 9, 2011 - 48 answers

What did I do to my foot? I have been working very physically and in bare feet no less but... my foot started to hurt several house after I was done with work and there wasn't a specific incident to cause the pain. My foot just started to radiate pain, seemingly out of no where. [more inside]
posted by m. says: on Aug 3, 2011 - 7 answers

My leg was run over by a car in may. I can walk again, but every afternoon my ankle swells up. What causes this? How long can I anticipate it will last? [more inside]
posted by to sir with millipedes on Jul 29, 2011 - 14 answers

I get inner elbow pain from playing racquetball or rock climbing. What's going on and how do I fix it? [more inside]
posted by joshuaconner on Jul 22, 2011 - 11 answers

How can I increase the intensity of my workout without making it longer? Complications: I can't run, lift, or swim. [more inside]
posted by KathrynT on Jul 7, 2011 - 23 answers

Could my shoulder/neck pain be caused by a nerve problem? [more inside]
posted by DorothySmith on Jul 4, 2011 - 18 answers

Scenario: 77 year old mom had hip replaced last week. She has been doing well. Tonight, on the first night we left her to fend for herself, she decided to take her walker into the kitchen and return to bed with a plate of food. She fell. Landed on the new hip. Called me. Back now. Could use a sounding board.... [more inside]
posted by ecorrocio on Jun 27, 2011 - 7 answers

Is it common to experience a taste/smell when one's head is hit very hard? [more inside]
posted by Bebo on Jun 20, 2011 - 20 answers

Yesterday I was playing softball and after my first hit I was sprinting hard to beat out the throw to first when it felt like a knife went in the front of my upper thigh. What did I do to myself? [more inside]
posted by rocket88 on Jun 13, 2011 - 13 answers

What did I do to my lower leg last night? Denial about a potentially torn knee ligament and long recovery time have me wondering (hoping) it's not that serious. More inside. [more inside]
posted by duckus on Jun 9, 2011 - 10 answers

Infected scrapes on my knees -- advice for proper treatment? [more inside]
posted by matticulate on Jun 3, 2011 - 31 answers

Help me devise a way to immobilize my dog's broken tail. Vet says cast is not an option. [more inside]
posted by MD06 on Jun 2, 2011 - 16 answers

Burn insurance settlement for child [more inside]
posted by anonymous on Jun 1, 2011 - 15 answers

Mystery cat injury. How did this happen? (Description of non-life threatening but odd injury inside) [more inside]
posted by pointystick on May 31, 2011 - 11 answers

My cat has stopped eating (for a couple of reasons) and I'm running out of ideas on how to get her to eat. Looking for advice and suggestions and anything which will help me quit worrying in the meantime. [more inside]
posted by hippybear on May 19, 2011 - 42 answers

I've broken my Ankle need advise on how to live & recover from it [more inside]
posted by complience on May 18, 2011 - 23 answers

Herniated disc, doctor says it's ok to climb (can't make it worse). First week back, electric shock pain. Can I safely ignore this? [more inside]
posted by defben on May 12, 2011 - 8 answers

I know you are not my doctor, but maybe you can tell me if I should see a doctor for some knee things. [more inside]
posted by nile_red on May 5, 2011 - 14 answers

Cut my finger three days ago. Still can't feel the tip? [more inside]
posted by allymusiqua on Mar 20, 2011 - 13 answers

Thanks to a previous post I've been able to get back to the gym and get a great workout going. Now I have a snag. I hurt my rotator cuff years ago (due to a poor benchpress technique or lack thereof). I do the advised exercises for it but regardless, I am unable to lift above my head without injury (and the doc advised against it). Eventually surgery may help. Shoulder presses prior to injury would really bulk up my shoulders but because of this injury I cannot do them anymore. I do dumbbell front and side raises which help but is there any other exercises that might bulk/round the shoulder? I am not going for extremely heavy weights. Just enough to continue to challenge the muscle. Any thoughts?
posted by snap_dragon on Feb 25, 2011 - 7 answers

I strain a muscle too frequently when I exercise. How am I supposed to get stronger? [more inside]
posted by jessicapierce on Feb 23, 2011 - 24 answers

Does stretching (before/after exercise) actually help in any measurable way at all? [more inside]
posted by tylerkaraszewski on Feb 19, 2011 - 18 answers

Do you have any experience with ChiWalking? Has it helped you prevent / recover from injuries? Helped you get fit? Made your life awesome? [more inside]
posted by angiep on Feb 18, 2011 - 3 answers

What do you do when someone accidentally causes you minor injury or damage to your personal property? [more inside]
posted by lunchbox on Feb 14, 2011 - 21 answers

I work for a club in the San Fernando Valley and recently broke my ankle on the job. I am classified as 1099 but am actually a misclassified statutory employee and I think the the guy who owns the club and/or his insurance company is/are trying to cheat his way out of paying me worker's comp. and covering the cost of my pending operation. [more inside]
posted by anonymous on Feb 10, 2011 - 9 answers

Is there a standard protocol (or best practices) when an emergency responder (PD, FD, EMT) gets into an accident en route to or from a call? [more inside]
posted by Admiral Haddock on Feb 10, 2011 - 3 answers

I clean houses for a living. I'm getting RSI. A lot of the usual advice doesn't seem to apply to me, and I don't know what to do. [more inside]
posted by streetdreams on Feb 6, 2011 - 8 answers