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05-14-20, 01:18 PM | |
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Proper form for coughing. (Learn from my horrible mistake!)
About a year and a half ago I had a terrible cold. Probably the worst I've had in my whole life. The biggest symptom was a horrendous cough. I had to sleep with a cough drop in my mouth as I coughed all night long.
After a few weeks, I noticed pain in my back and around my waistline. Long story short, I had fractured a vertebra from hacking so much. That event changed my fitness life forever. I should have gone to the doctor and gotten prescription cough medicine. So, when you have to cough (or, sneeze) keep your spine straight. Don't bend forward or flex your spine if you can help it. Maybe pull your shoulder blades together to protect your spine. I have read of climbers on Mt. Everest coughing so hard they cracked their own ribs. More about coughing: https://www.health24.com/Medical/Cou...-body-20170922 Be careful out there!
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05-16-20, 02:55 PM | ||
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I had bronchitis for the first time in my life just before the pandemic got into full gear. The immediate care clinic associated with the large hospital network I'm use prescribed an inhaler (for the wheezing, after I did a nebulizer treatment at the clinic) and a prescription for a cough suppressant pill. I didn't end up actually using the prescription cough suppressant pills because by the time I bothered to go to urgent care, the worst of my coughing symptoms were over (just mainly had the wheezing going on, and they did x-ray my lungs to check for pneumonia). However, I'm keeping the Rx pills in case I ever get bronchitis again. It was an unusually bad winter for me as far as repeatedly getting sick. |
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bone loss, coughing, osteopenia, osteoporosis, vertebral fracture |
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