What can you do for a sore and bruised neck after you get hit in the head with a hockey puck while watching a professional game? I went to the hospital and they said I have a concussion but my neck is so sore and no medication seems to be helping. I have to work a 16 hour shift tommorow as a nursing assistant.... Any ideas to help with the pain and soreness???
2007-02-21 15:00:03 · 21 answers · asked by Chance 2 in Sports ➔ Hockey
Ironically that is the same thing that killed that girl a few years back in Columbus Ohio during a Blue Jackets game.
Thanks to that incident we are now subjected to the nets on either end of the rinks.
Can you say "overreact"?
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2007-02-22 01:03:35 · answer #1 · answered by jujubah_01 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋
You don't run into a guy full speed with his frontside facing the boards. That is a poor regard for a player's safety and very liable to cause injury. Morris had a right to play the puck in this instance, and Kesler should have gone for a different check than the very obvious boarding call. If the same thing would have happened to wusscake diver Burrows you would have been singing a different tune, which proves you are a homer.
2016-05-23 21:57:50 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
You claim to be a nursing assistant, and the doc's diagnosed you with a concussion and you plan on working 16 hours, I don't buy this story. Been hit in face X2, first time slap shot from point free ride to hospital 27 stitches out of work 4 days. Second time in neck went to work hurt like heck.
2007-02-21 16:37:29 · answer #3 · answered by landersonjr1958 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I think your fellow medical staff may agree, and you should probably know this, that if you get a concussion you should probably not be doing much of anything, let alone working as a nurse, for 24 hours. If you are going to "tough" it out, take some ibuprofen, do not fall asleep for more than a few hours at a time, and try not to hurt anybody.
2007-02-21 21:18:28 · answer #4 · answered by Darsh 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you have a concussion, you probably shouldn't be driving and working anyway, but just resting.
As for the neck pain, if the doctors are sure there's no injury, it's probably just sore muscles. Muscle relaxants like ibuprofin should be helping with the inflammation and stiffness in the muscle even if you can't feel the pain reducing much.
2007-02-22 03:37:47 · answer #5 · answered by rinkrat 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Just came from the doctor (no I'm not kidding) for this very thing. Got hit in the knee and it's swollen and very tender. He told me to keep it elevated and apply ice (no hot) and 400 mgs of Ibuprofen 4 times a day for 7 days. He has also requested x-rays but he believes it is only soft tissue that has been damaged.
2007-02-21 15:11:42 · answer #6 · answered by patti duke 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You could pay attention and not get hit in the head/neck with a hockey puck.
2007-02-21 15:44:50 · answer #7 · answered by ak_man33 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I would go back to the hospital if I were you,a concussion can easily turn into a clot aneurysm or embolism very dangerous and should be monitored if there is new pain
2007-02-21 22:57:48 · answer #8 · answered by JOHN D 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
ouch did ya get the puck? hope so, for the soreness and pain i dont know really put a heating pad on your neck
2007-02-21 15:04:26 · answer #9 · answered by marynew8 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yeah, call in sick. You're a nurse, you should know not to mess around with spinal and head injuries with more stress. There's long term repercussions involved.
2007-02-21 17:11:19 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋