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Worst Audio Injury !!

Anyone ever get physically injured because of your stereo? I was installing interconnects a couple years back and stood up quickly and hit my head on the corner of one of the shelves.I got a half inch gash on my forehead that seemed to bleed forever.When I switched from digital to vinyl I was used to the easy storage of CD's.I had my LP"s on the floor and one day went to bend down to get a LP out of the crate and tripped and hit my knee on the cornerof the crate.My knee still isnt right.And you?
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jccampbellii
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Yes!  Lifting my speakers into my car heading back to school...hit me the next day like a ton of bricks!
jccampbellii
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03-09-2021 11:05am@jccampbellii,

Yes, the dreaded delay is one of the worst things about back injuries.

You can go to bed feeling fine totally unsuspecting the spinal locking up that can happen 24 or even 48 hours later.

Sometimes this will be accompanied by chronic pain in your lower back or legs together with an awful cold sweat as your body takes over in a primal way to prevent you doing any further damage to yourself.

I find that pulling in my stomach muscles can offer some protection before lifting the odd 25kg bag of potatoes or moving the 35kg Tannoy Berkeley.
Yep--nothing like it.  Even to this day my back will "lock up" if I spent too long bending...
A heating pad on for 20 minutes is one of the best things...I have even read that it is recommended by doctors as the best, to help the back.  About 25 years ago I got smart and bought a 2 wheeled moving cart...I use it for anything with heft--this includes stacking my stereo and moving it all at once, rather than several small trips.  Moving several smaller things (again, bending) can be as brutal to me as one heavy lift.  Now, I lift with my cart, gravity and leverage and not my back!
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