herb ox
01-31-2005, 11:10 PM
So there I was... a showdown with a Danzan Ryu Jiujitsu exponent practicing for his blackbelt... he said he wanted to try my Bak Sil Lum, since we're hitters more than grapplers (at least so he thought ;) ) and he thought it'd be interesting to spar with someone outside his style, with someone who is trying to hit and kick him rather than grab him. Long story short of it, we went at it for several rounds - I certainly gave him a run for his money... but, alas, he finally got a choke hold on me and, struggle as I tried, it was over for me... luckily he's a bro and quickly released as soon as I tapped. But for a few moments there, my trachea was forcefully deviated from it's normal anatomical position. While everything seemed return to normal position (although I did feel my hyoid bone reposition with a bit of a 'pop'), I was left so sore, speaking and swallowing were quite painful. The locus of pain was about halfway down the left side of my neck right between the adam's apple and where the trachea and neck muscle (sternocleidomastoid) meet.
I have an excellent dit da plaster that I use for percussive / impact injuries, but this feels a little different. Regardess, as I write this long-@$$ post, I am wearing a rediculous looking gauze patch plaster on the left side of my windpipe, over which I've wrapped a flannel scarf (not tightly, of course!) to keep the rest of my quickly-stiffening neck warm. Jook is on the stove and I'll probably hit some tylenol... Ms Red Bean even massaged the area with some special oil, but it still just doesn't feel much better.
So, here's the question: Does anyone out there have any experiences with this type of injury and how they treated it?
(apologies for the long winded post - can't talk right now!)
I have an excellent dit da plaster that I use for percussive / impact injuries, but this feels a little different. Regardess, as I write this long-@$$ post, I am wearing a rediculous looking gauze patch plaster on the left side of my windpipe, over which I've wrapped a flannel scarf (not tightly, of course!) to keep the rest of my quickly-stiffening neck warm. Jook is on the stove and I'll probably hit some tylenol... Ms Red Bean even massaged the area with some special oil, but it still just doesn't feel much better.
So, here's the question: Does anyone out there have any experiences with this type of injury and how they treated it?
(apologies for the long winded post - can't talk right now!)