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Which hurts more?
stubbing your toe
4%
 4%  [ 2 ]
getting a calf knot
14%
 14%  [ 7 ]
a kick in the privates
59%
 59%  [ 28 ]
a stomachache
8%
 8%  [ 4 ]
a headache
12%
 12%  [ 6 ]
Total Votes : 47

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VanIslander



Joined: 18 Aug 2003
Location: Geoje, Hadong, Tongyeong,... now in a small coastal island town outside Gyeongsangnamdo!

PostPosted: Mon Nov 26, 2007 4:19 am    Post subject: which hurts more? Reply with quote

For me, a knot in the calf, especially while sleeping, is the worst! Leaves me wimpering long after it is gone. There is no relief which comes with the reduction in pain, no adrenaline rush, just the vivid memory of a knife that could return at any moment, when least expected, in the early hours of the morning.

I just got a knot Embarassed Am fearful of bedtime tonight.

At least with a headache I can take medicine and be dopey relaxed.

Stretching with a calf knot can contribute to them, just as exercise OR the lack thereof can bring it on. It is hell's fury.
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butlerian



Joined: 04 Sep 2006
Location: Korea

PostPosted: Mon Nov 26, 2007 4:23 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

I'm yet to experience a more sickening pain than a football (soccer ball to you North Americans) hit at full blast and connecting perfectly with ones private parts. I hope I'll never experience it again!
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ajgeddes



Joined: 28 Apr 2004
Location: Yongsan

PostPosted: Mon Nov 26, 2007 4:24 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Try a hockey puck
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DRAMA OVERKILL



Joined: 12 Apr 2005

PostPosted: Mon Nov 26, 2007 4:36 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Getting hit in the pills hurts immensely, no question.

But, I voted headache. A few months ago I had a headache that was absolute misery for about four hours. Horrible!!!
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tzechuk



Joined: 20 Dec 2004

PostPosted: Mon Nov 26, 2007 4:45 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Is a knot, cramp?

If so, I got that when I was pregnant with Letty. They say it's because you lack potassium.. so eat some bananas.
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JAWINSEOUL



Joined: 19 Nov 2005

PostPosted: Mon Nov 26, 2007 4:48 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

ajgeddes wrote:
Try a hockey puck


I've experianced the hockey puck in the #$%^. We were playing some pickup hockey and I'm not sure where my protection was at the time, but a little deflection, the next thing you know ...sting... Sad
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VanIslander



Joined: 18 Aug 2003
Location: Geoje, Hadong, Tongyeong,... now in a small coastal island town outside Gyeongsangnamdo!

PostPosted: Mon Nov 26, 2007 4:52 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

tzechuk wrote:
Is a knot, cramp?

Technically a knot in the calf when you are sleeping or lying down is usually NOT a cramp but more like a charley horse.

Here is an explanation of the difference:
http://www.bodyandfitness.com/Information/Health/charleyhorse.htm
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tzechuk



Joined: 20 Dec 2004

PostPosted: Mon Nov 26, 2007 4:55 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

OK, then what I had when I was pregnant and would wake up in pain was charley horse.

Still - not enough potassium.
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VanIslander



Joined: 18 Aug 2003
Location: Geoje, Hadong, Tongyeong,... now in a small coastal island town outside Gyeongsangnamdo!

PostPosted: Mon Nov 26, 2007 5:09 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

tzechuk wrote:
OK, then what I had when I was pregnant and would wake up in pain was charley horse.

Still - not enough potassium.

Don't be dense.

We are talking about CALVES. If you are talking about lower leg pain then we are talking about the same thing. Otherwise go eat those bananas.
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tzechuk



Joined: 20 Dec 2004

PostPosted: Mon Nov 26, 2007 5:10 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Yes Calves, VI! I do remember the pain I had waking up from. I had those when I was asleep, not when I was awake and standing up.

OK, let me describe the pain I had to you:

I would wake up and find my calve muscles all, completely, 100% rock solid and in excruciating pain. Does that sound like Charley Horse to you? If I can still comprehend, I think it's what the website describes!
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RACETRAITOR



Joined: 24 Oct 2005
Location: Seoul, South Korea

PostPosted: Mon Nov 26, 2007 5:27 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Sometimes when I'm sleeping I dream that I am running or something, and my leg muscles twitch. Sometimes it results in intense pain in my legs. That really hurts, probably worse than getting sacked, but I know it's only temporary so I'm not worried that bad.
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butlerian



Joined: 04 Sep 2006
Location: Korea

PostPosted: Mon Nov 26, 2007 5:55 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

RACETRAITOR wrote:
Sometimes when I'm sleeping I dream that I am running or something, and my leg muscles twitch. Sometimes it results in intense pain in my legs. That really hurts, probably worse than getting sacked, but I know it's only temporary so I'm not worried that bad.


Yeah...sometimes I feel like I'm falling, say, out of the bed. Results in twitching - very odd!
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reactionary



Joined: 22 Oct 2006
Location: korreia

PostPosted: Mon Nov 26, 2007 6:20 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

OK, I think i had one of those leg pains you are all describing. happened earlier this year - can cold weather contribute? i'll also guess i moved my leg in my sleep.

pretty horrid experience! not the best way to wake up.

but i voted stomachache.

had a bad reaction to some pills i was taking for dry skin. felt like (and according to my gf, sounded like) water was boiling in my gut. laying down, standing up, nothing relieved it. just had to weather it out for 30min-an hour each time (took me a couple days to identify the meds as the cause)
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Young FRANKenstein



Joined: 02 Oct 2006
Location: Castle Frankenstein (that's FRONKensteen)

PostPosted: Mon Nov 26, 2007 6:40 am    Post subject: Re: which hurts more? Reply with quote

VanIslander wrote:
For me, a knot in the calf, especially while sleeping, is the worst!

Yeah, pretty bad, but my vote still goes to smacking the funny bone.
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SuperFly



Joined: 09 Jul 2003
Location: In the doghouse

PostPosted: Mon Nov 26, 2007 11:14 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Absolutely NOTHING beats serious stomach problems/pain. NOTHING.
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