“Do not push too much,” warns the trainer for tears in the neck artery from the session squats

Enthusiasts in the gym who are proud of crossing borders to the perfect elevator should for a while listen to the careful note of the gym instructor who suffered stretches after tearing the artery of the neck during squats.

The 33-year-old Fitness coach Bridgette Salatin from Ohio still has memory problems two years after a catastrophic stroke. Now, returning to the routine in the gym with lighter weights, warns others: “Don’t press too much.”

Salatin remembers the moment when it happened; She had in the middle of 70 kg of squats, when she suddenly felt dizzy, and then a “really bad” headache. She did not eat or slept enough last night and crossed her borders, holding her breath before she raised the weight.

“When I woke up that day, I had pain in my neck, but I thought that I was probably just sleeping fun on it. I squatted and I had a barbell on my back. I started to have a really bad headache ”, Salatin he said.

The sharp pain fired her shoulders into the right temple before she fell to the ground. Later, she learned that the intense strain told the artery into the neck, causing three mini-stroke.

Doctors also diagnosed salads with nerve occipital branches, painful neurological condition caused by damage or inflammation of the occipital nerves that run through the scalp. The condition may result from the nerves, muscle tightness in the neck or head or neck injury.

“They made a few scans on me and said:” You had a stroke “, but how is it happening in the world at the age of 31? I felt immediate sadness. I thought “I didn’t succeed” and “Have you ever been right? “. I felt like I lost my sense of myself, “she remembered.

Although the months of the rest of the bed and the thinners of the blood helped her recover, Salatin said that her life was never the same, even two years later.

“My short -term memory has disappeared, and doing everyday things is difficult for me. I used to teach yoga lessons that study strictly on their heads, but I can’t do it anymore, “she said.

Now it encourages others to start with lighter weights and find a balance between limits and avoid injuries.