Lack of Balance

[terryl965]

After sparring two weeks ago, I got rocked pretty hard by the way, my balance has been off real bad. It seems I am leaning to the left alot when doing poomsae and certain drills. I have been to the doctor and he ran his test and everything seems fine but I have never had this before. Has this happen to anybody else and if so how long it did stay with you?

 

[bowser666]

What type of Doctor did you go to? I would suggest a eye , ear , nose , and throat specialist. There could be some hidden damage that a General Practitioner may not pick up. Where did you get hit by the way? Was it a head shot ? If there does not appear to be any inner ear damage or anything like that then maybe go see a chiropractor as you could have some alignment issues as well.

 

[terryl965]

I went to my doctor and then to the hospital for some test and they found nothing. He said my bell was rang real bad and it should be ok in a few weeks. Maybe the specialist is the way to go.

 

[PEP-REP]

I went to my doctor and then to the hospital for some test and they found nothing. He said my bell was rang real bad and it should be ok in a few weeks. Maybe the specialist is the way to go.

I would say you have a slight concusin. (sp..lol) Do you have any other issues? dizzyness, light headed? it should go away in a couple days but to be completely over it a couple weeks..

Glenn

 

[Empty Hands]

Sounds like inner ear to me. If the doc clears you, I'm not sure that anything useful can be done. All too often, unless something is obviously grossly wrong, doctors won't be able to help you much.

 

[Twin Fist]

Sounds like inner ear to me. If the doc clears you, I'm not sure that anything useful can be done. All too often, unless something is obviously grossly wrong, doctors won't be able to help you much.

What HE said

A hard head shot can jack up the inner ear, and effect balance. it will most liekly sort itself out after some time has passed.

 

[jks9199]

I agree; it's probably inner ear. After all, the inner ear is the seat of balance.

Did they do any sort of CT/head scan? Have you considered contacting a neurologist?

I'd be worried about balance problems two weeks after a mild concussion...

 

[bowser666]

Yikes I must not have read the post closely enough, I thought it was only a couple of days ago that he was struck.2 weeks though !! That is a indicator that something is amiss. Get to a specialist ASAP, and it might be a good idea to take a break from training , to avoid further damage, and take some rest in the interim. I definitely sounds liek an inner ear , so a Ear specialist is the way to go. If more in depth tests are need then I am sure he can give you referrals.

 

[terryl965]

Yea my doctor made me an appointment with an ear specialist, but I own and operate my school. No sparring right now but need to keep training and teaching. Thanks everyone.

 

[tellner]

Good on your doctor. I just saw the thread and was about to say you should talk to an ENT.

You realize what's going to happen. Since you're leaning a bit to the left and wavering your students will copy what you do. Twenty years from now when they have their own schools they will faithfully reproduce it all. They'll explain that it is advanced tactics and body mechanics and speculate about how you were emphasizing the Ancient Lost Yin Side of TKD by leaning to the left. The erratic movement was your expression of small-circle chaotic evasion techniques which you too, Grasshopper, can find by careful study of the forms and three-step sparring drills.

[For those of you who don't catch the reference, there's an old joke often told in business and engineering schools about a woman who always cut off the ends of the legs when she roasted a turkey.

One day her daughter asked "Ma, why do you do that?"

She speculated that maybe little bits of marrow dripping out improved improved the flavor but eventually said that she did it because her mother always had.

So they called up her grandmother and asked why she cut off the ends of the turkey legs. Grandmother said she did it because her mother had.

The three women visited Great Gran who said "Why do you do that? I cut off the ends of the legs because we only had a tiny oven. It was the only way to make it fit."]

 

[Kacey]

Yea my doctor made me an appointment with an ear specialist, but I own and operate my school. No sparring right now but need to keep training and teaching. Thanks everyone.

Don't mess with your health - surely you know that by now. Teaching is fine, but be very careful with the training, especially if your balance is off - that last thing you want to do is injure yourself on top of whatever is causing the current problem.

 

[terryl965]

Don't mess with your health - surely you know that by now. Teaching is fine, but be very careful with the training, especially if your balance is off - that last thing you want to do is injure yourself on top of whatever is causing the current problem.

Thanks Kacey you are right as is the rest of people, really Yolanda been doing alot of it so I can seat and look pretty.

 

[DavidCC]

A good chiropractor might help, you may have gotten a "kinetic amateur adjustment"

 

[tellner]

Chiroquacktors are fine for limited forms of physical therapy. But the twaddle and horsefeathers that passes for the "theory" - all illnesses are caused by spinal misalignment - is dangerously wrong.

For a real medical problem see a real doctor. This is almost certainly an ear or brain problem.

 

[jks9199]

Chiroquacktors are fine for limited forms of physical therapy. But the twaddle and horsefeathers that passes for the "theory" - all illnesses are caused by spinal misalignment - is dangerously wrong.

For a real medical problem see a real doctor. This is almost certainly an ear or brain problem.

As I understand it, most chiropractors today have moved away from the early "spinal alignment cures all" approach, and aren't trying to cure things that aren't in their realm of specialization. (Still, I've never heard of anyone actually cured by a chiropractor; they always seem to need more adjustment... And I can't help but recall the table I "adjusted" right into a lap desk.) But I agree... Go to the appropriate regular doctors, and get the ears and nerves checked.

 

[chinto]

ok, go see an ear, nose and throat specialist, if he does not have good answers have him refer you to a neurosurgeon, or neurologist.

if there is a problem you need to find out what treatment is needed if any after this length of time.