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The rather shocking photo attached was snapped on November 16th of last year by a spectator at the collegiate power lifting championships at Penn State.
The unfortunate competitor (who expressed a plea to remain anonymous) told surgeons that he was "stuck" at the bottom of a personal best attempt in the squat lift when he "sort of pulled his stomach in and pushed extra hard, trying to complete the lift."
He remembers a loud popping, splattering noise, then a fierce stabbing pain and not being able to move from the squat position. He remained in this position for about half an hour since trying to stand caused him overwhelming agonizing pain.
Paramedics arrived and applied anesthesia on the spot and carried him to an ambulance. He was rushed to surgery, where surgeons described the trauma as "an explosive and aggravated prolapse of the bowel".
It was revealed that the weight was removed from the competitor's shoulders at the time of the incident by two spotters on either side of him. The third spotter who was standing behind the lifter was sprayed with fecal matter at the time of the incident. This spotter promptly fainted when he realized the extent of of the injury to the lifter, who was a personal friend.
This compounded the task of first aid officers who were at a loss as to how to treat the injury to the lifter in any case, as he remained in the squatting position moaning in pain.. much to the consternation of the shocked and helpless audience.
The hapless lifter had successful surgery to relieve the prolapse, but remained immobilized with his feet elevated in stirrups for 2 weeks to ensure "internal compliance with the surgery and that the organs retracted successfully".
To add insult to injury, the ex-lifter required rectal stitching to partially occlude the anal orifice and stitch the rectal passage, both of which had significantly expanded and torn during the prolapse. He was also put on a low fiber, low residue diet to combat flatulence. This was done in order to avoid any possibility of a recurrence.
The unfortunate competitor (who expressed a plea to remain anonymous) told surgeons that he was "stuck" at the bottom of a personal best attempt in the squat lift when he "sort of pulled his stomach in and pushed extra hard, trying to complete the lift."
He remembers a loud popping, splattering noise, then a fierce stabbing pain and not being able to move from the squat position. He remained in this position for about half an hour since trying to stand caused him overwhelming agonizing pain.
Paramedics arrived and applied anesthesia on the spot and carried him to an ambulance. He was rushed to surgery, where surgeons described the trauma as "an explosive and aggravated prolapse of the bowel".
It was revealed that the weight was removed from the competitor's shoulders at the time of the incident by two spotters on either side of him. The third spotter who was standing behind the lifter was sprayed with fecal matter at the time of the incident. This spotter promptly fainted when he realized the extent of of the injury to the lifter, who was a personal friend.
This compounded the task of first aid officers who were at a loss as to how to treat the injury to the lifter in any case, as he remained in the squatting position moaning in pain.. much to the consternation of the shocked and helpless audience.
The hapless lifter had successful surgery to relieve the prolapse, but remained immobilized with his feet elevated in stirrups for 2 weeks to ensure "internal compliance with the surgery and that the organs retracted successfully".
To add insult to injury, the ex-lifter required rectal stitching to partially occlude the anal orifice and stitch the rectal passage, both of which had significantly expanded and torn during the prolapse. He was also put on a low fiber, low residue diet to combat flatulence. This was done in order to avoid any possibility of a recurrence.
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