Heavy weight training hurts eye sight?

[danielson]

dude....dont get worried!

it might be nothing, it might be something. seek medical attention by seeing your doctor and explaining the situation. he will then test certain reflexes on you involving your face,eyes and stuff to see if it is a cranial nerve or something. he'll also check for glaucoma and other things. it is also very possible that this is psychosomatic and your getting too woried and imagining the syptoms and nothings really wrong! yopu wont know and no-one will be able to tell you over the nternet for definate unless you get it checked, DONT BE APPREHENSIVE, THERES NO REASON TO!

if it was me personally and my left eye was getting worse(as opposed to both) id leapfrog the opticain and go straight to my doctor. if the weightlifting is aggrevating it then take a break for a week till you see your doctor, it wont kill you and u wont lose that much mass! but you have to do that (SEE A DOC) if your feeling even slightly worried about it!

ps. the only reason i said all that crap earlier was just to point out what your friend was telling you doesnt happen to all lifters, just in those cases and why.

your doctor will answer all questions about weights etc, so maybe write down qall your questions briefly before u go in! hope this helps

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[SSAlexSS]

Originally posted by danielson:
weightlifting is static exercise. as suchit send the blood pressure way up!. if u wanna see how much get a guy to bench heavy and watch the side of his neck. his venous system (veins) particularly his jugular will fill up with blood and become very prominent.

how this relates to the eye thing....well for the eyes to feck up, most liely your inetrcranial pressure has gone up and is stooping the transmission of a cranial nerve that transmits optic information.

this can happen because 1)something in your brain haemmoraged (a blood vessel popped because of trauma or soething in your blood|)
2)something is mechanically blocking the arteries (i.e. an atheroma of fatty deposits...like in heart attacks!)
3) u have an inherited genetic defect causing a weakness in the walls of the arteries, causing them to ruprute more easily.

this is why if you weightlift, yyour blood pressure goes up and can cause these nasty haemmorages etc. but if you dont have a genetic tendency, its unlikely, think about it, the goventments would be screaming at everyone to stop lifting weghts otherwise!

the left eye could be anything, including such things as glaucoma! that can make you go blind, but if you get it treated you can hold it in its tracks. you might just be imagining the whole thing. safest thing is to get that mofo checked out aiight

HOLY FATHER! I measured my blood pressure and it is at 140/100. That is ALOT FOR ME!
My last workout was on Thursday. I did lots of squats (for the first time) and new stiff leged deadlift max.

I usually have 120/80 blood pressure. But this!!!!

My question is, as my blood pressure levels out (hopefully soon). Will my eye sight restore to what it was before?

Reply please!
Thanks!

 

[danielson]

Originally posted by SSAlexSS:
My question is, as my blood pressure levels out (hopefully soon). Will my eye sight restore to what it was before?

Reply please!
Thanks!

theres no way of knowing unless you get it checked to see if you have raised intracranial pressure. good news is iof you did you'd probably be dead right now thata why i was saying you should see a doc, as it could be anything, or nothing! the only way anyone can know is by checking themselves. the left eye might just be a corneal scratch which will heal

as for the blood pressure, i dont think its meant to stay high after u do weights, least not that long. but if your excited...or worried, your BP goes up...so maybe thats why!
hope this helped

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[This message has been edited by danielson (edited April 14, 2001).]

 

[Kryp2o]

Originally posted by b fold the truth:
One time my dad told me:
"Son...if you don't stop masturbating...you're gonna go blind."

I said "Dad...I'm over here."

B True

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[booger]

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[BIG MOFO]

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[tomcat]

I diagnose it as a very severe case of OpticRectumitus.
This is a situation where your Optic nerve has a direct connection to your asshole and you have a shitty outlook on life.

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[mattcanning99]

HELLLLLLLPPPPPPP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


I heard that weight training hurts your eyes. Is that true? Has anoyone else heard of this? Is it true that weight traning can cause your eyes to deteorate?

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!! I am so sad! I wear glasses and suddenly I notice my left eye getting worse. WHAT GIVES????

What should I do? I do not want to stop working out, and i do not want to go blind either.

Any advice?
Thanks!

not that i know of

 

[gymtime]

One time my dad told me:
"Son...if you don't stop masturbating...you're gonna go blind."

I said "Dad...I'm over here."

B True

Beautiful.

 

[Thaibox]

I can't believe people are giving me shit for criticizing this guy