Just wondering if there is any stories of ppl returning to football following a stroke? Either on here or know of someone as a young stroke survivor I used to enjoy a game not at a high level just bit of 5 a side? All recoveries bk into sport appreciated doesn’t just have to be football TIA
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There’s a stroke group in Liverpool do walking football, it is quite a sporty group doing golf too, maybe they do football. You could check groups in your area to see what activities they offer.
Post covid things are starting up again.
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Newcastle United do walking football class once a week. You could ask them if you live near.
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I’m running longer distances than I had done before my stroke, I’d say you’d be fine. Go with how your body feels and you won’t be let down
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I have returned to running after my stroke. I just make sure I’m well hydrated and rehydrate afterwards to avoid headaches
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Matt - I find this very interesting.
I would like to explore this a little further if I may.
How long had you been running before you had the stroke?
I am trying to find out if there might be a link between (in your case) running and your stroke. Did your running somehow trigger your stroke?
I used to run myself and on some days I used to feel a pain in my chest. “Being a bloke” I never got it checked.
It seems there are no warning signs to alert you of the imminent stroke. Or maybe there are (my chest pain) but we have not been made aware of them to recognise them as such?
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I hadn’t ran in years. I was competing in a combat sport when I had my stroke. It’s likely I had clots from a flu virus I had a week before, then I landed on my head/neck during training which sent a blood clot loose to my brain.
That’s the working theory anyway.
Now I run regularly because I can no longer train fighting.
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I’m guessing anything like that is simply not worth the risk of going bk to, I did google footballers n strokes was a few kids that managed comeback but couldn’t see anybody professionally prob wouldn’t get signed off medically
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Just see a women’s goal keeper at Man City did amazing Ellie Roebuck
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Yeah no way, I wasn’t a pro or anything it was just a hobby. Plus I now take anti coagulants so a bleed would be messy.
A US footballer had a stroke and came back then had a subsequent stroke sadly. Other than that I’m not sure about other athletes who returned.
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I guess it would depend on the type of stroke, I had a carotid dissection which tends to be car, exercise, sports or heavy lifting related injury, also a potential injury from domestic violence … (no idea what caused mine) age tends to be 50 and under…
It also didn’t feel it right for me to right to be here like the stroke I had isn’t really a real stroke and my recovery not real… so I’m guessing a lot of people like me and younger run under the radar so to speak… the hca that took me to the wards was in her early 20s had menengitis and had to relearn to walk, just as had to relearn to walk.
Anyhow While I’m still weak on my left side I know I could kick a football (I have 3 grown boys) though if I tried with my weak left foot it’s be do random I’d hit someone in the ear
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This is why I was interested in your story. I was trying to see if signs were missed, if indeed they are recognisable? How would you ever imagine clots from a flu virus would form and then lead to a stroke?
This is so similar to what happened in our case.
Mum had a heavy cold/flu and one evening so was coughing so heavily, straining and almost fell off the sofa! This was observed but put down as a symptom of the flu virus or whatever - a common occurrence?
My sister also noticed (timing not known i.e. when it took place, before or after coughing bout) that Mum’s right eye was drooped. Again, it was questioned but no action taken.
Third - Mum asking for help to brush her hair! She said I can’t brush my hair. On this occasion, my sister thought oh, this is just Mum wanting a bit of attention (not the right word, but all I can think of) and so once more nothing was done.
Moral of this story with a caveat.
When you see signs that may be cause for concern, do take action. It may save you from … whatever (we just don’t know).
Of course hindsight is a wonderful thing, is it not?
But that is at least two [known] signs of a stroke that may have been missed.
Caveat - why no action was taken. This is important and I am not saying it out of guilt or otherwise. Mum has always been anti-medication, always treating any ailments with natural remedies. She avoided going to doctors, dentists and even opticians and if she went it was a reluctant person who had been “forced” by the children to go and this was her way of saying “Ok, I’ve done what you asked for, now leave me alone”. Medicines prescribed were hardly ever taken and courses almost always never completed.
So whilst the 3 signs above were there, from a respect her wishes, she was asked if she wanted anything and she said “No, thank you”. So her wish was respected and the rest as they say is HerStory.
Thank you for your time invested in reading this scrap of story from HerStory.
Namaste|
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It’s impossible to know if there were signs. I don’t think so. I don’t think anything I could have done different may have saved me from having a stroke either. It’s just one of those things… it is what it is
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My only clue at least the one I cling to was having a migraine on the morning if the stroke. I’ve never had migraines before before or since .If I ever get a migraine again I’ll be off to a&e posted haste, I think it’s looking for the right clue.
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