Thread: Spasms

Muscular spasms and twitches are generally caused by a lack of salt. If you had worked up a good sweat playing footy, then didnt have something isotonic, that would be a pretty good reason for it.

When you say Footie you mean american football right? If you were using your right arm a lot to throw (if you were QB) then that would be the explanation.

As to the mental process - I would also have gone Razor, Blood, Face. Probably then with a quick look to make sure I didnt damage the bathroom surfaces, because that would have been the girlfriends first thought.

Si

MY first thought would be "what the heck am I spasming" ?!!!?

That would be my first investigation. Forget a cut which will heal and a blade which can be replaced.

Originally Posted by Sunsi

When you say Footie you mean american football right? If you were using your right arm a lot to throw (if you were QB) then that would be the explanation. Si

Heresy!

As a dedicatedly rubbish 5-a-side footie player (alas, too old for Sunday League anymore), I resent the assumption of playing a game called football where one primarily uses ones hands.

I play footie. Jumpers for goalposts, Jimmy Hill, Lawro getting it wrong, mullets, constant disappointment, the misery of the FA Cup, etc.

As for the right arm....


that's the one I use for shoulder-barging wimpy strikers off the ball. (My central defence philosophy is: they're not getting past, and if they do, they're coming down.)

That's a scary experience. But my first thought would be the razor too, which is strange because most of us have more razor than we have arms hehe. They should make a saftey wrist strap for these situations

You need velcro scales, and velcro gloves. Problem solved.

I crashed a motorcycle three years ago at about 65 mph. After I tumbled to a stop, my first thought was my motorcycle (which was totaled). I think we underestimate our mortality.

Scary, Mark! I mean, a spasm on the face / throat pass... I hate to think what might have happened!

If I just drop a blade and obviously didn't catch any body part of course my first thought would be "Sh!t I hope the blade's alright!" Been there done that. Damaged a very very nice razor like this, and still cannot find a replacement (it's kind of rare, and on top of this I had gotten it mighty cheap off ebay)

But otherwise I'd be most concerned for myself, I think.

Honestly, if I were getting spasms I would seriously consider leaving straights aside. Or buy one of these with the weird guard - they seem to be expensive just for the extraordinary style but for me it would be worth it. Safety single edge razor that I hone and strop like a regular straight would be my other choice to replace a regular straight.

Get yourself checked out. Good luck
Ivo

Thanks Ivo. This is the first spasm in memory. I dunno, for the moment I'm chalking down to post-sport fatigue, but if it reoccurs I have a cheap and convenient medical service to access...

my wife's a GP. Mind you, she doesn't have much time for sports or shaving injuries!

@Mark - I would not let the spasm worry you.
@The Naysayers - come on - it was a spasm. They happen. Dont they? I mean does your leg never twitch? Your cheek occassionally flutter?

Guys?

No?

Oh. Does your wife have any room for me?

Si

Originally Posted by Sunsi

Oh. Does your wife have any room for me?
Si

Room for what?!?