This rather shocking photo was snapped in November 16th by a spectator
at
the collegiate power lifting championships at Pennsylvania State. The
unfortunate competitor, who expressed a plea to remain anonymous,
remembered
to 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,
at the same time as trying to complete the lift."
He remembers a loud popping, splattering noise then a fierce stabbing
pain
and then 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. Para-medics 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 prolapsed
of
the bowel".
Meanwhile it was revealed that the weight was removed from his shoulders
at
the time of the incident by two "spotters" on either side of the lifter.
The
third spotter who was standing behind the lifter was unfortunately
sprayed
with fecal matter at the time of the incident. This spotter promptly
fainted
when he realized the extent 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, who remained in
the
squatting position moaning in pain much to the consternation of the
helpless
audience.
The hapless lifter had successful surgery to relieve the prolapsed, 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(which had significantly expanded and torn during the prolapsed)
and
also was put on a low fiber low residue diet to combat flatulence to
avoid
any possibility of a recurrence. CBS news spoke to his wife and asked if
she
thought he would resume his power lifting career. " Not if I have
anything
to say about it, would you like to risk something like that again" We
agreed!! CBS news
.... now see the photo click the attachment
http://home.attbi.com/~traq-mlf/WTF.jpg