BB & pm

What about the contact aspect of BB, how durable is a pm and can it take an elbow or shoulder blow w/out damage?

4 Comments

No contact sports

by Angelie - 2009-01-31 08:01:16

I wouldn't recommend too many blows to your pacer site. You're liable to break a lead.....

LOL, instead of break a leg......it's break a lead. LOL!

Seriously, not only would a jab feel incredibly uncomfortable....it might do damage to your pacer, or your connections.

Maybe ya'll can just play H-O-R-S-E?
I'd beat cha any day at Around the World. Ya up?

maybe

by Tracey_E - 2009-01-31 08:01:54

They're pretty durable but contact sports aren't recommended. How rough do they play?? I've heard pm recipients told not to play tackle football or spar in karate, but I've never seen bb listed as something to avoid.

You can discuss it with your surgeon beforehand. They usually put it on the upper left chest, under the clavicle, just under the skin. They can put it lower and/or deeper sometimes to better protect it. Make sure the surgeon knows this is important to you.

I worry more..

by turboz24 - 2009-02-01 10:02:21

I worry more about tearing the skin over my implant than I do actually damaging the implant. I mean, there is so little skin over it.

I would say that an elbow to my implant would at least incapacitate me (pain) for 30-60 minutes if not do more damage. Probably equal to getting kicked in the "man parts" decently hard.

you can play...

by asher - 2009-02-01 12:02:28

My daughter just got a pacemaker the day after Christmas, she has to take 2 months off and then she can play again. The cardio told her when she gets into high school she will have to wear a protection pad over her pacemaker when she starts to take charges and when they get more rough. I have found a couple good sites with pacemaker guards....
http://paceguard.com/Home.html
then there is a site that has shoulder guards for people who shoot shot guns that would be a good pad http://64.49.226.189/URLrewrite.asp?404;http://www.allsportsarmour.com:80/Hunting_Shooting_Armour_s/37.htm&Redirected=Y
and one other idea is a padded hockey shirt but I think that might just be too bulgy while playing b-ball.... hope this helps...

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