# read!! question on getting wind knocked out **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [January 4, 2000, 12:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/read-question-on-getting-wind-knocked-out/5760 "2000-01-04T00:53:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![hotdogs4life](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/dfb087/32.png) [@hotdogs4life](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hotdogs4life)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2000, 12:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/read-question-on-getting-wind-knocked-out/5760/1 "2000-01-04T00:53:00Z")
I’m doing a project on sports injuries. I would like to know some things about getting the wind knoucked-out of you. For example I would like to know the definition of the injury, what can lead to the injury, signs and symptoms tjat can help in diagnosing the injury, what you can do for the injured athlete, what the athlete should not do, and follow-up treatments. Could you please email me back and tell me where I can find this information or tell me the answers? * * * wassup my brothers ---
**Author:** ![Llardball](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f6c823/32.png) [@Llardball](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Llardball)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2000, 12:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/read-question-on-getting-wind-knocked-out/5760/2 "2000-01-04T00:56:00Z")
You might find it on [ESPN.com](http://ESPN.com). They have a sports injury section. They may have something on getting the wind knocked out of you but you’ll have to check yourself. * * * I realize I’m generalizing here, but as in most cases, I don’t care. -Dave Barry ---
**Author:** ![Cartooniverse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cartooniverse/32/3084_2.png) [@Cartooniverse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cartooniverse)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2000, 12:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/read-question-on-getting-wind-knocked-out/5760/3 "2000-01-04T00:56:00Z")
HotDogs- Not to besmirch the fine intellectual acumen of the Teeming Millions,but- in whatever city you live in, there are Sports Medicine Centers. Sometimes associated with yer large Metropolitan type of hospital. Call them. 🙂 They can give you the real deal. Now…I apologize in advance to any T.M. out there who is an MD specializing in Concussive De-Oxygenation Syndrome. 🙂 Cartooniverse " If you want to kiss the sky, you’d better learn how to kneel." ---
**Author:** ![BobT](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/8e8cbc/32.png) [@BobT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobT)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2000, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/read-question-on-getting-wind-knocked-out/5760/4 "2000-01-04T00:57:00Z")
Did you try some of the free Medline search engines like Grateful Med. That should give you plenty of citations. As for avoiding the injury, I suppose you can tell someone not to get hit in the solar plexus. As for recovering, one source said to tell the person to get up slowly and to try to breathe slowly. ---
**Author:** ![manhattan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/manhattan/32/7_2.png) [@manhattan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/manhattan)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2000, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/read-question-on-getting-wind-knocked-out/5760/5 "2000-01-04T01:04:00Z")
Here you go, kid. Everything [Dr. Koop](http://www.go.com/Center/Health/Health_reference/Medical_encyclopedias?pg=enc&tn=023000051&svx=hme_023000051) knows about winding. ## The _real_ answer of course, is “Walk it off, you big baby!” 😉 Jesus saves… Gretzky grabs the rebound… He Scores! ---
**Author:** ![Mullinator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c2a13f/32.png) [@Mullinator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mullinator)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2000, 1:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/read-question-on-getting-wind-knocked-out/5760/6 "2000-01-04T13:15:00Z")
I think any guy that plays sports can tell you there is no such injury as getting the wind knocked out of you. It is just an easy way for an announcer to avoid saying “Wow, he really took that knee straight to the groin.” * * * Well, shut my mouth. It’s also illegal to put squirrels down your pants for the purposes of gambling. ---
**Author:** ![Perderabo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/a183cd/32.png) [@Perderabo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Perderabo)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2000, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/read-question-on-getting-wind-knocked-out/5760/7 "2000-01-04T15:17:00Z")
There is a muscle called the diaphragm that is responsible for inflating the lungs. Hit it hard enough and it stops working for a while. This hurts a lot and it is very frightening. Just lie on the field and writhe in pain for a while…it will pass.