Human Body: Pushing The Limits

This is a really interesting entry. I've seen a couple of shows on the Discovery Channel where similar events have occurred and people get stuck under boulders with no one to help them and they push it off. It's really incredible what our body can. I'm wondering if you found any information on if adrenalin can sometimes hurt people. I know on the Discover Channel, the person that lifted the boulder off of them ended up tearing a ligament and didn't realize it until her body calmed down and she felt an incredible amount of pain. It's something to maybe look into. Otherwise, great entry.

I've often wondered how much our body can handle when we experience our adrenaline rushes. Such as does it have to take a traumatic experience or could it just be from something really exciting? And does how big the adrenaline rush is depend on how excited you are? I'm sure it does, but what exactly causes your adrenaline glands to act up? It's very interesting that adrenaline does all those things to try to help us in our situations. I'm also curious as to if we can injure ourselves or put ourselves in danger trying to save someone else from danger because of our adrenaline.

This article made it very clear on what causes adrenaline and how it affect a person in a scary situation which is helpful. What makes it so helpful is that illustrations that are provided to make a point more clear. To sum it up this article is very well organized and written.

Nice concept for a blog post. It really is quite amazing what the human body can do when it senses an emergency situation, even if it's only a cruel joke from a friend. You do a great job noting the things adrenaline does to help the human body, but as paush001 noted, what negative effects does adrenaline have on our bodies? From personal experience, I can attest to how a rush of adrenaline can mask pain, which can sometimes cause further issues. After crashing my Jeep Wrangler Rubicon (don't ask about details haha), one of first things the officer told me was to be conscious of how I would feel after the adrenaline started to wear off. Although I was fine at the scene and didn't need medical attention, he reminded me that my body was undergoing a state of pure adrenaline rush, which could potentially be masking any pain I was actually experiencing due to the impact of my crash. He recommended that if I began to have pain as time passed, to seek medical attention right away.

Also, as a member of my high school dance team, I experienced a injury to my back. At competitions, my adrenaline masked the severe pain of my injury. Often times, after a short, two minute routine, I would walk off the court and experience an extreme sense of pain once in the locker room. As my adrenaline wore off, my body became increasingly aware of my injury and how my recent performance had re-injured the vertebrae in my back.

Basically, adrenaline is something that helps the human body react in emergency situations. But if not careful, adrenaline can also mask important pain-related messages from reaching the brain until further damage has already occurred.