Jun 10
I would love if someone could place their steth on my little heart, not knowing what it's doing, and find this rhythm...
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I would love if someone could place their steth on my little heart, not knowing what it's doing, and find this rhythm...
Five minute recording of my heart reacting to deep squats, probably near my maximum rate in places. I remain standing until the end of the recording. Includes a few skips and stumbles. So so for an old pump that has survived quite a few trials and tribulations. Comments welcome.
A few minutes of giving my late 1950's heart a hard workout followed by recovery. Just before two minutes he throws a few rapid ectopic beats. My murmur evident in places. Young or old hearts are fascinating aren't they, or are you one of these people who turn your nose up at older heartbeats?
Years ago when I was at school I remember a lad who had the reputation of being a bit of a bully suddenly picking on me one lunchtime, next thing I knew he grabbed me by the lapels and slammed me against a brick wall pinning me there with his arms against my chest while yelling threats inches from my face. I remember it well and that the shock and huge adrenalin rush had sent my heartrate into overdrive and that it was hammering so much I could hear it in my head. I remember in my it sounded a bit like this and has done during other stressful, fight or flight situations. Oh, and in that incident at school I chose the former option. The other lad never tried that move again.
Being told by a doctor at age 20 that I had a heart murmur while undergoing a medical for a new job came as something of a shock. Up until that point my own doctor who I had been seeing since infanthhod never mentioned it, nor as I subsequently discovered, had he noted anything of that nature in my records. Back to the new job medical. All went the same way as other medicals I had to date: Strip to underwear [slightly awkward feeling]. Weighed and height recorded, bloods taken, eyes ears, nose examined, limbs and reflexes checked, questions asked and answered. Then came the sthoscope. Blood pressure taken, lungs examined, deep breaths - the usual stuff. Then he places the stethoscope on the usual spots and listens for what seemed like hours at each one. Then stand, sit, lean forward, lie down again listening intently also checking a few pulse poipnts - by this time I can feel my heart starting to thump. He then requests that I touch my toes x number of times - I forget how many but remember I was a bit puffed after I had finished. Here comes that stethoscope again and he is listening to my racing heart and rapid breathing. Lay on left side, sit up, lean forward, stand. Touch my toes again etc etc. By this stage I am at the peak of discomfort and admit to getting a little irritated by it all. Then I am told to get dressed and to take a seat by his desk. This I do. There he his, that grey haired old doctor with the slight whiff on nicotene about him, making notes as if I was not there. Even more niggled I asked if everything was ok? He looks up and tells me in a slightly bored officious manner that generall yes, no real propblem but you do have a mitral mumur, that is one of the valves in your heart makes an abnormal additional sound. He will write to my own doctor to let him know, and that it's probably been there since birth, probably benign and can really only be heard when the heart is working hard - hence the exercises he had me do. He went on to say he would let my new employer know that as far as he is concerned I am passed fit for the job. Thanks for coming, please leave the same way you came in. I have attempted to from memory re-enact and record what he was listening to on that day. One exam recording of the usual points of the heart at rest. A second recording touring the usual spots after exercise. I still feel uneasy remembering the way he listened intently, feeling varoius pulses as stood, lay, sat there trying to get my breath back with my heart rapidly contracting aand expanding in my rib cage. Funny that even though I owned a good stethoscope back then, had listened to my heart, and others, I had not really heard that murmur of mine... but after that old doctor I found it I could hear it when my heart was working hard.
A full five minute recording of my heart before, during and recovery from a hard workout. I think I recorded this when I was unwell as my HR peaks quite a bit higher than normal around the 1:30 mark when it throws some rapid skips until mins when I stop and stand still. I do a few other things liek squat, hands on head, breath holds etc to see what happens. Some nice murmur & blood flow sounds. Apologies for the breath and the odd stomach sounds but as I say this is the raw, unfiltered recording. If anyone wants to play around isolating certain frequencies I would be interested in the results as it is the kind of thing I like to do and am interested in. DM's always open, I don't bite honest :)
My heart goes Boom bang-a-bang, boom bang-a-bang When you are near Boom bang-a-bang, boom bang-a-bang Loud in my ear Pounding away, pounding away Won't you be mine? Boom bang-a-bang-bang all the time
First post in a few weeks. Had a far too hot soak in the tub this morning. While it was nice it resulted in some unusually fierce heart contractions and a high rate as my heart tried to cope with dilated blood vessels lowering the blood pressure. As I was in the mood, and had time, I managed to capture some decent recordings and some after exersise ones which always highlights my murmur etc. If anyone is interested let me know and I'll post them up.