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Question: Pulsatile tinnitus from weight lifting?

(Posted by: eggroll1987 on 2008-03-05 19:16:16)

Can u get pulsatile tinnitus from weight lifting? anyone here experienced this or know of anyone who has? i might be getting a job as a package handler but i might get pulsatile T from it because i had it before for like 2 weeks. thanks in advance...

Posted by: Susan S on 2008-03-10, 10:20:30

Weight lifting is different from most jobs. In weight lifting, you isolate a muscle group and work it to failure. This would not happen in a job. Overhead lifting would be most likely to aggravate the tinnitus.