Pinching during live music?

I was at an event that had live music the other weekend. At the time I had only had my PM for just over 2 weeks. While I was there, watching, I felt a pinching feeling in the area of my pacemaker. It seemed to happen along with the bass. I only stayed for the one song, and as soon as the song was over, it stopped. I wasn't any where near the front, or close to a speaker. I asked my Dr about it, and he just said as long as I am not near a magnet, it's not a problem. I love to go see live music, but this was not a pleasant sensation. I was wondering if anyone else had ever experience anything like this. Would hate to spend money on tickets to a concert, only to have to leave because I couldn't take the pinching feeling.

4 Comments

Jackhammer

by Bostonstrong - 2014-08-13 06:08:06

At a concert 2 weeks ago, a couple of rows back from the stage. I got a jackhammer sensation with bass. No dizziness or other problems. It was mildly uncomfortable but not enough to move away. If anyone watches Nashville, it was Chip Esten and who would move away from that???

Bass

by Zia - 2014-08-13 07:08:02

Those speakers do have strong magnets in them, but it doesn't seem like they would have that effect. You might check it out an another venue to see if it still does that.

Pinching

by Gotrhythm - 2014-08-15 11:08:17

Pinching, itching, ant-bite sensations in the region of the PM are not uncommon and usually don't signal anything is wrong.

Nerves were cut when the incision was made, and they take a while to regenerate--and sometimes produce weird symptoms as they do. Also, remember it's more than an incision. A foreign body was placed under your skin. You body is still adjusting, adding scar tissue on the inside, regrowing nerves and capillaries and other things that were lost.

Most find that the sensations diminish over time.

At just over two weeks your body is still healing on the inside.Heavy bass with a lot of subsonics will vibrate every cell, every bone, and every cavity in the entire body. Is it any surprise that the vibrations might irritate half-healed nerves?

In the meantime don't cut yourself off from the activities you love. If the sensations trouble you, try icing the area. Sometimes all you need to do is get the nerves to calm down.

It will get better.

It's called acoustical vibration

by KAG - 2014-08-15 11:08:25

If you've ever been next to a car loaded with speakers cranked up you've probably noticed that your car windows actually start vibrating. It's from the sound waves. At normal levels only the fine "hairs" in your ear sense the vibrations. However, you can get the same thing happening in your body, especially if the sound waves hit the resonant frequency. The amplitude increases. I've been under an F-4E aircraft with both engines running, long time ago, and my insides felt like vibrating jello. Very weird sensation.

Yes speakers have magnets but you'd have to be really really close and they'd have to be huge.

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