AFI singer and apparent exercise fanatic Davey Havok has revealed that "excessive" push-ups over lockdown caused a charley horse-like injury in his throat, leading him to seek medical attention and an MRI.
Speaking with the Tuna on Toast With Stryker podcast [via Loudwire] — and sporting an excellent fashion mullet, we must say — Havok explained how his daily workout routine of over 500 push-ups caused an unexplainable injury that took "months and months" to heal.
"I don't recommend it," Havok began. "I eventually harmed myself in a very unique way. I pulled something in my throat ... during quarantine, I believe, from excessive push-ups."
The singer said that he assumed his symptoms were due to "something else that was actually happening to my vocal cords, so I thought they were the same thing ... But my voice was actually pretty weak at the same time and I believe in summation was really due to just latency, just because I was in lockdown and not saying a lot, speaking a lot or singing a lot."
Havok continued: "We couldn't figure out what happened to cause this. It felt like when you would swallow there was, just like a cherry pit. Not like you feel when you have a sore throat, but like something was stuck in your throat."
The artist went on to explain that he has since healed the injury, though, at the time, doctors were unclear about what was wrong or if he would recover.
"I wanted an MRI," he explained. "I went to all the doctors trying to figure out what was going on. And no one was certain, but the best theory was that it was a muscular pull. Like a charley horse."
Havok added: "That doesn't hurt anymore. My voice is great."
Hear the singer's chat with Stryker below.
Speaking with the Tuna on Toast With Stryker podcast [via Loudwire] — and sporting an excellent fashion mullet, we must say — Havok explained how his daily workout routine of over 500 push-ups caused an unexplainable injury that took "months and months" to heal.
"I don't recommend it," Havok began. "I eventually harmed myself in a very unique way. I pulled something in my throat ... during quarantine, I believe, from excessive push-ups."
The singer said that he assumed his symptoms were due to "something else that was actually happening to my vocal cords, so I thought they were the same thing ... But my voice was actually pretty weak at the same time and I believe in summation was really due to just latency, just because I was in lockdown and not saying a lot, speaking a lot or singing a lot."
Havok continued: "We couldn't figure out what happened to cause this. It felt like when you would swallow there was, just like a cherry pit. Not like you feel when you have a sore throat, but like something was stuck in your throat."
The artist went on to explain that he has since healed the injury, though, at the time, doctors were unclear about what was wrong or if he would recover.
"I wanted an MRI," he explained. "I went to all the doctors trying to figure out what was going on. And no one was certain, but the best theory was that it was a muscular pull. Like a charley horse."
Havok added: "That doesn't hurt anymore. My voice is great."
Hear the singer's chat with Stryker below.