I'm back in the kick only lane. Leading up to Zones my right shoulder was a little "twitchy" so I decided I'd take it easy awhile,swim with fins alot,fist swim,things to decrease the strain. My family wanted to go snowboarding so I drove them to the mountain.I was concerned about my shoulder so I planned to just watch and enjoy the scenery.While walking in the snow I slipped,fell to the right and jammed my shoulder catching myself. Now it's painful to raise my arm over my shoulder and I am kicking only,at least until my doctors appointment next week. One thing this proves is that poor technique IS the cause of most shoulder problems as my wife (the Martial Artist)noted that if I had remembered to fall with good technique I wouldn't have been hurt(but she really was very sympathetic.)
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Ah, my gymnasts friends were the biggest clutzes I know ... I actually hurt myself more walking to and around equipment then when I was on it ... a sprained ankle walking to beam comes to mind
I was juggling a football (soccer ball to the unenlightened) with my feet indoors...my wife says "Mind you don't hit the clock!"
"I have too much skill for that!" I cockily retort.
Next touch, ball goes whoosh over my shoulder, knocks the clock of the wall, shattering the glass housing...
...it was a wedding gift...
LOL
PS I think I may have posted this tale once before...
Ouch! Sorry to hear you got hurt, and it's highly unfair when you were trying to AVOID getting hurt by not snowboarding.... Hope you have a very quick recovery!
As my sister's husband said when she sprained her ankle, "what did I tell you about walking... It's dangerous!"
I am a veteran of falls, the worst involving broken teeth. (Broke the same tooth again in a fall several years later.) In both instances, my first thought was "can I still run?" Broken teeth are not going to keep me from running, but broken legs sure are.
More recent: a fall on the pool deck as I was heading to my masters' practice. Messed up my workout, but the swimming probably helped too.
Most recent: a fall while running. Inspected damages... first question--can I still run? No evidence of broken bones... had a fifty minute run planned and I still had five minutes more... Heck yeah, then! So off I went, hole poked in tights, hands bleeding for the remaining five minutes. And actually weirdly (after getting past being mad about falling) started to enjoy the wounded warrior part of the run. ;) Would have kept going even longer but did need to wash off the cuts.
Back in my runner days I'd say I fell on average once every 4-6 months. Usually I popped right up and started running again out of embarrassment often with bloody knees and hands, and once with a slightly tweaked ankle ... I was 2.5 miles from home so what other choice did I have but to run on it?
Thanks for the support. As soon as anything changes I'll let you know. After hearing about all these running accidents I think my New Years Resolution will be to give up running(which I hate and don't do anyway. Easy huh LOL)
I was concerned about my shoulder so I planned to just watch and enjoy the scenery.
Alan, I feel your pain... For a couple years there, I would get a little conservative in my other sporting activities and always end up tweaking things. Well, I ended up breaking both wrists within a year of each other. If I am destined to get hurt, destiny will find some way of making it happen. So now I just go out and have fun and if I get injured, oh well!
Rock skiing anyone?
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