I seem to get hurt all the time doing the stupidest things. I dislocated my shoulder swimming fly, pulled my hamstrings in both legs stretching to far in yoga, broke my wrist when I fell snowboarding...stupid easily preventable things.
My mom says I get hurt because I'm trying to do things out of my scale because I'm not an athlete. Now I'm not in 100% amazing shape, but I consider myself to be an athlete. But how I can I become a better athlete if I keep getting hurt during my training? I don't often go out of the scope of what I feel I can accomplish, so it's discouraging to get hurt doing something that is easy for me.
So the question I pose, is how athletic do you think you are and how often do you get hurt? Do you think you get hurt less because you are an athlete? Do you think you would get hurt less if you were more athletic?
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So the question I pose, is how athletic do you think you are and how often do you get hurt? Do you think you get hurt less because you are an athlete? Do you think you would get hurt less if you were more athletic?
Being athletic will certainly reduce the severity of the injury compared to an untrained person for the exact same accident. But athletic abilities cannot offset carelessness or recklessness.
An athlete bombing down a trail on a snowboard with insufficient technique or protective gears is more likely to have an accident than a non-athlete who observes proper discipline. Learning how to fall and wearing a bump pad in snowboarding make a whole world of difference.
As for swimming, all of you know (much better than I) the tricks to reduce the risks of injury. I think of good swimming techniques, stretching and dryland exercises. And may be more that I would appreciate to learn if you have some to share.
Other than that, if you still get hurt then this is just bad luck. Or could that be a sub-conscious stuff? I recall a cousin who used to be so unfortunate because of his permanent clumsiness. He attracted attention and laughs all the time. One day he dropped the flashlight of my camera, I was a student and could not afford to replace it. I told him I got fed up with his ridiculous clumsiness and asked him never to touch any of my equipment. Something had clicked, because since then he paid more attention to the jobs at hands and became incidentally less clumsy.
So the question I pose, is how athletic do you think you are and how often do you get hurt? Do you think you get hurt less because you are an athlete? Do you think you would get hurt less if you were more athletic?
Being athletic will certainly reduce the severity of the injury compared to an untrained person for the exact same accident. But athletic abilities cannot offset carelessness or recklessness.
An athlete bombing down a trail on a snowboard with insufficient technique or protective gears is more likely to have an accident than a non-athlete who observes proper discipline. Learning how to fall and wearing a bump pad in snowboarding make a whole world of difference.
As for swimming, all of you know (much better than I) the tricks to reduce the risks of injury. I think of good swimming techniques, stretching and dryland exercises. And may be more that I would appreciate to learn if you have some to share.
Other than that, if you still get hurt then this is just bad luck. Or could that be a sub-conscious stuff? I recall a cousin who used to be so unfortunate because of his permanent clumsiness. He attracted attention and laughs all the time. One day he dropped the flashlight of my camera, I was a student and could not afford to replace it. I told him I got fed up with his ridiculous clumsiness and asked him never to touch any of my equipment. Something had clicked, because since then he paid more attention to the jobs at hands and became incidentally less clumsy.
