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?
Peter...bad shoes equal flip-flops year round and slip on shoes that didnt' fit tight. I also think I'm the only person in the world you can fall off flip-flops and roll my ankle. I must just be accident prone. From a fashion stand point...it depends on the shoe, the occasion, current trends, the outfit...lots of differnt factors go into it.
My husband reminds me on at least a bi-weekly basis what a clutz I am. Mini-Fort the swimmer has likewise inherited the mega clutz gene. I am a professional ankle twister. I use flip flops year round and heels. (Peter: short and flat heels are not good, fashion-wise, and running shoes are only good for running and the gym). I am especially good at falling down stairs and tripping over things. I'm a good wall crasher too, with too much stuff floating around in my head. I tend to be oblivious to the real world on occasion.
I have injured myself as a competitive masters athlete, despite being athletic and strong by nature and genetics. Once I compete, my bad. I overdo, as Peter has scolded me for. I only took up swimming after decades of desertion because of two stress fractures from excessive running. Then I promptly overdid swimming without preparing my shoulders. Now, as some have mentioned, I'm a bit smarter and more cunning about training and preventative measures. And I have temporarily at least overcome an addiction to engine building, which right now my body can't sustain. It is difficult to resist though! So I listen to my body a bit more. I rest more or cross-train or use fins to avoid endless kicking. But I do tend to fight tooth and nail to fix things and I do not accept conventional cures or wisdom. Which is why I'm a science experiment at the moment. Yes, me and the other Washington Redskins patients doing prolo. My prolo doc loves me because I am an "educated" patient willing to work at my cure.
You will have injuries your whole life. (I do think competitive athletes are more prone to these from pushing themselves.) If not ill-timed injuries, something else will be sure to interfere. There is no solution but to tackle it head on and try to fix it with as much ingenuity, tenacity and Mindfulness as you can. It's either that or be a couch potato. Ugh.
Peter...bad shoes equal flip-flops year round and slip on shoes that didnt' fit tight. I also think I'm the only person in the world you can fall off flip-flops and roll my ankle. I must just be accident prone. From a fashion stand point...it depends on the shoe, the occasion, current trends, the outfit...lots of differnt factors go into it.
My husband reminds me on at least a bi-weekly basis what a clutz I am. Mini-Fort the swimmer has likewise inherited the mega clutz gene. I am a professional ankle twister. I use flip flops year round and heels. (Peter: short and flat heels are not good, fashion-wise, and running shoes are only good for running and the gym). I am especially good at falling down stairs and tripping over things. I'm a good wall crasher too, with too much stuff floating around in my head. I tend to be oblivious to the real world on occasion.
I have injured myself as a competitive masters athlete, despite being athletic and strong by nature and genetics. Once I compete, my bad. I overdo, as Peter has scolded me for. I only took up swimming after decades of desertion because of two stress fractures from excessive running. Then I promptly overdid swimming without preparing my shoulders. Now, as some have mentioned, I'm a bit smarter and more cunning about training and preventative measures. And I have temporarily at least overcome an addiction to engine building, which right now my body can't sustain. It is difficult to resist though! So I listen to my body a bit more. I rest more or cross-train or use fins to avoid endless kicking. But I do tend to fight tooth and nail to fix things and I do not accept conventional cures or wisdom. Which is why I'm a science experiment at the moment. Yes, me and the other Washington Redskins patients doing prolo. My prolo doc loves me because I am an "educated" patient willing to work at my cure.
You will have injuries your whole life. (I do think competitive athletes are more prone to these from pushing themselves.) If not ill-timed injuries, something else will be sure to interfere. There is no solution but to tackle it head on and try to fix it with as much ingenuity, tenacity and Mindfulness as you can. It's either that or be a couch potato. Ugh.
