I didn't think it was possible, certainly not likely but I did it. I don't mean slipping on the deck and breaking an arm. I mean "while swimming".
Two nights ago, going into my backstroke turn in the middle of my 200IM, I realized too late that the backstroke flags had been taken down. I arched my neck to look upside down toward the wall to guage the distance, BAM, I slammed face first into the wall. I came up with a pretty small gash on my nose and cut on my forehead. It wasn't so much painful as startling and certainly embarrassing. Once the bleeding stopped, I thought I should go see about getting it stitched at our local, friendly ER. While in the waiting room, I realized my face hurt...ALOT, so they did an x-ray and sure enough a broken nose.
I've never broken a bone in my life (knock on wood). I quit running 18 months ago b/c I had become so injury prone in my late 30's/early 40's. It's not so bad though, as broken bones go. I'll be back in the pool in a few days once my stitches are gone. The bone will take 4-6 weeks to heal but that shouldn't keep me out of the pool.
Just curious if I'm unique in this regard.
it's rare to break a bone in swimming, especially large ones, but it does happen.
Swimmers can break
+ fingers on bad touches, (Neil Walker NCAAs, I've come close a few times)
+ toes and heels on turns
+ hands when smacking other swimmers mid stroke or diving in and hitting bottom
The riskiest time is when a swimmer dives or jumps in the pool, bones can break if they hit the bottom or another swimmer.
I'm sure there is or was some one some where who dove in or jumped in an empty pool. Ouch.
I imagine diving to be a much riskier injury prone aquatic sport.
Ande
it's rare to break a bone in swimming, especially large ones, but it does happen.
Swimmers can break
+ fingers on bad touches, (Neil Walker NCAAs, I've come close a few times)
+ toes and heels on turns
+ hands when smacking other swimmers mid stroke or diving in and hitting bottom
The riskiest time is when a swimmer dives or jumps in the pool, bones can break if they hit the bottom or another swimmer.
I'm sure there is or was some one some where who dove in or jumped in an empty pool. Ouch.
I imagine diving to be a much riskier injury prone aquatic sport.
Ande
