Swim happy

I'm like a Timex watch; I take a lickin' and keep on tickin'. :D Having a left leg 1/2" longer than the right and a tilted pelvis throws the entire body out of proper alignment, causing many of the injuries I have experienced. Couple that with inheriting a whole host of ugglies from my father, including severe degenerative disk and joint disease, I'm an accident waiting to happen. Just as I was finally getting my injuries healed and having great results from trigger point dry needling physical therapy and foam roller massage, I showed up to Nationals with what I thought was a mildly strained QL or bruised rib (cause unknown). Swimming made it feel better, however, I think I jammed my leg and hip on a misstep on the uneven terrain in the tent city behind the bleachers. On Friday night, I had severe muscle spasms and was up all night. So, I went to the massage tent, prior to my 400 IM. As it turns out, my 1/2" longer left leg now appeared to be 11/2" longer (according to Chuck), due to the muscle spasms on my right side! Chuck, the head therapist, said I had a subluxation (dislocation) of my last rib which is a floating rib. The rib was pressing on my kidney, causing the pain. So, he did what he could to get the spasms under control, however, he wasn't qualified to get the rib set back in place. He said to return on Sunday to see Dr. Mike. Unfortunately, Dr. Mike didn't arrive until I was just about to swim my 200 fly, so I had to see him after my race to get my rib set. As it turned out, I ended up racing my 400 IM, 200 breaststroke, and 200 fly with a dislocated rib poking my kidney on every stroke. Swim happy: I completed all of my races successfully- very slowly :cane:, but successfully without a DQ. I ended up 9th out of 12 in 200 breaststroke, winning my first individual Nationals medal. And, I came in 4th out of 5 (the 5th DQ'd) in 200 fly, for another medal. My time was 1:13 slower than at Greenville :afraid:and much slower than my 2,000 yard butterfly pace, but I did it!

I'm like a Timex watch; I take a lickin' and keep on tickin'. :D Having a left leg 1/2" longer than the right and a tilted pelvis throws the entire body out of proper alignment, causing many of the injuries I have experienced. Couple that with inheriting a whole host of ugglies from my father, including severe degenerative disk and joint disease, I'm an accident waiting to happen. Just as I was finally getting my injuries healed and having great results from trigger point dry needling physical therapy and foam roller massage, I showed up to Nationals with what I thought was a mildly strained QL or bruised rib (cause unknown). Swimming made it feel better, however, I think I jammed my leg and hip on a misstep on the uneven terrain in the tent city behind the bleachers. On Friday night, I had severe muscle spasms and was up all night. So, I went to the massage tent, prior to my 400 IM. As it turns out, my 1/2" longer left leg now appeared to be 11/2" longer (according to Chuck), due to the muscle spasms on my right side! Chuck, the head therapist, said I had a subluxation (dislocation) of my last rib which is a floating rib. The rib was pressing on my kidney, causing the pain. So, he did what he could to get the spasms under control, however, he wasn't qualified to get the rib set back in place. He said to return on Sunday to see Dr. Mike. Unfortunately, Dr. Mike didn't arrive until I was just about to swim my 200 fly, so I had to see him after my race to get my rib set. As it turned out, I ended up racing my 400 IM, 200 breaststroke, and 200 fly with a dislocated rib poking my kidney on every stroke. Swim happy: I completed all of my races successfully- very slowly :cane:, but successfully without a DQ. I ended up 9th out of 12 in 200 breaststroke, winning my first individual Nationals medal. And, I came in 4th out of 5 (the 5th DQ'd) in 200 fly, for another medal. My time was 1:13 slower than at Greenville :afraid:and much slower than my 2,000 yard butterfly pace, but I did it!