Fighting the Injury Blues

[Gemini]

Good News, Gin! Just be careful and take your time getting back into it. Don't sweat the ankle braces. I wear 'em every class to keep from having a reoccurance. It's a much smaller price to pay than being sidelined.

 

[TigerWoman]

Happy practicing. I wear knee braces every time too. One of the women also has bad ankles and she doesn't risk it either and wears braces. Once you have been injured there, it is easy to get it re-injured. Keep doing those weight exercises etc. for your ankle too to keep it in shape or even strengthen it further. Glad you are back! TW

 

[Kacey]

WAY COOL!!!! CONGRATULATIONS!artyon:

And having been there, I agree - wear the braces. Reinjuries are often a lot worse than the original injury, and harder to come back from.

 

[Ceicei]

With a wrist brace and instruction from the doctor not to do any hard contact or wrist movements until after my 2nd surgery next month, I am facing the injury blues. Right now, my instructor has been out of town lately, so I haven't had any training recently (probably just as well, since I do need to recover from the 1st surgery). I am able to do katas (forms) and come watch classes. I do practice on my own.

Nevertheless, I am feeling very depressed. It is hard to motivate myself and that is spilling over into other parts of my life.

<<sigh>>

- Ceicei

 

[Eternal Beginner]

With a wrist brace and instruction from the doctor not to do any hard contact or wrist movements until after my 2nd surgery next month, I am facing the injury blues. Right now, my instructor has been out of town lately, so I haven't had any training recently (probably just as well, since I do need to recover from the 1st surgery). I am able to do katas (forms) and come watch classes. I do practice on my own.

Nevertheless, I am feeling very depressed. It is hard to motivate myself and that is spilling over into other parts of my life.

<<sigh>>

- Ceicei

I feel for you! I am also in a cast with a fractured wrist and cartilage damage and am getting quite frustrated that I can only do 'technique' and not roll properly.

All I can say is, hang in there...time will heal you and then full steam ahead!!

 

[IcemanSK]

With a wrist brace and instruction from the doctor not to do any hard contact or wrist movements until after my 2nd surgery next month, I am facing the injury blues. Right now, my instructor has been out of town lately, so I haven't had any training recently (probably just as well, since I do need to recover from the 1st surgery). I am able to do katas (forms) and come watch classes. I do practice on my own.

Nevertheless, I am feeling very depressed. It is hard to motivate myself and that is spilling over into other parts of my life.

<<sigh>>

- Ceicei

Ceicei:

I once had a wrist injury during my boxing days (ironically, I hurt it while moving a couch ). I was able to focus on my running during that time. Perhaps that, or biking or walking will help get thru this "down time." I know there's easy solution. And I get really down when I can't train, too. But it might help keep ya moving while you're on the mend.

I'm in your corner.
IcemanSK

 

[SFC JeffJ]

Congrats!! Don't do what I would most likely do and push to hard as you start up again.

I really sympathize with you as I'm currently recovering from hip/pelvis surgery and if all goes well I'll be able to start training again around the end of september/begining of october. A lot of the advice on this thread has been really helpful to me as well.

Good luck on starting up again.

JeffJ

 

[Lisa]

With a wrist brace and instruction from the doctor not to do any hard contact or wrist movements until after my 2nd surgery next month, I am facing the injury blues. Right now, my instructor has been out of town lately, so I haven't had any training recently (probably just as well, since I do need to recover from the 1st surgery). I am able to do katas (forms) and come watch classes. I do practice on my own.

Nevertheless, I am feeling very depressed. It is hard to motivate myself and that is spilling over into other parts of my life.

<<sigh>>

- Ceicei

CeiCei,

Keep your chin up my friend, this too shall pass. Take Jeff's advice about not doing too much too fast. I have seen others do it and it just turns out bad. I have done it myself and it just prolonged my injury.

I wish I had a magic button to press to make you feel better but all I can do is offer my support via a few kind words. Take time to enjoy the summer with your kids, do things you have been meaning to and have never had the time and if it helps, keep a journal so you can see the progress you are making, especially after the next surgery.

Good luck and I wish you fast healing.

Lisa :asian:

 

[Slippery_Pete]

in October of 05 i sprained my ankle really bad...after spraining it again 6 times throughout the next year I finally went and had an MRI done...turns out I had completely avulsed one ligament (pulled the ligament off the bone and took a little of my fibula with it) stretched another ligament to where it did nothing and the third was fine...so one of the three ligaments holding my ankle together was still intact (no wonder my ankle was so unstable)...that October I had reconstructive surgery done and was in a cast for 2 months...throughout the healing process i still attended class and hobbled around helping people (you learn how to describe technique really well)...I am still super fearful of re-injuring my ankle and have a tendency to "baby" it...

being an athletic training student i took all the ice i could but it did nothing because there was nothing to heal...if your injury does not seem to improve have it checked out...preferably by a specialist (the ER i went to told me it was a first degree sprain and i should use crutches...a first degree sprain hurts for about a minute or two and you walk it off and no crutches are advised because the pain goes away and no real damage is done..to require crutches i had to have had at least a bad 2nd or 3rd degree sprain...i was not too impressed...i dont think she knew i had some medical training)

as far as treatment:
R - rest
I - ice
C - compression
E - elevate
stay off it as much as possible...ice with REAL WATER ICE...ice packs have been known to cause frostbite so if you have to use one make sure you have something between your skin and the pack...with true ice put it directly on your skin...20 minutes on 20 minutes off...to prevent further swelling use an ace wrap or similar device to compress the injury...do not pull it so tight that you lose feeling on the other side of the wrap as this stops blood flow to the injury site and you need that to heal...elevate above your heart with the least about of bends in the extremity (try not to bend your knee too much)

if you can stand it...try an ice bath (put ice and water in a bucket to where the ice doesnt melt in the water...put your foot in the bucket and keep it there for 20 minutes or however long you can stand it) it hurts really bad but it is very effective...try this once or twice a day

wear a brace everytime after a significant injury...wear it everytime! dont slack!...its not worth it trust me...make sure your brace has no metal or hard plastic for the sake of your training partners and it is not acceptable at competitions...make sure the brace has a heel lock incorporated into the design...i sugest the ASO ankle brace (http://www.asoanklebraces.com)

hope this was helpful