The wrist. And my face. And the wrist. And acro.

[flexagon]

What I didn't tell you is that I fell, in a bad way, on my hurt wrist on Sunday, sending it back to Inflammation Square One after almost two weeks. Right when I was starting to think it really was going to get better... after the doctor said it just needed ice and ibuprofen and I'd be fine. Why, oh why, did I put my hand out when I was falling backwards? Why did I not just roll? Cue the regret soundtrack.

Then last night I was spotting an acro move, and took an elbow hard to the upper lip, and I felt the concussion clear through to the other side of my head. Ouch. Headache and a swollen/cut lip for me today -- and I don't even care, because it's so totally obvious that stuff will heal, but it does contribute to an overall feeling of being beaten up.

Now the first 72 post-injury hours have again gone by. Again it's just starting to feel better. I had advanced acro tonight, and I was able to fly some low hand-to-hand without angering it as long as the base kept a steep grip. I also did some good shoulder-to-shoulder work, and some good high back-flying stuff, and felt happy and strong and hopeful in my body for the first time since Sunday. People are sad that I dropped out of the 5-day acro training that started today, but it was so obviously the right call... this little guy needs to rest from the things that bother it, and heal.

Comments

[a-kosmos.livejournal.com]

Yikes! Hope you heal quickly!

[miyyu.livejournal.com]

Yikes! Feel better soon. That's a lot of injuries for one season.

[apfelsingail.livejournal.com]

Ooch. Yeah, you need to rest and heal the wrist and do some other stuff for a bit. Not fun, but neither are lingering injuries. :-(

[flexagon]

Yeah. :-( At least this "stretching out splits every day" business is going well, in the meantime.

OHNOES!

[islenskr.livejournal.com]

Thinking healing thoughts in your direction!!
This re-injuring/getting-set-back-to-square-one thing seems to be catching. :( Let's hope July is the month of turning tides and strengthening bodies!!

[nevers.livejournal.com]

no fair! sorry to hear about all this. did you ever do falling-backward drills where you practice going into a candlestick/shoulderstand, with arms up overhead? the tumbling coach at lava does that in every class and i woul dlike to think the muscle memory would kick in for me if necessary.
the elbow to your upper lip sounds awful!

[flexagon]

ugh... I've done that drill like twice. I think I'm about to start doing it before every acro thing ever, because you're totally correct, that's the right way to fall and would have avoided the wrist re-inflammation in this case. Sometimes instinct just takes over, in a dumb way.

The elbow thing is 2/3 healed already. Mouth tissue is really amazing in how fast it heals up.