Have you ever been too prideful to sit out even though you had an injury?
About a week ago I hurt my shoulder. Luckily I was smart enough not to work out for 4 days afterward. I dont fool around with shoulder injuries, they can screw you up for life. Anyway, I decided that my shoulder had recovered enough and decided to work out with some people later that day. A couple hours before I started getting ready to work out, I tripped on a shoe on the stairs and landed on my left ankle in a really weird position. I didnt want to look like a wuss in front of my parents so I just "walked it off". It was still bothering me hours later, but I didnt want to look like a wuss in front of my friends and bale out on our workout, so I went anyway. I told them my ankle was hurting and I was gonna take it easy tonight, but once I started working out, we totally forgot about it. I ended up racing my friends in a a full out sprint (100 meter dash) and they accused me of hustling them, and not even having a bad ankle. Because I was able to run, I even convinced myself that I was being a wuss and I had just bruised it or something, and continued my workout even though I had a limp.
The next morning I got out of bed, take a step, and HOLY ****. I fell on the ground, and looked down at my ankle. No exaggeration It was like the size of a grapefruit and was completely black and blue. I'm freaking out, I cant move my toes or my ankle, and I have like all the symptoms of a broken ankle. Thankfully it was just a SEVERE sprain. It's still swelled up really bad, and black and blue but I can move my ankle and toes and put some weight on it. It's not typical for a sprained ankle to bruise like mine did, so my parents think that it may have dislocated and then popped back in, but yea. Scared the hell out of me.
Tue Mar 27, 2012 12:11 pm
