Saturday, November 6, 2010

I have no injury but fell and broke my leg.

All the injuries I worked, shoulders, fingers and son on. I have no pain and climbing was coming along nicely until.

Yes, I took a practice fall and the gear popped and I hit a ledge. I broke right fibula. A clean break and it was high enough. I did not need a caste. I physiotherapied right away and became ambulatory. What took longest are internal injuries; hematoma and stiff back and range of motion.

I ended up with sizable balls of hematoma in my right button and shin. Ligament injury in my shin and swelling prevented good blood circulation. Long story short, I was climbing in 3 weeks with broken leg. What I found with broken fibula was that it got stronger and bonded soon enough. It was not strong enough to absorb shocks. Jumps from top of bouldering did not sit well.

I became ambulatory in days but whole recovery took ten weeks. I am still working on range of motion. Good news is that I become more conservative and safe. I am working on balance more as result.

For a change, I will be working with other climbers injuries. Yay

3 comments:

  1. It is totally vexing to be injured, especially if you have an active lifestyle. When I broke my leg, I thought it was the worst thing that would happen to me, but thankfully, it was a minor injury. Another problem was about my medical history, since, the hospital I was confined at was very new, and I thought that I need to do a lot of paperworks, luckily, the hospital employs a electronic health records system that makes it easier for me and whoever will take care of the papers.

    When I got discharged, the same electronic medical records faced me again, but this time, it was the whole cost of my stay was shown. From then on, I felt that hospital will have an easier time when I come back there.

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  2. Yes, many of good minds tried to solve this. There is profit in ineffeciency.. My leg injury lasted a long time with mostly psychological issues that my body was not committing enough and relaxing enough. I ended up learning more physio-theraphy and yoga everyday to get back and better. The key word is better. There are a lot of different redundancies built into body...

    I pushing through harder grades and I feel deep appreciation for my bottom up journey despite of its course and length.

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  3. You're not only one who has the same problem. First of all, you must check this with a specialist. Secondly and not less important, do not forget to read more educational articles, such as http://bigessaywriter.com/blog/how-to-prevent-climbing-and-running-injuries to understand the importance of the early diagnosing and proper treatment!

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