Another Day, Another Owwie.

[annuin]

Another promotion test...



And it looks like another trip to the doctor tomorrow. This is a worrying trend :P

This time it's his foot. He was fine when we left the dojo, though it was a bit sore. More sore after we left the Baskin Robbins/Subway/Dunkin Donuts near the dojo, and hobbling-badly sore from the train station home.

Now it's hopping-on-one-leg-through-the-apartment sore. I'll probably either get him to put on some tiger balm or one of the hot/cold/soothing pads that we still have (ah, the freebies they give you at karate tournaments...), but I'm not sure that it'll really make much of a difference. Hopefully it's not a fracture, like last September, when he fractured a rib which meant no training for 4-6 weeks.

Comments

[vgnwtch.livejournal.com]

Erk. Luck.

[darkvervain.livejournal.com]

Ouch!
Maybe it's time to take up a softer martial art like Tai Chi. :P

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[damesilibo.livejournal.com]

Is he RICE-ing? (You know: the old rest/ice/elevation/compression hat)I have had soft tissue damage and "bone bruises" from muay thai that were pretty debilitating and felt like they could have been fractures at first(I banged up my ankles on a regular basis).A fist-full of motrin was my instructors' answer to everything,but it will keep swelling at bay.
Unfortunately, this is the price you pay for doing "hard" styles. Hang in there.