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dreamsharkWhacked my left knee really hard while warming up before skating class last night. I think this is only the 3rd time I have fallen hard on a knee (usually I go over backwards). I am perpetually amazed at 1)How much it hurts at the time and 2)How little lasting damage it causes (at least when you fall straight onto the kneecap). I think this is the hardest I have ever landed on a knee. It hurt so bad that I couldn't even think about getting up. I just wanted to sit there on the ice moaning and holding my leg until the pain subsided.
Unfortunately, when you fall with a bunch of skaters around they won't let you do that. People fall all the time in skating, but unless you've sustained a serious injury you are expected to bound up off the ice within 15 seconds with a reassuring smile, announcing "It's okay; I didn't hit my head! I'm fine!" Even though it was perfectly clear that I hadn't hit my head or actually broken anything, they just kept circling around me looking worried and offering me a hand up. So I finally gave in and let a couple of brawny guys literally lift me to my feet so I could skate over to the side and sit on a bench, moaning and holding my leg.
It hurt like hell for about 5 minutes. Then it went totally numb (disturbingly so) for another 5. Then it ... kinda stopped bothering me. Rather abruptly. I gingerly got to my feet and discovered that I could actually skate just fine. So I got back on the ice by the time my class started, somewhat annoyed that I had lost most of my practice time. Other than not being properly warmed up and feeling a little shaken, I wasn't really having any problem, and practiced for another half hour after my class was over.
Today the knee is black and blue all over and sufficiently swollen that when I stand up it feels like I have something wrapped all around my leg. But other than that it doesn't hurt at all, even when I walk. I mean, not AT ALL (unless I touch it, of course). This is pretty much what happened last time. The knee was tender to the touch for weeks, but other than that it never gave me a moment's trouble. This contrasts markedly with the invisible, unnoticed-at-the-time knee injury I sustained last summer that restricted my ability to bike for over two months. Given the choice, I'd rather have 10 minutes of intense pain than 2 months of nagging minor pain.
Knees are funny.
Unfortunately, when you fall with a bunch of skaters around they won't let you do that. People fall all the time in skating, but unless you've sustained a serious injury you are expected to bound up off the ice within 15 seconds with a reassuring smile, announcing "It's okay; I didn't hit my head! I'm fine!" Even though it was perfectly clear that I hadn't hit my head or actually broken anything, they just kept circling around me looking worried and offering me a hand up. So I finally gave in and let a couple of brawny guys literally lift me to my feet so I could skate over to the side and sit on a bench, moaning and holding my leg.
It hurt like hell for about 5 minutes. Then it went totally numb (disturbingly so) for another 5. Then it ... kinda stopped bothering me. Rather abruptly. I gingerly got to my feet and discovered that I could actually skate just fine. So I got back on the ice by the time my class started, somewhat annoyed that I had lost most of my practice time. Other than not being properly warmed up and feeling a little shaken, I wasn't really having any problem, and practiced for another half hour after my class was over.
Today the knee is black and blue all over and sufficiently swollen that when I stand up it feels like I have something wrapped all around my leg. But other than that it doesn't hurt at all, even when I walk. I mean, not AT ALL (unless I touch it, of course). This is pretty much what happened last time. The knee was tender to the touch for weeks, but other than that it never gave me a moment's trouble. This contrasts markedly with the invisible, unnoticed-at-the-time knee injury I sustained last summer that restricted my ability to bike for over two months. Given the choice, I'd rather have 10 minutes of intense pain than 2 months of nagging minor pain.
Knees are funny.
