My injury list is just getting longer! :) Boo! Since I have stopped running and cycling I have been in the pool and getting in some yoga. Well, Thursday night at swim practice I did something stupid! We were working on dives, turns, and finishes after a shortened main set to prepare for our club's time trial swim meet. I had signed up to swim the 50m, 200m, and 800m free looking forward to improve my times from the last swim meet. Working on the last thing - finishes, I managed to do something bad. As I was going into the wall at full speed with my left arm outstretched to touch the wall, I think I had my arm a little too hyper-extended that when I hit the wall it had no where to go. My elbow just sort of buckled and popped out! I immediately sort of tried to straightened it and grabbed it with my right hand to straighten it and it went back into place. But not without massive sharp pain! :( I stood at the side of the pool in near tears hoping the pain would go away but it was just getting worse and I could not move my arm. I then realized I was in trouble and did something bad. I managed to get myself to the other side of the pool where I one handed got myself on the pool deck and iced my elbow for a bit. My range of motion was horrible. Thankfully I got a ride home from one of the coaches (since I rode my bike to swim) and hoped that my elbow would get better. I almost went into emerg that night since I could not sleep from the pain to make sure everything was ok. I waited until I was at work the next night and had it checked then. Thankfully, the xrays were all cleared and there were no fractures, it wasn't a complete dislocation and the elbow is in its proper place! Pheww! But there is joint swelling and ligaments were torn. So now I have a bum elbow! Lol! Range of motion is getting better but it is still quite painful and there is no way I can swim or go to yoga for a bit until this heals! Well, I figured this is a sign to force me to completely rest! Yoga may have been pushing my hamstring a little much....well, now I cannot go. I may try some swimming by the end of the week if my elbow feels better but I think I need to be careful with that too and not push it too soon!
