{"id":1113,"date":"2011-06-24T11:21:55","date_gmt":"2011-06-24T15:21:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.hnetalk.com\/?p=1113"},"modified":"2011-06-24T11:21:55","modified_gmt":"2011-06-24T15:21:55","slug":"a-bad-example","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/hnetalk.com\/home\/2011\/06\/24\/a-bad-example\/","title":{"rendered":"A Bad Example"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>SPICE<\/strong>:\u00a0 Don\u2019t you just hate it when you make a stupid mistake?\u00a0 You do something but the very second you do it you say, \u201cWhat was I thinking?\u201d\u00a0 Well, that\u2019s happened to all of us, hasn\u2019t it?\u00a0 The unfortunate time, though, is when it results in a physical injury.\u00a0 Sure, it\u2019s all fun and games when it\u2019s on \u201cAFV\u201d (America\u2019s Funniest Videos) but when it\u2019s your own body\u2026not so much.<\/p>\n

SUGAR:\u00a0<\/strong> Okay I\u2019ll admit it.\u00a0 I am the first to cringe then laugh then cringe again at AFV.\u00a0 Why is it so funny?\u00a0 I\u2019m not sure.\u00a0 Sounds as if you may have recently made an attempt at being on AFV?<\/p>\n

SPICE:\u00a0<\/strong> Indeed.\u00a0 And doing something as (seemingly) simple as mowing my lawn.\u00a0 It\u2019s a bit hard to fathom but I drove my lawn mower off a 6ft wall.\u00a0 Fortunatly, I ditched the mower at the last minute and landed safely away from it.\u00a0\u00a0 Unfortunately, I took a pretty hard fall.\u00a0 And that<\/em><\/strong> is where this blog comes in.\u00a0 Falls.\u00a0 Injuries.\u00a0 Ouch!\u00a0 Being in my 40\u2019s, I\u2019ve come to the realization that getting hurt was<\/span><\/em><\/strong> actually a distant memory.\u00a0 But when it happens, boy, is it a shock to the system \u2013 physically *and<\/strong>* mentally.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Somehow, when you\u2019re young and you crash your bike or your brother hits you over the head with a thick, solid lego creation, it\u2019s just part of a day.\u00a0 No big deal.\u00a0 \"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

But when you\u2019re older, it\u2019s an event! One that requires discussion among other adults –\u00a0 in detail.\u00a0 Everyone listens sympathetically and then they pull out their own stories of trauma.\u00a0 It\u2019s a small, momentary community.\u00a0 And what I\u2019ve also come to realize is this: the injuries hang around.\u00a0 They don\u2019t dismiss themselves the second something interesting takes their place, like they did when we were little.\u00a0<\/p>\n

They sit there, mocking you, for days, weeks, months\u2026.<\/p>\n

\u00a0That sprain, that twist, that massive contusion, it says to you, day after day, \u201cRemember me? See me? Ha Ha! Nah Nah!\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

SUGAR:<\/strong>\u00a0 Yikes!\u00a0 That sounds just awful.\u00a0 Please tell me you weren\u2019t wearing a pair of your platform shoes while mowing?\u00a0 Nah.\u00a0 I think know you better than that.\u00a0 But you\u2019re right, as we age the recovery period does extend itself.\u00a0 This is not different than at the gym.\u00a0 In the younger days you could skip a few days, (or in my case weeks,) and be right back on track in no time.\u00a0 Nowadays, you skip a week and you are right back to being a gym \u201cnewbie.\u201d\u00a0 So how are you recovering?\u00a0 When will you be back in action?<\/p>\n

SPICE:\u00a0<\/strong> Nope.\u00a0 No platforms.\u00a0 I may play the part of a diva at work, but I can be hardcore, too!\u00a0 My recovery, you ask?\u00a0 Well, first I rested, iced my injuries a little bit and took a non-steroidal anti-inflammatory as my PCP advised.\u00a0 But then, she also told me to be sure to exercise again, as long as I wasn\u2019t having pain that prevented it.\u00a0 Nothing strenuous or new to me, mind you.\u00a0 “Just go for a walk,” she said,\u00a0“But definitely do it.”\u00a0 Apparently, it\u2019s not such a good idea to lay around after an injury and let the muscles tighten up.\u00a0 You\u2019ve got to get them warm and loose.\u00a0 So, later the next night I got my bruised self off the sofa and took the dog out for a slow, gentle 2 mile walk.\u00a0 I’ve done that daily since then. I think it made a difference.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

Now\u00a0it’s been a full 6 days since my “life flashing before my eyes” moment.\u00a0 I’m pain free, one yellow bruise left on my shin and rib cage and ready to tackle my “Brazillian Dance!” exercise DVD again!<\/p>\n

Here\u2019s what the experts say:\u00a0 http:\/\/sportsmedicine.about.com\/cs\/rehab\/a\/rice.htm<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[12,13,17,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1113","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-fido-fitness-and-you","category-general-health-care-educational-series","category-healthy-links","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6ZZxW-hX","_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/hnetalk.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1113","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/hnetalk.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/hnetalk.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/hnetalk.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/24"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/hnetalk.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1113"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/hnetalk.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1113\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/hnetalk.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1113"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/hnetalk.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1113"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/hnetalk.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1113"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}