Went snowboarding - now I have an owie :(

[Spirit]

I mean, really... what was I thinking?

I get on the board, and it's moving down the hill before my body was ready so I purposefully fall, only my feet on the board didn't wanna stop. So my front foot does a full twist/bend thing. Ow. I lay there, still, hoping the pain will go away. It doesn't. I get up thinking walking it off will do the trick. It doesn't.

Now my foot tingles. I can't bend my toes up and it's all swollen and icky!

So I have a bag of frozen peas on it - seems to help a little. But now that I am up (at comp) it's tingling again.

Oh bother.

 

[Gonz]

Like I tell my wife, we ain't 21 anymore. I still try to do kid stuff & usually pay for it. Seems you do too.

get better & next time, bunny hill

 

[unclehobart]

any brusing? That may come later. I feel your pain. I did a nasty ankle wrecker November 14 months ago. Sounds like a classic sprain.

 

[Ardsgaine]

Hope it gets better!!

 

[Spirit]

I have a hard time with the "gettin old" thing! So I do stupid sh*t all the time

 

[Gonz]

last time I was on a bicycle I decided to wheelie down the street, just like the old days. Skinned my knee, shoulder, elbow...dumbass

 

[unclehobart]

Rest Ice Compression Elevation

Do you have an ace bandage?

 

[Spirit]

No.. all I have is a scarf! I wrap the sacarf around the ankle once, then put the peas on it and wrap the scarf again to hold it there.

 

[Ardsgaine]

give peas a chance...

 

[Spirit]

Is that all you're saying? Is give peas a chance?

 

[unclehobart]

elevate the wound above the heart at least to help prevent fluid collection. Start popping anti inflamatories. Do you have Advil, motrin? tylenol with codeine?

 

[Spirit]

I have weed

And I'll elevate above heart... soon as I get my ass out of this chair and back on the couch...

 

[unclehobart]

Did you rotate in inwards or outwards? Which way did it fold over?

 

[unclehobart]

you need something like a tylenol to combat the swell. Weed shouldn't do much for that kind of pain.

 

[unclehobart]

Cold compresses for the first 24 then heat later on to promote bloodflow.

 

[Spirit]

Yeah... the pain was still there.

I've been elevating it. I fell down to my right, so my left foot in the front bent inwards.

 

[flavio]

I would try the weed anyway...take my advice, I snowboard pretty often.

 

[Q]

There ya have it. Advice from a pro.
I'd do what he says.

Peas and weed. Winning combo right there.

 

[Leslie]

he's obviously a member of the Canadian Olympic Snowboarding team

 

[Leslie]

and 'give peas a chance' is funny!!!