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Falling on the ice, you, me and the elite?
If you think falling is bad, what do the elites feel? So glad to hear that they feel the same pain and finally the public gets to hear about the bloody details....
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fumie is smart to do that. If putting on a little padding doesn't affect the performance, then it's a good idea.
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Returning after so many years away my falling is as rusty as my skating! The first time - not even a bruise - I thought "At least I remember how to fall!" - the second time, a cracked rib - well maybe I DON'T remember how to fall - LOL!! At least it reminded me that much skating is done with pain or injuries!
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I keep falling on the same spot (left hip) and at the advice of my chiropractor and massage therapist and coach, have taken to wearing my pads again. I had ditched them for a while cause they got hot. I have a permanent bruise there because I keep falling on the same spot. I wear the silicon gel pads that are very thin but cushiony enough to help absorb most of the impact.
Of course, the other day fell on my flip attempt, I jammed my finger (don't ask me how it happened-didn't notice till the next day when I couldn't put my ring on)! You can't pad everything-if you do you might as well play hockey!
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Not a bad idea.
I am considering getting thin pads for my knees. I took a nasty spill about 6 weeks back on the rebuilt left knee. The bruise is gone but I have a huge bubble on the kneecap which I am told is from the bursa swelling. It doesn't hurt or affect my skating, it just looks weird. I think padding would help that area since I can't keep abusing that poor knee!
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I dont always fall on the same spot, so I dont usually end up wearing pads in one place, but I just bruised my knee, so I'll be wearing knee pads until the bruise goes away... I find them bulky so I dont usually wear them until I fall on my knee, which isnt too often which is why I just cant keep it up although it would be best if I did wear them all the time but after not falling on the knee for months I get tired of wearing extra padding.
Its cool to read about elite and falls... my parents keep nagging at me everytime I go home with a bruise that its nice to see that you can be good at the sport and still fall and aren't permanently disabled.
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Great!!! The elites can go and wear protective pads but we mere mortals are told by our coaches to NOT WEAR PADS b/c it's considered to be "coddling" and restricts our movement... (Okay, I *am* allowed to wear one knee pad when I am practicing a knee slide pose.)
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Well, I'm 44 and I'm told to start wearing my pads again. So I don't have to worry about being "coddled" if I have permission! I'd rather have my pads on and NOT get yelled at...than not have them on and get yelled at. Especially since coach #2 has hinted that coach #1 has "new things in store for me" I think I should be very afraid (those "skate as fast as you can go" laps "every time you skate" are kind of setting me up for something)
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I was not only specifically told to NOT wear pads and "tough it out," but to actually "take more risks and fall more often!!!" This is coming from BOTH coaches!!! (So no butt pads other than the "natural type...")
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My last fall (on Sunday) was a "what am I doing here?" type thing. One minute I was jumping, the next I was flat on the ice and trying to breathe....I was mad that my jump didn't work, and mad that my other coach saw it tank, and mad that she asked if I was wearing pads and I wasn't. And she called me on it. I am the oldest person at my rink jumping (oh, that sounds so bad!) I feel so old sometimes!!
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I don't wear pads. I figure they will hinder my movements. Besides, my only serious injuries have been the broken ankle and the two (?) concussions. Pads wouldn't have helped either. Just don't look at my knees right now--though they are mostly healed. |
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OUCH!!
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Of the seven coaches employed at our rink, only two are under 45, and only one is still in her 20s. All the men are either already over 50, or rapidly approaching it! And the rink had its 75th birthday on Sunday!
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