Last winter I met a man in his 70's at a public session who had obviously been a skater for many years, but who had a very cautious, almost scared look, and never skated backwards. I struck up a conversation with him and found out that he had fallen backwards the previous season and broken both wrists....hence no more skating backwards. Can't say as I blame him. I'm thinking that maybe 70 is a good age to switch to swimming

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lynne,

Like you, until I got hurt I never thought about the possibility. When I really did "break" it was a shock to say the least. Over time, I have become my old self for the most part. I do things in skating without coaches "permission", it is not an uncommone event for me to try things because I think I want to. I see something interesting, and I try. I admit that my behavior causes my coach nervous fits some days. But hey, this is part of who I am. I try to limit my "bad" behavior to days when I feel ON. I know that I could "break" again, I have thought about it, but my need to challenge myself has to be met. I'm willing to take the risk. Anyhoo, if this sounds familiar, you will be like this once again. It's part of who you are, injured or not. Life has tons of risks, TONS, that doesn't mean you stop living it. What a waste this would be! We don't get a second chance! As a side note, I'm forever being told that I don't skate like an adult and as long as I can I WON'T. Who you are lynne, is who you are. Happy mending.

My "good" side is improving, let's not talk about my "weak" side. ugh.

Chico

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Lynne, I too at one time broke my wrist, skating. But it wasn't what I was doing but more where I was. I was standing at the exit of the rink asking for my daughter and her friend to join me on the ice and some kid on a public session didn't know how to stop and got me. That was about 4 years ago. Then a bit over a year later, stupid me decided to skate on un fixed hockey ice with newly wrongly unlevel sharpened blades doing inside/outside spirals and got caught on a rut on the change edge falling onto my left elbow breaking it requiring a cast, metal plate and wires. The very next day the doc took the cast off and put brace instead so that I would start using the elbow right away to prevent it from stiffening. Me, I'm stubborn and 8 weeks later I was back on the ice but this time joining a skating club to learn properly. The doc had me confined to ice dance for a year before he would allow me to learn freestyle. That was 3 years ago and I'm still forging forward and backward on ice and through the air. You'll get there Lynne.

Do the physio, Lynne. They can detect if you need more help or not. Plus the harder you push yourself in physio the shorter recovery will be. I started off with a very skinny wrist after the cast came off of my wrist but with in weeks I could see the muscle come back. At present my wrist is much much stronger than it was before I broke it. Oh, no matter how much the physio hurts, grin and bear it and then ice and Advil it.

Brigitte a.k.a. singerskates

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Thanks guys

It's just a bit of a shock to see this pathetic thing that I once called an arm! I've never had so little muscle since I was about 3!!! Even the pad at the bottom of my thumb has withered away

I'm getting bored with it now, I'm desperate to get into the physio and am (occasionally) overdoing it .... the pain soon puts me straight though!

I would have felt better if I could have had a lighter, fibreglass cast, at least I could have gone swimming and done a ballet class but this thing is just too unwieldy

L xx

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Yikes! TashaKat, hopefully you'll get to recover quickly!

On the same note (kinda) my mom had surgery on her bottom in July (long story) and couldn't sit/lie down/bend very easily because of the stitches and stuff. She had such a hard time with that, and she still can't sit for long periods of time (which makes her work difficult..) She told us, "Your butt is very important! You don't think of all the things that require your butt until you can't use it anymore!"

lynne,

You should have seen my leg after being in a cast of some type or other for 3 months. Skinny isn't even the word! Your arm will look normal again, honest.

Chico

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I have severe tenonitis in my right hand due to repetitive motions I have to perform in lab. Casting the hand really helped the situation, but the second I overdo it, I become inflamed again. Therefore, I have had to learn not to overdo and my advisor had just had to accept this.

I actually skated with the cast. Since my hand was not broken, I figured why not, just do easier stuff. Keeping moving was the right thing--I actually had some of my best spins while I wore the cast!

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OUCH!!!! But I can understand. My dad went through a similar situation.

It just goes to show that humans have evolved into beings that utilize our body parts in an ultimate and most efficient manner . Any failure from one part surely will affect the entire system.

And then we push the extreme by putting our bodies on a slippery surface with slivers of sharpened metal attached to our feet, attempt to perform major gymnastic feats, and expect our bodies to respond accordingly.

It's a wonder the human race has survived.

Those of us who have had children will, I am sure, remember the agony of sitting down with a perineum-full of stitches..... And, of course, whenever you sat down incautiously and stood up again quicker than you had sat, your fond mother and husband just roared with laughter.....

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October 8th

Can't wait ...... it's scary too, though!

Obviously I'll have to have physio but can anyone else give me some tips as how to get my muscle back without overdoing it (as is my usual behaviour )? I tend to find that UK physios tend to be more 'gentle' in their approach, I'm not that patient and want to work to the maximum that is safe ..... ta

L x

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First, get yourself a rubber ball to squeeze. It will stengthen the fingers, wrist, and forearm. Squeeze lots.

Second, some hand weights (dumb bells) in 2 lb thru 5 lb for arm curls and wrist curls (forward and backward).

The best conditioning and strengthening you'll be able to do in the beginning will be with many repetitions of light weights. You'll gradually be able to increase the weight until you're better than normal.

You'll also have to do a LOT of muscle stretching. You'll be amazed at how stiff the joints and muscles are after the cast comes off.

Don't forget to do some of the same conditioning with your other arm, too. Wouldn't want it to fall behind.

Gary, sorry, I thought that I'd replied to say thankyou! I obviously didn't!! THANK YOU

MY UPDATE

Joined a gym today and did 60 minutes cardio with very little effort which is pleasing since I've not done much since the accident! I also did some lower body and TRICEPS work!! The machine was brilliant, very little stress on my wrist .... I only did low weights but it feels like a breakthrough ...... now if only the rest of my life were going so well

L x

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