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a minor acroyoga injury
Oct. 5th, 2021 08:21 pmToday I kinda hurt my toes on my right foot when attempting the Acroyoga Mermaid sequence. We have managed one rotation of this before--I can go from hanging from his feet right side up, to rotating over, hanging from his feet upside down, and then forward to balancing with my hips resting on his hands. It isn't easy (especially as he and I are much closer to the same height than are the flyer and base in that video), but that much is doable. However, we have never yet managed the transition back over to hanging right side up from his feet again.
Therefore, as today's acroyoga session was winding to a close we decided to give it a try. We managed the first bits, up to where I am kinda hanging upside down from his feet, but my feet are still in his hands. But somehow I didn't have the power needed to lift my legs out of his hands and rotate them around. Therefore I decided to back up and return to right side up, as I have done before on other times that I had that issue. However, instead of accomplishing that reversal, I somehow slipped, and started falling, slowly, point of elbow first, towards his tummy.
Not wanting to injure him with my elbow I quickly stretched my arms out forward, and managed to catch my fall with my hands on the ground on the far side of his body. Yay, a successful savings throw!
...Then my legs finished their decent, and landed, ends of toes of the right foot first, at a greater speed than I would like.
All three middle toes on that foot protested being suddenly forced to bend upwards whilst colliding with a solid surface. Particularly the one in the middle, which never really forgave me for once having had a heavy, electric handheld drill land on it abruptly some years ago.
It only hurt a little at first, but by the time I arrived at work and had to walk the long corridor to the archives it was hurting more, and the toes on my right food didn't at all like part about waking where they need to bend at the joint.
Therefore I called Swedish National Health Care consultation number (1177), and she entered the info of the injury into their system and recommended that I ice and elevate it and contact my local health center (which is upstairs from where I work).
So I did, and they gave me an appointment for 11:15, so I spent the rest of the morning working (choosing tasks that let me stay at the desk, with a cold pack, that I found in the freezer in the break room, wrapped around my toes. By the time I saw the doc, having been iced all morning, they weren't hurting at all if I didn't try touching them or bending them, but there was some visible bruising at the base of my toenail. There also may have been some swelling, but it is hard to tell, since that middle toe has been bigger than its neighbours ever since that above mentioned injury years ago.
The doc decided that we should x-ray it to see if it is broken (which would also be a chance to find out if the old injury had resulted in broken bones, or if that one was only soft tissue damage). Of course, the local health center I was at doesn't have x-ray equipment, so she sent me to the big hospital at Sunderbyn, not quite a half an hour drive away.
So I grabbed my backpack (with nålbinding project) and told my colleague where I was going, and limped carefully out to the car. I had already determined that going barefoot was better, as it was easier to keep the toes from bending, so I carried my sandals till I got to the outer door of the building.
This was my first time getting x-rays here, and I was impressed with the efficiency. I parked the car, walked into the hospital and asked where to find x-rays, found the right room on my first try, and took a number (73). They were already on 72, so I had a very short wait (just long enough to get out the nålbindning and take a couple of stitches, before I was called over to reception, who only wanted to know my name and personal number. Then she sent me to the next waiting room, where I managed only a few more stitches before I was called in and pictures of my foot taken.
The xray technician had me wait there till the doc had looked at the results, incase they showed anything that required urgent attention. Sadly, they told me that I couldn't see the images yet--that their computer has lots of images, from lots of patients, and therefore none may look at them, but if I ask my doctor I will be able to see them later.
So I spent a half hour working on my nålbindning and chatting on the phone with Keldor, till the technician came told me that there is no fracture and I can go.
So I returned to work and finished out my day before coming home and enjoying the Drachenwald Law Council meeting. I did, however, cancel tomorrow's acroyoga session--I don't think I am ready to balance anyone on my feet quite yet. On the other hand, I just tested it, and there is no problem at all to do a DownDog app yoga session, using the settings "restorative yoga (no standing poses)" and boost = "glute strength".
Therefore, as today's acroyoga session was winding to a close we decided to give it a try. We managed the first bits, up to where I am kinda hanging upside down from his feet, but my feet are still in his hands. But somehow I didn't have the power needed to lift my legs out of his hands and rotate them around. Therefore I decided to back up and return to right side up, as I have done before on other times that I had that issue. However, instead of accomplishing that reversal, I somehow slipped, and started falling, slowly, point of elbow first, towards his tummy.
Not wanting to injure him with my elbow I quickly stretched my arms out forward, and managed to catch my fall with my hands on the ground on the far side of his body. Yay, a successful savings throw!
...Then my legs finished their decent, and landed, ends of toes of the right foot first, at a greater speed than I would like.
All three middle toes on that foot protested being suddenly forced to bend upwards whilst colliding with a solid surface. Particularly the one in the middle, which never really forgave me for once having had a heavy, electric handheld drill land on it abruptly some years ago.
It only hurt a little at first, but by the time I arrived at work and had to walk the long corridor to the archives it was hurting more, and the toes on my right food didn't at all like part about waking where they need to bend at the joint.
Therefore I called Swedish National Health Care consultation number (1177), and she entered the info of the injury into their system and recommended that I ice and elevate it and contact my local health center (which is upstairs from where I work).
So I did, and they gave me an appointment for 11:15, so I spent the rest of the morning working (choosing tasks that let me stay at the desk, with a cold pack, that I found in the freezer in the break room, wrapped around my toes. By the time I saw the doc, having been iced all morning, they weren't hurting at all if I didn't try touching them or bending them, but there was some visible bruising at the base of my toenail. There also may have been some swelling, but it is hard to tell, since that middle toe has been bigger than its neighbours ever since that above mentioned injury years ago.
The doc decided that we should x-ray it to see if it is broken (which would also be a chance to find out if the old injury had resulted in broken bones, or if that one was only soft tissue damage). Of course, the local health center I was at doesn't have x-ray equipment, so she sent me to the big hospital at Sunderbyn, not quite a half an hour drive away.
So I grabbed my backpack (with nålbinding project) and told my colleague where I was going, and limped carefully out to the car. I had already determined that going barefoot was better, as it was easier to keep the toes from bending, so I carried my sandals till I got to the outer door of the building.
This was my first time getting x-rays here, and I was impressed with the efficiency. I parked the car, walked into the hospital and asked where to find x-rays, found the right room on my first try, and took a number (73). They were already on 72, so I had a very short wait (just long enough to get out the nålbindning and take a couple of stitches, before I was called over to reception, who only wanted to know my name and personal number. Then she sent me to the next waiting room, where I managed only a few more stitches before I was called in and pictures of my foot taken.
The xray technician had me wait there till the doc had looked at the results, incase they showed anything that required urgent attention. Sadly, they told me that I couldn't see the images yet--that their computer has lots of images, from lots of patients, and therefore none may look at them, but if I ask my doctor I will be able to see them later.
So I spent a half hour working on my nålbindning and chatting on the phone with Keldor, till the technician came told me that there is no fracture and I can go.
So I returned to work and finished out my day before coming home and enjoying the Drachenwald Law Council meeting. I did, however, cancel tomorrow's acroyoga session--I don't think I am ready to balance anyone on my feet quite yet. On the other hand, I just tested it, and there is no problem at all to do a DownDog app yoga session, using the settings "restorative yoga (no standing poses)" and boost = "glute strength".