Date: 03/19/2009
Time: ~8:30pm
Age: 14
City, State: Seattle, WA... Greenlake NW Crossfit
# years practicing Parkour: 2 general years of messing around, 6 months of serious Parkour
Hours of training per week: 5-6 hrs during the weekend, ~6hrs during week
Other exercise / fitness experience: General running, Soccer
Location where injury occurred: NW Crossfit, Parkour Class
Conditions of location: Dry, Undercover
What you were doing / trying to do when injury occurred?: Underbar
Where any other people involved?: People were practicing the same thing but they didnt effect the injury
Part of body - description of injury: When practicing underbars i started to swing up and i twisted my left arm. This resulted in a sharp pain in my upper arm. I could barely move it and felt dislocated. I pushed up and it popped so i could move it again. It feels ok right now but every once in a while it's sore.
Severity - 5
Did you see a doctor for diagnosis?: No
Did you get X-rays or MRI's?: No
( no picture there is no visual problem)
Could you / how could you have avoided the injury?: Less repetition, let joints rest, stretch out muscles.
Date / type / severity of your last injury? Never really had one before
Notes on the experience?: Hurt like a $@&%#! Popped back into place, and is fine now.
