Date of Injury: July 23, 2009
Time of injury: 7:40
DOB and age : August 7, 1993 ; 15
Name: Matt Hansen
City, State: Dwight, Illinois
Years of Practice: .75
Hours of training per week: 16
Other exercise / fitness experience: None
Location where injury occurred: Local Playground (Renfrew Park)
Conditions of location: Well-sanded wood, rather slick
Attempting: Kong to a cat leap
Were any other people involved: No
Part of body - description of injury, rating of severity 1-10: Left shoulder (back and front), heart, left lung; My parents and I believe that I may have pulled a muscle. This seems likely, but fairly extreme for a pulled muscle. Whenever I take in a breath, pain occurs. The deeper and longer I take that breath the more it hurts. At the beginning of a breath the level of pain is a 2. At the climax of breathing it gets to a 9. Immediately after the injury I went home and went to lay on the couch. The pain reached a point where it was so painful that I passed out. All in all, I would rate the severity an 8.5.
Did you see a doctor for diagnosis: No
Did you get X-rays or MRI's: No
Picture of the injury: Don't own a camera
Could you / how could you have avoided the injury?: I had hung onto a wall with just one hand. Shouldn't have done that.
Date / type / severity of your last injury?: n/A
Notes on the experience?: None
