September 13th 2009
13:00 ish
9/4/1991 18 years old
Kyle (Rage)
Douglasville, Georgia
5 Years experience
Calculated out about 14-21 hours a week practice (2-3 hours each day)
Some Karate (Not officially taught) and Tai Chi if that counts for anything, BMX, and Skate Boarding, oh and Soccor
Down Town Douglasville Town Square
Conditions: Perfect
I was doing a gauge jump for a precision that was a bit further than I was comfortable with...
Other team members were there but just spectating this
Basically, I overjumped the gauge and undershot the actual obstacle... So my right foot touched it with the back of the Shoe and it slipped forwards sending my left leg straight down (I was trying to save it with a crane and would have if the shoe had held) and my left knee slapped the side of the brick pillar full force
Overall Rating of severity - It hurt like the dickens but was mainly just scraped up a bit... I also pulled the muscles in my thigh... that is just annoying because as I walk, they feel tense... as if, gee willikers, I pulled the muscles so rating is maybe 4 out of 10... probably a little more severe than that but it stopped bothering me quickly, I still stayed off of it because I'm not stupid, the longer I stay off of it, the quicker I can get back on it... as funny as that sounds...
No doctor visit, not near severe enough... though to be safe, I probably will... simply because my knees aren't as durable as they should be by inheritence (Both of my parents had bad knees all of their lives even though they didn't do anything knee-straining)
I Took pictures of my injured leg as well as my uninjured leg so that you can compare to see what is different (I have weird knees that LOOK all busted up, but trust me, they work fine... well ok, I have bum knees... but they are not broken or dislocated... I apologize for the Blurriness, the only person that could take the pictures for me is sick... But yea... the injured one is NOT dislocated, it is just the odd way I had to turn it to take the pictures)
Also, it isn't swollen as bad as the picture looks... it is a tad more swollen than the other leg but it is BARELY noticeable with the real eye
Injured Knee:
Top
http://i83.photobucket.com/albums/j309/RageMcCloud/100_0747.jpgSide
http://i83.photobucket.com/albums/j309/RageMcCloud/100_0748.jpgFront
http://i83.photobucket.com/albums/j309/RageMcCloud/100_0749.jpgUninjured Knee:
Top
http://i83.photobucket.com/albums/j309/RageMcCloud/100_0750.jpgSide
http://i83.photobucket.com/albums/j309/RageMcCloud/100_0751.jpgFront
http://i83.photobucket.com/albums/j309/RageMcCloud/100_0758.jpgand yes, my legs really are that hairy... that isn't the camera
It was mainly a freak accident but I could have avoided it if I had done the guage on the ground instead of trying for half distance to judge power neccesity... but to tell the truth, I'm glad I fell because, that was a jump that wasn't meant to make it so I KNOW for a fact that I can with a jump that is
I've never had any big injuries... nothing more than a scrape or so... but the last injury that I had was from me sitting at a table and then doing an inverted 360 vault to sit on the other side of the table (When I went to get my legs between the table and the seat {picnic table} My right leg didn't quite clear and the table did a pretty scratch down the side of it...) 1 out of 10
It was a freak accident... I was trying for half distance to see if I could make it for full distance but managed to make it about 9.9/10 distance and slipped up on the recovery... sucks but I'll get over it... at least I know that I can make it with no problem now... So I learned a LOT from this "injury"
Edit: From My angle, I couldn't see it, but my mom took a look at it and pointed out some swelling on the side... so that is indeedly swollen on the side... Well, at least I am Icing it and all that noise... proper things needed to recover quickly but correctly... but yea, just wanted to update it... it was swollen pretty nicely in that picture...
-Kyle(Rage)
