Date of Injury:
Feb 21, 2010Time of injury (0:00 to 23:59):
Roughly... 12:45-1:30Your DOB and age:
Sep 30, 1990; 19name (remember this is the internet, name is helpful but not mandatory):
Mel MartinezCity, State:
Miami, FL# years practicing Parkour / Freerunning:
0 years, 3 months, 2 weeksHours of training per week. (real, not what you'd like to do)
Roughly 14-16Other exercise / fitness experience:
3 years of Aikido, 4 years of marching band( to those who don't say this is physical, you've clearly never been in marching band)Location where injury occurred:
Left elbow (worst), Right elbow (2nd worst), Both wrists (about the same, very minor, if a bit tender), Right thumb (least painful)Conditions of location (wet, dark, icy, etc):
Bright, sunny ![[WTF]](http://www.americanparkour.com/smf/Smileys/classic/leonWTF.gif "WTF")
What you were doing / trying to do when injury occurred?:
Practicing my Kong VaultsWhere any other people involved?:
My tutor/sponsor/whatever was nearby, but I am responsible for my injury. Part of body - description of injury, rating of severity 1-10.:
Left elbow- maybe a 4-5 , very swollen, tender, can't straighten out my arm or bend it to a certain degree, ergo I can't drive. Right elbow- 3 same stats as left elbow to a lesser degree. Both wrists- 2, tender, but at least I can rotate and stretch them. Right thumb- 1, maybe 1/2? VERY minor, but still achey after several hours,so worth mentioning.Did you see a doctor for diagnosis?:
No, costs too much.Did you get X-rays or MRI's?
N/APicture of the injury:
Nope can't figure out how to work my webcam. 
Could you / how could you have avoided the injury?:
The injury occurred because I continued to practice while fatigued, I didn't allow myself a break. I could have avoided it by giving a break every 5 reps and stretching during each break.Date / type / severity of your last injury?:
Last injury? Uhh...can't recall. The last major injury was at age 14, I broke my leg, definitely a 9 or 10. I broke my leg in 3 places while snowboarding, needed screws.. OWWW!!Notes on the experience?:
If I learned one thing from this experience is to take FREQUENT breaks. My injury never would have occurred if I took a break and continued at the top of my game. If any new traceur out there reading this, do NOT underestimate the power of the 5-minute break. If anything good came out of this, it's that I have become even more determined to get it right. I will NOT be discouraged!!
