Date of Injury
June 22, 2010
Time of injury (0:00 to 23:59)
12:30 to 1PM
Your DOB and age
03/19/96; 14Y
name (remember this is the internet, name is helpful but not mandatory)
Andrew Muhart
City, State
Bedford, New York
# years practicing Parkour / Freerunning
2 months
Hours of training per week. (real, not what you'd like to do)
8-10
Other exercise / fitness experience
Hockey, previous conditioning before starting PK
Location where injury occurred
down the street
Conditions of location (wet, dark, icy, etc)
Sunny, some clouds
What you were doing / trying to do when injury occurred?
180 over small wall
Where any other people involved?
training partner was nearby (thank god) but not involved in jump
Part of body - description of injury, rating of severity 1-10.
Shin, open wound, nice chunk of skin taken off, 8 stitches, 6
Did you see a doctor for diagnosis?
Yes
Did you get X-rays or MRI's?
Yes, the cut was deep so tested for chipped bone, and bone is fine
Picture of the injury
(poor picture taken via phone)
Could you / how could you have avoided the injury?
By not being unaware or just plain stupid
Date / type / severity of your last injury?
No recent major injuries
Notes on the experience?
My parents have banned me from doing parkour
i'm trying to talk to them about it, waiting for further healing to help my argument
