Date of Injury: October 25th 2010
Time of injury (0:00 to 23:59): 16:30ish
Your DOB and age: 1-31-89, 21
City, State: Barstow, California
# years practicing Parkour / Freerunning: Less than a year
Hours of training per week. (real, not what you'd like to do): Not much, I just do stuff while I am on my day to day activities. 1-2 hours.
Location where injury occurred: Knee
What you were doing / trying to do when injury occurred?: Speed vault over a rail on my way to class
Part of body - description of injury, rating of severity 1-10: 2/3
Did you see a doctor for diagnosis?: No
Could you / how could you have avoided the injury?: Toss my legs out to the side higher, better strength and coordination in my hips and thighs.
Notes on the experience?: Basically just posting this as a warning to newbies like me! I was speed vaulting the rail but my legs didn't get high enough and my left knee slammed into the rail as I was going over. It took all I had to walk away without limping. Still is tender, but it doesn't seem that serious.
