Ouch

[dagibbs]

I went climbing both Tuesday evening for about 3 hours then again last night. So, by the end of the evening last night I was getting kind of tired. I went to demonstrate something on a bouldering route that I've done lots of times, completely lost a hand grip, and fell. This was on an upside-down stair kind of section, so I landed almost flat on my back (impact points were, in order, tailbone, shoulders, head) from about 5 ft up. Now, a 5ft drop onto my feet is easy to take, but a 5 ft drop onto my back is quite a jolt. My neck support muscles are quite tight/tender right now, and I am being very careful in how I move my head/neck. Hopefully this won't interfere with my hiking & cottage plans for the weekend.

Comments

RMT Speaketh

[bytowneboy.livejournal.com]

No heat on those injuries until Sunday. Cold is your friend. Heat will just dilate bloodvessles and exacerbate any inflamation you've got going. Consider alternating hot and cold aplications on sunday and thereafter. Always end on cold. Figure out what your comfortable range of motion is and make a point of using it. Don't challenge injured tissues at this point. If it hurts to move a certain way... don't.

be well.

Re: RMT Speaketh

[dagibbs.livejournal.com]

Thank you for the advice.

I've been maintaining gentle range-of-motion movement already. I'll be more careful with them. And will avoid any more heat until Sunday -- then try the hot/cold alternation then.