So I sprained my ankle playing basketball Monday night. It didn't feel real good, and it still doesn't. So in honor of my injury, I thought I would relive some of my best sports injuries.
5. Open Gym Sprain:
This most recent ankle sprain makes the list, but barely. We were playing open gym ball with some guys from the church. We had game point and I went up for a running floater...and came down on someone elses foot. Instant Pain. I went to the doctor, got x-rayed, and then went to the orthopedic doctor (a first for me!). All in all, a pretty basic sprain, I think. This injury made the list because of the cool discoloration in my foot. (Picture is from 5 days after the injury...the discoloration has spread to my toes and up my leg.)
5. Open Gym Sprain:
This most recent ankle sprain makes the list, but barely. We were playing open gym ball with some guys from the church. We had game point and I went up for a running floater...and came down on someone elses foot. Instant Pain. I went to the doctor, got x-rayed, and then went to the orthopedic doctor (a first for me!). All in all, a pretty basic sprain, I think. This injury made the list because of the cool discoloration in my foot. (Picture is from 5 days after the injury...the discoloration has spread to my toes and up my leg.)4. Tooth Knocked Out While Wrestling: In 1988 (yeah, the 80's), I was 10 years old and wrestling in the Pennsylvania Junior Olympics State Tournament. I had won my first match by technical fall 
(18-1) and advanced to the Semi-Finals. The guy I wrestled in the semi-finals beat me, but not by much. I won my first consolation round match and got to wrestle for 3rd or 4th place. In the consolation final, I had a melt-down. I did not manage my temper well, and it got the better of me. My injury in the match was that my opponent knocked out one of my teeth. Now, I believe the tooth was already loose, but it was still kinda cool to get your tooth knocked out wrestling! I came home as the fourth place wrestler in the whole state of Pennsylvania. (Picture is from February 1988- and
yes, I was a dork.)
(18-1) and advanced to the Semi-Finals. The guy I wrestled in the semi-finals beat me, but not by much. I won my first consolation round match and got to wrestle for 3rd or 4th place. In the consolation final, I had a melt-down. I did not manage my temper well, and it got the better of me. My injury in the match was that my opponent knocked out one of my teeth. Now, I believe the tooth was already loose, but it was still kinda cool to get your tooth knocked out wrestling! I came home as the fourth place wrestler in the whole state of Pennsylvania. (Picture is from February 1988- andyes, I was a dork.)
3. Basketball Practice Sprain: This might be the injury that hurt the most. It was a ninth grade basketball practice. I don't remember what we were doing, but I came down either on someone's ankle or the ball (don't ask). My ankle sprain was really bad. I was black and blue from my ankle to my knee. I actually fractured my fibula (small leg bone?) and chipped my ankle bone in this injury. Neither me or my parents ever remember a doctor telling us I fractured my fibula, but it showed up on my x-ray this week.
2. Boxer's Cut: At the 1996 Rocky Grove Basketball Invitational, we were playing in the championship game. Sometime in the 3rd quarter, some knucklehead elbowed me above my right eye...creating a boxer's cut that bled profusely. The ref didn't see it right away and so play went on. My face was covered in blood. I was wiping it off with my hand trying to stay in the game. Finally the ref realized that I was losing a pint and stopped the game. Our assistant coach grabbed the vasaline, gauze, and some tape and fixed me up. I went back in the game with a huge piece of medical tape over the top of my eye to the point it obstructed my view. How did it affect me? Let's just say I hit two free throws to win the game and made the All-Tourney Team. (Picture is probably from 1995-96. Check out the ankle brace on the left ankle and the shaved head.)
1. Attack of the Bat- During my senior year, my dad was the High School Girls Softball coach. After my baseball practice, I went inside the gym and helped dad with his softball practice. I was working with one of my friends, Kristy, off the batting tee. I placed a ball on the tee and turned a little when Kristy swung hard! Her backswing connected right across my face, somehow missing my eye and orbital. While I wasn't knocked out, I iced it right away and took some IB Profin. About two hours later the swelling set in and my left cheek nearly touched my right one. I couldn't hard talk I was so swollen. I was black and blue from my eye down to the bottom of my neck. It looked like I had a tennis ball hidden inside my mouth. I actually pitched in a game a few days later and couldn't feel a thing as I pitched because of the painkillers. (This picture (From April '97) shows the injury shortly after it happened...and just before the swelling really set in.)
2. Boxer's Cut: At the 1996 Rocky Grove Basketball Invitational, we were playing in the championship game. Sometime in the 3rd quarter, some knucklehead elbowed me above my right eye...creating a boxer's cut that bled profusely. The ref didn't see it right away and so play went on. My face was covered in blood. I was wiping it off with my hand trying to stay in the game. Finally the ref realized that I was losing a pint and stopped the game. Our assistant coach grabbed the vasaline, gauze, and some tape and fixed me up. I went back in the game with a huge piece of medical tape over the top of my eye to the point it obstructed my view. How did it affect me? Let's just say I hit two free throws to win the game and made the All-Tourney Team. (Picture is probably from 1995-96. Check out the ankle brace on the left ankle and the shaved head.)
1. Attack of the Bat- During my senior year, my dad was the High School Girls Softball coach. After my baseball practice, I went inside the gym and helped dad with his softball practice. I was working with one of my friends, Kristy, off the batting tee. I placed a ball on the tee and turned a little when Kristy swung hard! Her backswing connected right across my face, somehow missing my eye and orbital. While I wasn't knocked out, I iced it right away and took some IB Profin. About two hours later the swelling set in and my left cheek nearly touched my right one. I couldn't hard talk I was so swollen. I was black and blue from my eye down to the bottom of my neck. It looked like I had a tennis ball hidden inside my mouth. I actually pitched in a game a few days later and couldn't feel a thing as I pitched because of the painkillers. (This picture (From April '97) shows the injury shortly after it happened...and just before the swelling really set in.)So there you have it, the Top 5 Sports Injuries in my life....what's your story? (BTW, I'm considering bringing back the shaved head...just don't tell Andrea!)
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