Today, after years of martial arts training, ballet, and dance, I thought I had pretty good balance for a dude. Then I accidentally stuck both legs in one side of my pants and tipped head first into the wall. The ER doctor has scheduled a test for TBI, and the vertigo “may be permanent.” FML
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Fall
Dead leaves, the first cold of the season and an umbrella flipped inside out: fall, the season of grace.
Today, I injured my knee during dance class. When it started to feel a little bit better, I tried dancing again. I tripped, fell, and broke my wrist. FML
Today, in ballet class, I was really focusing and actually trying to work hard. I was really getting into the choreography. I was travelling big and leaping long. While going across the floor, again I travelled and leaped… right into the ballet bars and fell over, in front of 35 people. FML
Today, I was doing a fitness test. Though clumsy, I managed to spin around a bat then dash across a balance beam, run through some tires, and walk across a log floating in water. Pleased with my performance, I walked to the bathroom, tripped on my shoelace, and bust my head on the floor. FML
Today, while practicing my gymnastics routine on the uneven bars, I was so distracted by my teammates' conversation about a party later that I miscalculated my flip and smacked my head on a bar. Ten stitches and a concussion later, I was left alone in the hospital. FML
Today, I was doing squats at the gym. I caught my reflection in the mirror, got distracted by how awkward I looked, and lost my balance. I fell backward onto a medicine ball, rolled into another person’s legs, and took them down with me. We ended up in a sweaty heap. FML
Today, according to my doctors, the car crash I was in has damaged the part of my brain responsible for balance and coordination, which is why no matter if I'm standing, sitting, or lying down, I feel dizzy as fuck. Unless by some miracle my brain can fix itself, this might be a lifelong condition. I want to cry. FML
Today, as I was trying to get out of bed, my foot began sliding across the floor. I instinctively tried to balance myself, only for the new angle to cause my right hip to painfully and loudly dislocate, making me fall face-forward into my dresser. Back stuck in bed after three days of freedom. FML
Today, I managed to "permanently and irrevocably" damage my spine. How? By bending down and picking up a piece of paper. According to my doctor, essentially I need to, "bend over like a stripper if I want to pick something up." FML
Today, I thought it would be fun to make a grand entrance at a party by doing a backflip through the door. I misjudged the height of the door frame, crashed my shins into it, and landed on my face right on a pile of shoes by the door. The host asked if I needed an ambulance. FML
Today, I joined a dance class to impress my girlfriend. Halfway through, I realized I had two left feet. The instructor asked me to demonstrate a simple move, and instead I tripped on the mat, fell into another dancer, and took her down with me. I’ve been banned from all future classes. FML
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cuz803 46
Practice more grappling. It gets you use to fighting from the ground so it will be more comfortable falling 😂 wrestlers practice how to safely fall so do more drills on falling safely As for the TBI, I'm assuming the worst is a concussion. After you recover, resume working out (cardiovascular exercise) but start slow. For the concussion, I recommend eating seafood if you can tolerate it. Seafood contains omega-3 which has been shown to help the brain heal by reducing inflammation and boosting bloodflow. Creatine also helps with TBI. Sleep is also very important for brain healing.
RichardPencil 32
This is why we don't keep our "fat pants" around after we lose a lot of weight.
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cuz803 46
Practice more grappling. It gets you use to fighting from the ground so it will be more comfortable falling 😂 wrestlers practice how to safely fall so do more drills on falling safely As for the TBI, I'm assuming the worst is a concussion. After you recover, resume working out (cardiovascular exercise) but start slow. For the concussion, I recommend eating seafood if you can tolerate it. Seafood contains omega-3 which has been shown to help the brain heal by reducing inflammation and boosting bloodflow. Creatine also helps with TBI. Sleep is also very important for brain healing.
RichardPencil 32
This is why we don't keep our "fat pants" around after we lose a lot of weight.