I had a minor injury earlier this week, i was allowing someone to do a move on my and they kneed me in the elbow. Which dislocated the elbow, thankfully my head trainer Dave, who is some what of a doctor was there and popped it back in immediately. This happened wednesday night so i was forced to take the day off of training on thursday because of the injury. I’ve gotten a lot of injuries and seen a lot of people get injured so id like to take the opportunity in this blog and tell you how i believe its best to heal from a combat sports injury. RICE it, rice simply stands for Rest, Ice, Compress, and Elevate. So rest, simply keep it away from any stressful activity for example, if you hurt your back don’t lift heavy objects. Ice is the most effective way to stop swelling, and within the first 24 hrs after the injury happens. that is the time that will determine if and how much swelling there will be. Compress, rap the injury not to tightly that it cuts off your circulation but enough to where it feels comfortable. Elevate, a lot of people don’t realize that when we say elevate it doesn’t mean just stick it up in the air. It means to simply elevate it above your heart promoting good oxygen blood flow. Next week i will talk to you about training methods and moves and i might even get a picture.
Grant, I like the combination between personal experience and information in this blog. I think it's effective.
ReplyDeleteI want to see two things from your future posts. I want you to first write your blog in MS Word. Since you are publishing for the whole wide world, you don't want people to judge your credibility based on your punctuation and capitalization.
I want you to think about your audience. Are they big readers? Talk to me about how to import pictures and videos and links. This blog is too text-heavy.