PK'ed at Mammoth
Well this weekend I was pretty much PK'ed at Mammoth. The first run I did I took one of the bigger hits (jumps) and I didn't get enough speed to clear the tabletop and I wasn't expecting to extend from my grab so soon. So I caught my part of front side edge on the tabletop of the landing
and I couldn't hold it so I fell front first into the icy landing. I used my forearms to break my fall, but unfortunately I had my left fist in front of my chest and since ice doesn't give way as easily as powder or slush. I pretty much landed my chest on my fist, which really hurts. I got up right away and I even rode the rest of the day and the next day too, heck I was even back to taking hits the second day out. But I was experiencing some pretty sever chest pain when I wasn't boarding. After coming back to LA and going to see a doctor yesterday, he confirmed that I fractured some ribs hence the pain. So it doesn't look like I will be working out this week. I was given a prescription of Vicodin to ease the pain at night and it really helps, it didn't make me too drowsy or 'loopy' yesterday but after an hour of taking it in the evening today, it made me a little light headed. I won't be taking day that's for sure. Other than taking some Advil during the day and Vicodin at night there's not much else they can do for me. Doctor told me that they used to wrap the ribs but they found out that people weren't able to expand their lungs enough to get rid of fluid or phlegm in lungs and this usually leads to pneumonia. So I just gotta tough it out and let my body heal itself.
So what has this taught me? Don't go for big air on my first run, check out the landings first, then go for it! LOL. Right now it hurts to cough or sneeze, painful to lay down and to laugh, and it feels like my heart is literally aching.
and I couldn't hold it so I fell front first into the icy landing. I used my forearms to break my fall, but unfortunately I had my left fist in front of my chest and since ice doesn't give way as easily as powder or slush. I pretty much landed my chest on my fist, which really hurts. I got up right away and I even rode the rest of the day and the next day too, heck I was even back to taking hits the second day out. But I was experiencing some pretty sever chest pain when I wasn't boarding. After coming back to LA and going to see a doctor yesterday, he confirmed that I fractured some ribs hence the pain. So it doesn't look like I will be working out this week. I was given a prescription of Vicodin to ease the pain at night and it really helps, it didn't make me too drowsy or 'loopy' yesterday but after an hour of taking it in the evening today, it made me a little light headed. I won't be taking day that's for sure. Other than taking some Advil during the day and Vicodin at night there's not much else they can do for me. Doctor told me that they used to wrap the ribs but they found out that people weren't able to expand their lungs enough to get rid of fluid or phlegm in lungs and this usually leads to pneumonia. So I just gotta tough it out and let my body heal itself.
So what has this taught me? Don't go for big air on my first run, check out the landings first, then go for it! LOL. Right now it hurts to cough or sneeze, painful to lay down and to laugh, and it feels like my heart is literally aching.