day 2512 – popliteus strain

June 18, 2020 by tongtong in my 365 and tagged #appointment, #chiro, #commonperonealnerve, #guarding, #hamstring, #helpless, #hyperextension, #injuries, #knee, #kneeproblems, #luckily, #muscle, #nocando, #popliteus, #rehab, #restisinorder, #roadtorecovery, #shock, #sprain, #storyofmylife, #thankful | Leave a comment

i got very little sleep because i was worried that one of my knee ligament is done. thankfully my chiropractor squeezed me in this afternoon. he confirmed there’s good news – the injury narrowly missed my ligaments and had my hamstring and calf not been in good condition, it wouldn’t have been able to protect my ligaments. instead, it’s my popliteus and common peroneal nerve that’s sprained. everything around my left leg is in total shock and guarding all movements. he said i can’t escape the rest and i knew he was right because i couldn’t even straighten out my leg or put weight on it. he sent me home with a bunch of rehab exercises that i’ll have to stay on top of if i want to speed up the recovery

day 2043 – dodgeball rolling

March 5, 2019 by tongtong in my 365 and tagged #activelifestyle, #ankleproblems, #ball, #dodgeball, #fml, #gstrings, #injuries, #justmyluck, #landed, #noanklesleft, #notinmycontrol, #shithappens, #sprain, #storyofmylife, #uncontrollable, #unexpected | Leave a comment

first week of the dodgeball season for me and not a very good start at all. i landed on the ball and immediately knew that shit just happened. now i have no good ankle to stand or walk on. the first thought that went through my head was how much pain i was in, but rather how i could get back cause i have flips to do and hockey games to play. to look at it postuvely, it’s still early in the dodgeball season so i’ll be able to get back

day 1675 – mummified thumb

March 1, 2018 by tongtong in my 365 and tagged #cheaters, #dball, #deflections, #difficulties, #gstrings, #honesty, #mummified, #photoweek, #robbed, #sportsmanship, #sprain, #temperflared, #thumb, #unraveled, #vdldodgeball | Leave a comment

the thumb sprain wasn’t going to stop me two straight days. it’s still troubling, but showing up to dodgeball with a mummified thumb is what i had to do. playing in tier 2 has its difficulties, understanding the rules and playing with honesty are two big ones. even for a team who won back to back sportmans award, playing against cheaters boiled our tempers and unraveled when certain players are blatantly cheating. it was not a fun night when we had to point out individuals who are repeated offenders

day 1510 – hand pain

September 18, 2017 by tongtong in my 365 and tagged #basic, #dodgeball, #excrucriating, #forcingtheissue, #handproblem, #hurt, #immobile, #injuries, #notfunctional, #painful, #rdldodgeball, #sprain, #squareone, #stubborn, #tapejob, #tendons, #vetsnight | Leave a comment

it’s back to square one. after my making my first catch of the dodgeball night, my hand was in excruciating pain and could no longer grip a ball properly. being me, i thought that if i taped it would allow me to play; if i taped more i could continue; and if i tape enough to make it immobile, i could finish the night. i finished the night, but once the last game was over, i realized i no longer have a functional hand. it does open nor close, it doesn’t hold a fork, nor a steering wheel; it basically doesn’t function for my basic needs

day 1505 – physio revisited

September 13, 2017 by tongtong in my 365 and tagged #adjustment, #appointment, #checkup, #handproblem, #ice, #injuries, #kneecap, #longterm, #paintolerance, #peaceofmind, #physio, #poppedout, #sprain, #storyofmylife, #tapejob, #tendons, #wishful | Leave a comment

getting my hand checked out gives everyone a peace of mind, but knowing it’s more serious than i thought isn’t what i wanted. he was not surprised of another new injury plus my preexisting list of injured body parts. to my physio’s dismay, he told me not one, not two, but three tendons were sprained. i guess the pain i felt was real but forcing it very hard wishfully thinking the pain isn’t real. having high pain tolerance is good but it does come back to bite me. also got my knee and hip adjusted as per usual and wasn’t expecting my knee cap to be out as well. aside from my knee, he was quite happy with the shape i was in

day 870 – check in with physio

December 18, 2015 by tongtong in my 365 and tagged #blenz, #checkin, #chill, #finger, #fixingmyself, #fracture, #holdingup, #kinesiologist, #knowsmewell, #physio, #powermatcha, #remedy, #splint, #sportsneverstop, #sprain, #storyofmylife, #verdict, #workmywayback | Leave a comment

physio needed to see me and i needed to see physio to assess and treat that finger and other banged up body parts of mine before he goes on vacation. i am very relieved when he said he’s almost certain it’s not a fracture and just a terrible sprain. although i am disappointed when he said i should still continue to wear the splint whenever possible. he didn’t even bother stopping me from doing my sports cause he knows me well enough to understand that’s not going to happen. the new kinesiologist shadowing today had little clue of what exercises i am usually given, so it was a chill day until the regular stepped in and changed all that. it’s the post physio blenz remedy i enjoy every time

day 839 – not right

November 16, 2015 by tongtong in my 365 and tagged #alcohol, #badeating, #badintentions, #disappointment, #discipline, #disobeyed, #dodgeballpractice, #dontcomplain, #dontlosesight, #drinks, #failure, #fallen, #fallenofftrack, #feellikecrap, #fightingmyself, #heartfelt, #misused, #nocontrol, #offlimits, #outofcontrol, #outofhand, #pinky, #shitty, #sprain, #startover, #strict, #torn, #trustissue, #unacceptable, #undeserving, #unhealthy, #whatiwantmost | Leave a comment

i had a great weekend, only up to the moment i realize i had disobeyed all that i said i would do. i am fighting myself and feeling torn inside because i walked in with a number in mind but went well beyond that limit, i don’t know how it got so out of hand. it’s only finally hitting me hard today, the wheels have really fallen off and i don’t even know where to begin to pick myself up. what a heart felt disappointment when i have regretfully misused the trust others had in me. i failed others and most importantly i have failed myself. need to learn that discipline is choosing between what i want now and what i want most. perhaps i must be stricter and harder on myself and start my climb from the bottom again. i guess i deserved to have both my pinkies sprained during practice

day 813 – ligament troubles

October 21, 2015 by tongtong in my 365 and tagged #appointment, #doasiamtold, #dowhatisright, #earlymorning, #electro, #goodkarma, #iceoniceoff, #icing, #incoherent, #injuries, #kneeproblems, #ligament, #ligamentsprain, #nosports, #physio, #physioterrorist, #precautions, #rehab, #restisinorder, #sprain, #storyofmylife, #tests, #thankful, #timeoff, #tooearly, #waitandsee | Leave a comment

physio appointment can’t get any earlier than this. having a 7am appointment basically meant that i was still half asleep and struggling to be coherent which made it almost impossible for me to clearly explain to my physio what had happened at the time of injury. i mustered the most vague explanation, physio was better off finding the answers and figuring out the severity of the injury himself, and he did. he went through a series of tests to check for ligament tears and thankfully reported negative, but a ligament sprain isn’t something to be taken lightly by all means. today’s appointment had me on both ice and then electro, and that usually signals a prescribed rehab process is on its way. so that means no sports or physical activities until he says otherwise

day 725 – plans ruined

July 25, 2015 by tongtong in my 365 and tagged #ankle, #blackandblue, #bruising, #celebrationoflights, #iceoniceoff, #icing, #injuries, #jeopardy, #mustgoon, #neediest, #pain, #pretendnothinghappened, #ruinmyplans, #setbacks, #sprain, #storyofmylife, #tapejob, #teaching, #tkd, #toughitout | Leave a comment

guess who’s not going and not capable of going to celebration of lights fireworks tonight. i sprained my ankle this morning but life and teaching must carry on without showing my pain to others. strapped on some tape and onwards with teaching, won’t know how black and blue it will be until it’s unwrapped. this ruins a lot set plans and puts a lot of my upcoming activities in jeopardy

day 346 – failing wrist

July 12, 2014 by tongtong in my 365 and tagged #failingwrist, #hardcourt, #hitthecourts, #hitting, #injuries, #noob, #passion, #sportstape, #sprain, #storyofmylife, #summerseason, #sunnyday, #tapejob, #tempoaryfixes, #tennis, #tennisball, #tennislove, #wrist, #wristpain | Leave a comment

spent a good twenty minutes in the washroom preparing myself to hit the courts for some light hitting. a sprained wrist doesn’t stop me from doing much especially when it comes to doing what i love. it took a long time to get this done because i am noob at taping wrists, but it looks and feels decently stable. this could yield a weird tan but i couldn’t care less as long as it works

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