Is it me or has this happened to some of you guys before-- Just when you are really making progress and getting yourself in superior mental and physical condition, you end up with some freak injury?
The first time this shit happened it was a badly pulled groin that kept me out for 3 weeks. Now this 250lb juicemonkey rolls under my ankle as Im pulling him into my guard. I heard a snap, I stopped and sat out for a few minutes and then went back into free fighting. My ankle didn't hurt that bad at first, I just tried not to put any weight on it and I finished class favoring my right ankle, but still ok.
I iced my ankle, put on tiger balm, took some asprin and put on one of those futuro ankle braces to stabilize the area. Overall I was in pain, but nothing crazy. This morning I wake up and I can't walk at all and my ankle is swollen to the size of a tennis ball. I end up limping to the ER. They took X rays and said no break or fracture, but I have to walk around in crutches with an air cast on for 5-7 days and follow up with an orthopedic doctor.
This fucking sucks big time. Does anyone know of any exercises I can do (outside of doing some light weights) while I am incapacitated? I really do not want to put on weight and come back slow and out of condition.
Any help is appreciated-