That was me on Saturday. It all started the weekend before, when I strained my hamstring while playing soccer. Then on Saturday I played flag football with my brother. My leg was hurting enough that I was just limping across the field, but when I caught a touchdown, I decided to kick the football for the kickoff. In my head I knew it was a terrible idea; I instinctively knew that i would hurt myself, but I ignored those rational thoughts along with my brother's warning and I kicked the ball. *Pop!* goes the hamstring! I then proceeded to drop to the ground and writhe in pain.
So what did I learn from this? One, don't play intense sports with a strained hammy. Two, don't do something you know is going to hurt you. Three, acknowledge and heed warnings from your family and from the Spirit.
Now I will spend the next month or so doing my own physical therapy and hoping I don't re-injure it. From now on, I will be much more careful about playing while injured and hopefully I'll remember this stupid mistake before I make another!
Ah dang! That stinks! I have luckily avoided almost all serious injury in my life (knock on wood). How is walking on it? Hopefully it doesn't slow you down too much. You are right about what you said, often times we don't listen to the promptings of others, and even ourselves. Hopefully this will teach you a very important lesson and you will end up following a more important prompting in the future. Hope you feel better!
ReplyDeleteThat sucks man! I've had similar experiences (mostly while snowboarding) that I knew I would hurt myself doing something and I did it anyway. The worst consequences always seem to come when you do something the Spirit is warning you against. Recover quickly!
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