You probably can't really tell by looking at me, but I'm generally an active person. The interesting thing is that most of my more serious injuries happen when I'm not at the gym working out, but when I'm relaxing. That's when I my middle name could be "accident prone". Dislocated shoulder, badly sprained back... At the start of a weekend, visiting a friend in Lisbon, Portugal, respectively. I like walking around bare feet in the Summer, but I tend to stub my toes. Not just once, but several times - on one day.
What did just happen? I sprained my ankle on Saturday morning. I was visiting friends at their new house, and rushed down the stairs for breakfast. No, I didn't fall down, I simply mis-stepped (not noticing a difference in level between carpeting and wooden floor - about half an inch). Combine that with rounding a corner to the left... My ankle sort of gave out and before I knew it, I was on the floor. Great. I eventually managed to get up, but walking hurt. I didn't think of asking for an ice pack (or a bag of frozen peas) to try and prevent any major swelling.
The later it got, the more I started limping. And when I got home and removed my sneaker, I was greeted by a swelling the size of half a golfball.
I never realized how often I take the stairs to get to one floor to the next. I prefer to take the stairs instead of an elevator, but still... I have been taking elevator rides consciously since Sunday (whenever possible) since walking stairs and inclines (down) hurts. Most of the swelling has gone down, and hopefully my ankle will recover quickly.
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