The last five or six weeks have been pretty tough. I went from dealing with some shoulder pain, the one I had surgery on, to fairly severely injuring my tail bone. As my shoulder started to feel better I wanted to get back to some of the activities that I was doing before. Mainly Kung Fu, I Ho Chuan requirements and hockey. I was encouraged to play one game with my shoulder still bugging me. It was after our last IHC mandatory class. With the adrenaline of playing I didn't notice any pain. I was very conscious of keeping my arm close to my body to ensure that I didn't make things any worse than they already were. The next day it was a little sore but overall none the worse for wear.
Our next game was that Sunday night. In about the middle of the first period we were on a rush and I was heading to the net. Their defence pushed the puck in to the corner. I turned in to the corner and had my feet taken out from under me. I landed square on my tail bone but was also close enough to the boards to smack my head on the way down. The first time i tried to get up to skate to the bench I had no control of my legs and fell flat on the ice again. The second attempt was much more successful. When i got to the bench it felt like only seconds before the line that was out came off and I needed to go out again. I finished the game and didn't realize how much pain I was in until I sat on the bench to get undressed.
The next few days I was pretty sore but was starting to feel better. By the weekend though this changed dramatically. I was in so much pain by the Monday that I decided to go see the doctor. When I got in to see him he said "even if it is broken all I can do is smile and send you for x-rays". He called after the x-rays to let me know that it was not broken and said to call him in three weeks if I was still in pain and he would send me for some other tests. Today I will be calling him to see what I need to do.
You never realize how often you use the muscles around your tail bone until injure it. I think that in the past four weeks I pretty much destroyed my office chair. It doesn't feel to bad to sit in it with the lumbar support but trying to stand up is a different story so I've been having to use my arms pushing on the arm rests which I am positive they were not made for. The Chiropractors office has become a more regular thing as well. It is more comfortable to sit on one cheek or the other which after a few weeks starts to do some not so good things to your spine.
I am hoping sometime soon it is back to normal with walking, sitting and even standing. Until then I will be trying to do better with the rest of my requirements.
