Yep, that's gonnna hurt!

So I had a bit of an accident yesterday. I tripped over the bottom part of my jeans and stumbled and eventually righted myself but in the process I must have twisted my leg funny. When I finally planted my foot I ruptured the gastrocnemius (calf) muscle. The doc I saw doesn't think it is a complete tear because I still have some range of motion without excruciating pain. It felt like someone put a white hot branding iron to my calf and it went POP. So for now - RICE: Rest, Ice, Compression and Elevation. And crutches - which I suck at.

The doc told me this injury is sometimes called "tennis leg" because it occurs a lot with older tennis players. Since I haven't played tennis since I took it as a phys ed course at Ohio State I'm thinking that I am just special. In fact I am especially clumsy I guess.

The good news - if there is any, is that I got a lot of drugs. Anti inflammatory drugs, muscle relaxer drugs and pain killer drugs.

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