Well, lately I've been having some lower back pain that can get pretty bad when I'm tumbling or on beam. My coach told me to get it checked to make sure it wasn't anything serious, so I just went into the doctors today. I went there thinking it was just going to be a little muscle strain or twist that I would just take ibuprofen for and work through.
It turns out that there may be a chance that I have a stress fracture in my lower back, so I had to get quite a few x-rays and I am now waiting for the results... If there is a fracture I would have to skip out on gym for a couple of weeks, which would be a huge bum because I just recently got 3 out of 4 events!
On the plus side, I guess the doctor was also not to pleased to hear about my 35 lb (not exaggerating) backpack and told me I should use my locker more (I'm in 10th grade, and we get a LOT of textbooks!). I told her that at our school sophomores have to share lockers because there is a shortage and I guess I drew the short straw because my partner and I got a pretty small locker that I can only fit 3 periods worth of my stuff in it. After hearing this, my doctor wrote up a note saying that because of medical reasons (even if my back is hurt or not she said it's ridiculous the amount of books I have) I should have my own locker to put my books in!
Anyways, I'm really crossing my fingers that nothing is wrong with my back because I really want this season to be a good one, and not hurt by my first ever injury... I get the x-rays back in 1-3 days, so wish me luck!
-Lauren
It turns out that there may be a chance that I have a stress fracture in my lower back, so I had to get quite a few x-rays and I am now waiting for the results... If there is a fracture I would have to skip out on gym for a couple of weeks, which would be a huge bum because I just recently got 3 out of 4 events!
On the plus side, I guess the doctor was also not to pleased to hear about my 35 lb (not exaggerating) backpack and told me I should use my locker more (I'm in 10th grade, and we get a LOT of textbooks!). I told her that at our school sophomores have to share lockers because there is a shortage and I guess I drew the short straw because my partner and I got a pretty small locker that I can only fit 3 periods worth of my stuff in it. After hearing this, my doctor wrote up a note saying that because of medical reasons (even if my back is hurt or not she said it's ridiculous the amount of books I have) I should have my own locker to put my books in!
Anyways, I'm really crossing my fingers that nothing is wrong with my back because I really want this season to be a good one, and not hurt by my first ever injury... I get the x-rays back in 1-3 days, so wish me luck!
-Lauren