Getting hurt doing nothing
Do you really know what is truly the first sign of aging? Getting hurt doing every-day activities. Or, for that matter, getting hurt in a unconcious state.
Anyone who knows me is aware of my nearly-excessive physical activity. I can usually be found working out at the YMCA during my free time several days a week. I pride myself on cardiovascular conditioning, fitness, and overall wellness. Yet that didn’t stop me from the dreaded muscle pull in my neck toweling off in the shower a few months ago.
Other incidences of apparent innocuous activity resulting in injury included wrenching my back playing with my kids in the pool; pulling a muscle in my back checking on my meatballs in the stove, and looking back over my shoulder from the refrigerator to the microwave after hearing the beeping sound. That ensuing injury was a twisted neck muscle that ached for days. Oh, and has anyone woken up with pulled muscles and new aches after a supposed night of restful sleep? I’ll grant you, my mattress is not posture pedic, Tempur-pedic, and doesn’t have a built-in Swedish massage, but it is still quite firm and cozy for my purposes.
What I have learned is to stay on the balls of your feet, move with some fluidity, and try not to make any sudden moves to your left or right. The end result, if you lose focus, could be a twisted muscle in your rib that won’t heal for a week. I say this because I twisted a muscle in my rib area recently in the act of yawning, yes YAWNING! It was a glorious, expansive deep yawn where I felt all of the tired leaving my body, and the surge of energy and strength returning to get me through my morning...until the ow! The “ow” stayed for a couple of days, so for the rest of us “older” folks, I recommend using care in the future when undertaking that world-class yawn. Pulled rib muscles hurt.
Oxford kept me busy
Among our local baseball teams, Oxford had yours truly working deeper into the spring sports season than any other local baseball we have covered in a decade. The Blackhawks were the first Chenango County club to win a baseball sectional title since Afton turned the trick in 1997. The Crimson Knights (then the Indians), rode the strong pitching of Rob Weeks to a state tournament title.
Oxford, meanwhile, ran into a strong hitting Keio Academy team that went on to lose in the state finals. I found myself reveling in one team’s success, and each day for approximately two weeks, our paper was dotted with Blackhawks coverage. The only drawback was a miscalculation on my travel/vacation plans. In my 12th season of covering Chenango County sports, no team has played into the second week of June. I made plans months ago to travel out of state beginning the second Saturday of June, so I was extremely disappointed to not see Oxford into its state semifinals game. However, Mike McGuire, staff writer for the Sun, bailed me out and made the trip down to Endicott for his first-ever sports article. Mike, incidentally, also took over the sports section for a week in my stead, and we prepared for two weeks to get him up to speed. He did a bang-up job working out of his comfort zone, and we exchanged a couple of phone calls during the week. Of course, I had to know the Oxford game result, and I believe I touched base with him during my flight layover in Charlotte that Saturday. I was saddened to hear of the defeat, but I took great pleasure watching such a mature, disciplined team make its best playoff run in the baseball program’s long history. Congratulations to the Blackhawks on a sterling season.
Moore among elite shot putters in state
Minda Moore, the happy-go-lucky Norwich senior, made a strong return to the Tornado’s track and field team this season. After a year’s hiatus, she returned for her senior season to establish a new school record in the shot put, and her 39-foot-plus toss in a dual meet earlier this year was the best Division II throw in Section IV this season. Moore became the first Norwich track and field athlete to qualify for the state meet in several years, and although she didn’t have her best day, she did finish in seventh-place. Just imagine if she had participated in that sport her entire high school career instead of coming out her final year to round out her athletics resume. We may have seen someone challenging state records – she is that talented.
Anyone who knows me is aware of my nearly-excessive physical activity. I can usually be found working out at the YMCA during my free time several days a week. I pride myself on cardiovascular conditioning, fitness, and overall wellness. Yet that didn’t stop me from the dreaded muscle pull in my neck toweling off in the shower a few months ago.
Other incidences of apparent innocuous activity resulting in injury included wrenching my back playing with my kids in the pool; pulling a muscle in my back checking on my meatballs in the stove, and looking back over my shoulder from the refrigerator to the microwave after hearing the beeping sound. That ensuing injury was a twisted neck muscle that ached for days. Oh, and has anyone woken up with pulled muscles and new aches after a supposed night of restful sleep? I’ll grant you, my mattress is not posture pedic, Tempur-pedic, and doesn’t have a built-in Swedish massage, but it is still quite firm and cozy for my purposes.
What I have learned is to stay on the balls of your feet, move with some fluidity, and try not to make any sudden moves to your left or right. The end result, if you lose focus, could be a twisted muscle in your rib that won’t heal for a week. I say this because I twisted a muscle in my rib area recently in the act of yawning, yes YAWNING! It was a glorious, expansive deep yawn where I felt all of the tired leaving my body, and the surge of energy and strength returning to get me through my morning...until the ow! The “ow” stayed for a couple of days, so for the rest of us “older” folks, I recommend using care in the future when undertaking that world-class yawn. Pulled rib muscles hurt.
Oxford kept me busy
Among our local baseball teams, Oxford had yours truly working deeper into the spring sports season than any other local baseball we have covered in a decade. The Blackhawks were the first Chenango County club to win a baseball sectional title since Afton turned the trick in 1997. The Crimson Knights (then the Indians), rode the strong pitching of Rob Weeks to a state tournament title.
Oxford, meanwhile, ran into a strong hitting Keio Academy team that went on to lose in the state finals. I found myself reveling in one team’s success, and each day for approximately two weeks, our paper was dotted with Blackhawks coverage. The only drawback was a miscalculation on my travel/vacation plans. In my 12th season of covering Chenango County sports, no team has played into the second week of June. I made plans months ago to travel out of state beginning the second Saturday of June, so I was extremely disappointed to not see Oxford into its state semifinals game. However, Mike McGuire, staff writer for the Sun, bailed me out and made the trip down to Endicott for his first-ever sports article. Mike, incidentally, also took over the sports section for a week in my stead, and we prepared for two weeks to get him up to speed. He did a bang-up job working out of his comfort zone, and we exchanged a couple of phone calls during the week. Of course, I had to know the Oxford game result, and I believe I touched base with him during my flight layover in Charlotte that Saturday. I was saddened to hear of the defeat, but I took great pleasure watching such a mature, disciplined team make its best playoff run in the baseball program’s long history. Congratulations to the Blackhawks on a sterling season.
Moore among elite shot putters in state
Minda Moore, the happy-go-lucky Norwich senior, made a strong return to the Tornado’s track and field team this season. After a year’s hiatus, she returned for her senior season to establish a new school record in the shot put, and her 39-foot-plus toss in a dual meet earlier this year was the best Division II throw in Section IV this season. Moore became the first Norwich track and field athlete to qualify for the state meet in several years, and although she didn’t have her best day, she did finish in seventh-place. Just imagine if she had participated in that sport her entire high school career instead of coming out her final year to round out her athletics resume. We may have seen someone challenging state records – she is that talented.
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