Injury

Haven't posted in a long while, there hasn't been much to write about lately.

I want to get some things that I want to mention out of the way first, before I get to the "Bread and butter" of this post:

USPL DC Challenge field layout is supposedly "under review" by the USPL upper-ranks, because the players didn't like the layout. I guess it is a true "Players League" if there ever was one.

This is the longest time period from the first PSP event to the second PSP event of the year (Phoenix to Mid Atlantic)

USPL DC Challenge is coming up sooner than you think.



Ok, now on today's topic.

Injury

Practice was on Saturday this past weekend, and 1 week and 1 day from the event (CFPS Event #3) and I strained or sprained my left ring finger. I was sliding in to snake and caught my finger in the dirt.

Ouch! AND it was the first scrim of the day. I'm not sure, as of now, how bad the injury is, I need yet to get it professionally checked out. For the rest of the day I tapped my injured finger to my good pinkie finger and played the rest of the day without incident. After removing the tape, roughly 3 hours later after playing, my hand was swollen up. Not black or blue luckily. For the rest of the day I had to work, and held ice packs to my hand while doing my work. The swelling has since subsided some, but parts of my palm are now bruised.

So what about the event? Well, that has yet to be determined. I need to see a doctor and get an X-ray and see what the doc says. I have a bad feeling that I'm going to end up in a finger cast for a few weeks. But I know if that does happen I'm going to play the event, come Hell or high water, or in this case, doctor's advise. Play through the pain, it's just another road-block.

So what injuries put players out of the game? What does it take, strains, sprains, fractures, breaks? In some cases, none of the above. Look at Damage from Phoenix, granted Damage is a Pro team, and some of this doesn't necessarily apply to lower ranked teams; they sustained a major injury from the event. Brandon Rittinghouse's cracked rib kept him from playing his best, but as I recall he still played. So when your a pro player, do you put the pain aside to play, but when your a D4 player, do you sit out?

I'm choosing to play, because I feel I can keep myself from sustaining any further injury and I feel that I need to play, to not let my team down after all the practice and work.

So where do you draw the line?

It's the player's decision to make; the individual player has to decide, "Do I risk further injury, or do I play it safe?"



And by the way, the week after CFPS Event #3 is MAO, the PSP's Mid Atlantic Open, and ...

I'm playing that one too :)