fencing: handicap

[anotheranon]

I think I've had my first "sports injury" (or, at any rate, the first to impact my game).

Over the weekend I did deep lunges with weights to try and work on improving the depth of my fencing lunge, and I think I overdid it a bit: by the end of warmup tonight the inner thigh of my front leg was rather sore.

I powered on through drills and some free fencing, putting more weight on my back leg and focusing on bladework. Pro: bladework using my thumb and forefinger rather than my whole hand/shoulder is continuing to improve my game! Con: need to work on finger strength, because the blade keeps getting knocked out of my hand.

Drills: first lesson included straight attack and disengages from one line to another (Wikipedia's fencing terminology entry - wish it had pictures but is better than nothing). New bladework using only fingers requires a lot less effort than my old way of doing it.

Now to go shower and rub Icy Hot on stretched bits.

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[hadesgirl.livejournal.com]

Something that might also help - the tried and true "RICE" method: Rest, Ice, Compression, Elevation.

Rest the injury, ice for ten minutes on, ten minutes off (repeat a couple of times), wrap the injury with an ace bandage (might not be feasible for a thigh pull), and elevate the injury above the level of the heart to help drain toxins out of the area.

We use this a lot with bicycling ailments of a similar nature to yours.

Dr. Gigi :-)))

[anotheranon.livejournal.com]

Lots of R and E this evening; not so much with the I though a cold compress at this late stage couldn't hurt, could it?

How is the bicycling going? Dunno about there, but here it's been beautiful weather for it (this past weekend excepted).

[hadesgirl.livejournal.com]

No, a compress would still be fine! Use it off and on, sometimes alternating with heat (like a hot compress or heating pad) helps too. How's it feeling?

Bicycling isn't so good right now - rain and cold this week mostly. I actually haven't been on the bicycle since our trip in July.

We joined a fitness center this week though, so I hope to remedy my current whale-like state over the fall and winter!

[anotheranon.livejournal.com]

Leg feeling better today, but I'll likely put a cold compress on it anyway to see if I can't speed recovery even more.

DO have fun at your new fitness club, and post about it!

[kiya.livejournal.com]

Ouch. *grins* But sounds par for the course when working on fencing.

Quick question, are you still fencing out at RFA? Unfortunately, it looks like I will be looking for someone who is going out there semi-regularly that I might be able to hitch a ride with.

*sigh* That and I need to re-sub to the list and possibly post the request there.

The firm grip comes with time. I find I'm having to relearn mine as my beats tend to be rather "wimpy." Kind of ruins their effectiveness in beat-attacks. :)

[anotheranon.livejournal.com]

No, not at RFA - my Weds. evenings are eaten by CCFC these days. I still need to find out what RFA and NIH's floor fees are (I know about their monthly memberships, but my schedule is irregular enough that I might not make "extra" fencing more than a couple of times a month).

[kiya.livejournal.com]

I know that NIH's is $5 a visit. Not sure about RFA, but think it might be the same.

How's the class so far?