Have been away from jotting down my training experience for some time and have realized that discipline is as important for blogging as it for the squash training!! I had been down for 4 weeks in between with a hamstring injury - it was a pull and it was so painful that I was barely able to limp - leave alone walk!! I believe it was primarily due to dehydration and playing the hot and humid climate in Bombay - I was playing at 12 in the afternoon and our courts are not air conditioned. I was sweating by bucketfuls - but then that is a normal day of squash in Bombay in summer. Then suddenly I felt someting snap in my left calf - it was as if someone has hit me extremely hard on the calf with the racket!! I crashed on the court and could barely limp out!! Just imagine my luck - the player waiting to play after me was a doctor!! He told me not to worry - it looked like a cramp and I should drink lots of water to rehydrate and ensure that my body gets back all the salt that I have lost through sweating.So I did all of that and was hoping that the cramp will be fine in a couple of hours.
However, things did not get better after a day or so and I realized that the ligament that joins the calf muscles to the bone are injured and would need time for healing. Even moving my left leg was hell!! A lot of fomentation, crepe bandages and massages improved things slowly - but the slow healing - without any painkillers was frustrating. Anyway, I just tried to be patient - did upper body workouts that did not put too much pressure on the left leg and did slow stretching exercises for the hamstring!! It took about about 4-5 weeks for me to start moving around without feeling any pain in the hamstring.
Lessons learnt:
- Warm up the lower body and upper body well before playing
- Always make sure that the body is hydrated well to prevent any major cramps and injuries.
I guess that I learn things the hard way!!!
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