The first time I went with hubby to the emergency room because he’d strained a back muscle playing basketball and couldn’t move – this is after he underwent surgery for a torn ankle ligament and subsequently sprained his other ankle several times – I tried to get the doctor to tell hubby basketball is a dangerous sport.
The doctor laughed at me. Laughed.
This is also after hubby had previously suffered a pinched nerve (a.k.a. slipped disc, albeit a mild case) and a basketball buddy dislocated his ankle and had two teeth knocked out. Okay, so the pinched nerve didn’t happen during a basketball game but that poor guy’s injuries did.
It completely flabbergasts me how these guys play basketball. Either my husband is the most injury-prone player in the world or these guys think they’re playing American football. Should I buy hubby some shoulder pads, knee pads and a helmet for Christmas?
Then last week, hubby came home after a game and said casually: “I dislocated my shoulder.”
His arm needs to be in a sling for two weeks – currently, it’s one week two days and counting – and he’s not to play basketball for six. I promise I’ve had visions of marching back to that doctor and saying: “See, I told you it was a dangerous sport. You don’t know how injury-prone my husband is.”
Which is hugely ironic considering hubby’s always on my case for dropping things. Well, at least I drop things that don’t hurt. He drops himself. I think he’s worse.
Heh.
I can argue though: how dangerous a sport is, isn’t determined by how injury-prone the athlete is. So for your husband, he just gets into unfortunate. ‘injurious’ situations. But the other guys don’t. May not necessarily make the sport dangerous.
At least Y is not into, um, hmm, hunting. Or base jumping. Although I heard base jumping is pretty fun. *hint*
just switch to badminton.
J: Fine, so it’s a dangerous sport for Y. Luckily, he can’t go base jumping because of his back :)
Z: He doesn’t like it. I also suggested table tennis.
table tennis is indeed a bit… light. badminton is still quite a hard sport.
i have to say it. Your husband is possibly ONE of most injury-prone player in the world. I’ve played the game for 10 years and the most I’ve got was a disjointed finger.
He should stick to chess. ;)
…or chest.