Bubble Wrap A Good Idea

 Yesterday afternoon I spent with my kids and their youth group sledding at Connors Hill in Edmonton.  It’s funny how a hill may not look like much until you are flying down it on a piece of plastic shaped like a saucer.  After a couple of runs, I started talking to a lady who told me about the 3 ambulances that whisked victims off the hill and onto the hospital the weekend before.  It got me thinking that every run down the hill I made, I increased my chances of ending the day with an injury (not a good thought right now).   So with that, I chose to sit on the sidelines for the rest of the day; not as much fun but definitely safer.

 As we have all been putting in extra time and pushing our bodies a little harder, it only makes sense that we might feel some extra aches and pains along the way. I seem to be spending extra time stretching, icing and heating different areas as required.  I’m seeing the importance yet again of taking care of injuries and doing what I can to prevent them.   I’ve had people around me joking about being wrapped in bubble wrap for the next month, and I have to say I’m starting to think it may not be that bad of an idea. 

 

Alana Regier