Last year, while cleaning out the gutters of my house, I realized the ladder I had used to get up on the roof was now at a bad angle, so I thought it less risky to try a controlled release-jump from the roof edge. But when I hit the ground, I ended up falling down. Afterward, my feet, ankles, and the palms of my hands were a little sore, but that soon faded. However, a few days later, after a running-workout on the treadmill, I came down with an acute case of planar fasciitis on one of my feet, which was no doubt due to my fall from the roof. It took me
months to heal from that, which sidelined my running-workout plan.
Evidently, I'm not as agile and felixble as I used to be. In my teens and early 20's, I could do – and did – that sort of thing and suffer no lasting effects.
Getting old sucks.
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Originally Posted by LoganSnake
Last winter. Was carrying a box of video tapes from the car to my gf's home. Stepped off the snow covered grass and onto the snow covered sheet of ice that was covering the sidewalk. My foot slipped as soon as I put my weight on it and I fell hip first, elbow second onto the ice. After a couple of seconds of lying motionless assessing the damage, and after about 5 minutes of laughter, I got up with gf's help and continued toward my destination. The hip hurt for about a week afterward.
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Been there. Done that. But that was a few years ago, and since then I've learned to be more watchful for and respectful of ice patches on the sidewalks and walkways, especially the "black ice" variety.