... and it sucks


Working last night on the railway, rail trolley slid off back of the flat bed, instinct told me to grab it before it hurt someone or damaged something - grabbed it and strained the tendons or muscle in my forearm (throwing hand ).
I wouldn't mind, after the event realized no-one was close enough to get hurt and nothing near enough to get damaged, so in hindsight I should have just left it to fall.

Anyway, felt it seizing up almost right away, stayed till the end of the shift and drove home, 1 handed and in quite a bit of pain thinking a good sleep will sort it out but no, even worse now - no chance of throwing a dart (can barely life a can of booze ).

So now covered it in deep heat cream, 2 paracetamol, and as it stands may have to ring in sick followed by a visit to the doc but worse than all that, can throw me darts


I have major sympathy for anyone that through illness, injury or health issues cannot throw darts, I will only be out of action a short while and already its getting me down

Whoa sorry to hear that Rebel.

I feel for ya man. Give your arm a gentle massage every couple of hours and if you can gently extend and retract your fingers once and hour or so to keep the muscle from stiffening to much. Stock up on water and proteins like chicken and egg whites. Proteins are great for muscle regeneration. It`ll speed up the healing process.

ouch, that sucks. heal up buddy, but don't rush it.

Damn thats bad luck Greg! who its not seriously damaged and heals quick mate!

ohh.... Hope you get well soon..

dam rebel, my advice is to sauce it up for the pain

hahahah


Thanks for the advice and well wishes, all appreciated. Rest and booze sounds like something I could get used to

Bigshow wrote:

I feel for ya man. Give your arm a gentle massage every couple of hours and if you can gently extend and retract your fingers once and hour or so to keep the muscle from stiffening to much. Stock up on water and proteins like chicken and egg whites. Proteins are great for muscle regeneration. It`ll speed up the healing process.

I will definitely give this a try, cheers Bigshow


Cheers lads

Hope it gets better soon - if it was me I'd give it some rest overnight and if it's still hurting tomorrow morning then I'd go to the quack

Cheers Mike, think that will be my plan, cream and tubigrip not doing much.

Ouch that sucks mate

take the deep heat and put in arse crack-forget all about arm lol...that sucks rebel. get well buddy

sorry to hear about your injury, rebel. get well soon. have a visit with your doc, his advice may help speed up your healing process.

Cheers lads, been docs and news not too bad, still sore, strained a flexer or something, tendon that controls wrist movement rather than fingers, can do all finger exercise etc but advised to wear a support bandage from elbow to wrist to speed up recovery + rest.
Work put me on light duties this week on nights, basically organizing the work rather than doing it so all is good, don't have to take time off.

Doc said normally 4 weeks it will be good as new but to gradually get it working again, so back to the darts in a couple of weeks

cheers

Could have been a lot worse if it had been the one for the fingers - good news you will be back in a couple of weeks

good news then, take it easy though!