cant wait

[holley]

i so cant wait for my ankle to heal so i can get back in karate. I cant stand it any more. my siblings are treating me like crud. I love karate cause i can take all my anger and frustration there and not get in trouble for it

[Kuma]

Since you can't do too many foot techniques, work your upper body. Try working all your punches and blocks, try working your kata doing just the upper body movements, things like that. This way you can actually get back into training a bit better than before.

[holley]

i have been its just hard cause i really want to get up and do the entire thing because im to the point where i have kicks in my katas

[Nevinyrral]

You can try standing on your good foot and try some light kick with the bad one, Or just stand on one leg to improve balance.

[Dobbersky]

how long did the doctors say you needed to take off before you can start training again?

If you practice Kata/Poomsae, you can practice these with just "twitching" the legs where kicks are required

[holley]

at least a week. tuesday will be a week

[Dobbersky]

Not too long, I have Achilles Tendonitis, I should rest it so I've stopped running but Karate is still being practised, although jumping kicks are not done as often.

I think there are not many martial artists that don't have an injury long or short term that they're nursing lol.

[GaryMo]

Injuries can be a real pain!

I've just got over a broken big toe, well not totally over it as I can't see my toe being as mobile as it used to be but at least I could reintroduce kicks back into sparing. Also entered a tournament a few weeks ago and felt a little pain but nothing to write home about.

Anyway, I've had a pain in my groin for the past couple of months which hasn't been too painful but more of a niggle. A doctor looked at it yesterday due to it getting a little worse and confirmed it as a hernia. Great!

[holley]

not fun. How ever I am so happy because my ankle has gotten alot better and i am able to go back to karate on tuesday.

[brickshooter]

not fun. How ever I am so happy because my ankle has gotten alot better and i am able to go back to karate on tuesday.

Not yet.

Your ankle needs rehabilitation. If you took a week off, take a week to strenghten the ankle.

In other words, do ankle lifts. Then stand on a balancing board. Then ice the ankle down. Check for swelling. Do it for a week.

If you don't, you're asking to re-sprain it.