Sunset Sailboards San Francisco

Sorry to report that it's been a week since I last sailed, and it's because I messed up my elbow sailing Tuba in the last blog post.  Even stranger is that I have no idea how I hurt myself.  I remember feeling some pain in my elbow toward the end of the sesh, but I just thought it was from being massively overpowered.  I didn't think too much of it, and I didn't even bother to ice it that night, but it was really swollen and stiff the next morning.

The only explanation I can think of is that I was holding onto my gear when I got rolled by a wave in the impact zone, and my elbow got twisted or hyperextended when I didn't let go.  I hyperextended and dislocated this elbow almost 20 years ago, so maybe it's more susceptible to injury now.  It feels like a mid-grade sprain, and it reminds me of getting out of a cast and having to put in physical therapy time to get everything working the way it should.

It's starting to loosen up a bit, but I think I have another week minimum of down time, and I missed the windiest day of the year last week