When I was around 12, I took Judo for about a year. The first thing they teach you is how to fall, absorbing the energy and distributing it along your forearms (and if/when possible, legs and or side). They made us practice that until it became instinctive, because in a sport like that, one is subject to falling very hard, very fast.
Last year I slipped on some ice outside a quilt shop, and if I'd been watching someone else, I couldn't have stopped myself from laughing because it was the sterotypical slip on a banana peel kind of pratfall with my feet flying up higher than the rest of me before crashing to the ground.
Fortunately, that decades old instinct/training kicked in, and I broke my fall with my forearms and side.
Moral: Martial arts aside, IMO it's not a bad idea for everyone to learn how to fall/break their fall. I often wonder how many broken bones or trips to the ER could be saved by people learning that simple skill.
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Originally Posted by Susanne C.
Any suggestions on what I should do? My arms and legs as well as my back are involved in the pain flare.
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GENTLE stretching exercises to improve bloodflow to the traumatized areas.
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