Week 22

2/10/13 - Here's a photo of my left hand one day after my injury. 

My wedding ring started to get a little tight because of the swelling, so I had to use some olive oil to get it off. The palm is bruised and there isn't much strength in that hand.

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Now its Friday, February 16th, and the swelling has done a lot. Once the swelling started to improve, I noticed pain in the 5th metacarpal. There is definitely a lot of point tenderness there. So, I now know that there is a fracture in that hand along with a sprain. Woo-hoo! Thankfully, the bone is in proper alignment so my activity is only limited to those activities that don't cause me any pain. Unfortunately, I can't work if I have a cast or a splint on that hand. So, I baby it at home and then am really careful with how I use it at work.

So, my list of measurements and lifts is a short one this week:

• Standing vertical: 27 inches
• One-step vertical: I was able to dunk a mini-basketball on my 9'10" hoop. I'm going to try this on a 10' hoop as well.
• Sqauts: 275 pounds for 3 reps. My speed slowed down on the last rep, so I quit the set at that time.