Back in Texas after 10 weeks in England I played tennis this morning. During the first game while chasing the ball I lost my footing and fell heavily on my left side. I was winded and couldn't speak for about 30 seconds and on resuming play I found I had a very sharp pain on my left side whenever I raised my left arm to throw the ball in the air and even worse when I hit the ball on the serve. I managed by throwing the ball without raising my arm much and not throwing it high so the serve was from a lower height.
Ground shots etc were not too much of a problem and we played for about 2 hours. Now, 4 hours later I still have some pain and it is bad when I cough or sneeze. Although I have a scraped left knee and elbow there is no sign of bruising on my rib cage. I've taken ibuprofein which has definitely helped.
I'm thinking that with no signs of bruising I won't have cracked a rib and it is just some internal bruising. I just plan on taking ibuprofein for now.
Does this sound reasonable?
Ground shots etc were not too much of a problem and we played for about 2 hours. Now, 4 hours later I still have some pain and it is bad when I cough or sneeze. Although I have a scraped left knee and elbow there is no sign of bruising on my rib cage. I've taken ibuprofein which has definitely helped.
I'm thinking that with no signs of bruising I won't have cracked a rib and it is just some internal bruising. I just plan on taking ibuprofein for now.
Does this sound reasonable?