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No this is not an tribute with Linkin Park in the background , I wanted to tell you something thats been going on with me for some time now...
Some of you may remember me, some of you have never heard of me.
I have been on this forum for a couple of years now and table tennis has always been my passion untill this day. But I have came to conclusion that I cant continue playing because of a serious injury that keeps coming back and it prevents me from the 1 thing I live for... How did this happin?
It all started 4 years ago, May 2013. I was just playing a training match for fun and I walked back to the court to pick up a ball... Then someone who was playing a different match almost ran into my trying to run after another ball to keep it in play. I dodged him, fell over the court and landed on my playing arm with a stretched arm. My shoulder got a big shock and it felt Paralyzed. So I quit the training, thinking it wasnt bad and went to bed. The next morning when I woke up I felt this huge pain in my shoulder. I felt like I could not lift my arm or it would cause me alot of pain. It felt like a frozen shoulder, times 10.
So I went to a doctor. He gave me painkillers and sent me to a physiotherapist. He gave me exercises to do daily, so I went on and did them. Thinking it would be good after that. So after 2 weeks of not playing and exercises, I got back to the game. When I was still cold my shoulder felt a little weird, but when I was warm it got less. So I played 3 weeks and then it was summer break.
So after summer break I started playing again, I believe this was August 2013. And in the first couple of weeks I didnt notice my shoulder was still bad at this point. So I just kept playing, untill I played against this pimple player. I was practicing my forehand against these heavy backspin balls that came of his pimples. And suddenly when I tried to hit the ball faster... I heard some cracks going on in my shoulder and huge pain. My shoulder dislocated at this point... So I went back to the physiotherapist and he told me I could not play before January 2014. He told me to stay away from table tennis for a while... I couldnt believe it.
So I thought, what am I gonna do in these 4 months I cannot play?! Well lets try to play with my left hand and see how it goes. At the start it was ofcourse difficult, it felt weird. But after some time I started to develop a feel with my Left hand to play decent. It was 2 weeks after I started playing with my other hand when I played as a substitute for my own team. Without me they where only with 2 and couldnt find anyone for that week and decided to just play. And to everyones surprising, I actually won a match with my other hand. It was so cool and everyone was speechless. Including myself haha. So I continued playing with my left and and really enjoyed it. It wasnt as good as with my right hand, but good enough for me at that point.
So at January 2014 I tried to play with my right hand again, and it felt okay. Much more stable. My bicep tendon felt hard and stressed. A little pain, but I could play with it. So I kept playing like this, doing my exercises 3 times a day. And I was able to play quite a while before my shoulder almost dislocated again... It didnt dislocate fully this time, it was painfull tho. So I went to the Physiotherapist again and asked him what to do. He said it was the best for me to just quit table tennis and start fishing or something . But I didnt want to give up, so he gave me more exercises for my shoulder which where 'prevent dislocation' exercises. And after a while it happined again. But this time I didnt feel too much pain. It was just like because I always played with pain I was used to feeling pain. So I kept playing and playing...
So it was May 2016, 2 years after the accident. At this point in time I was still playing with my shoulder. I had pain but it wasnt bad enough to stop me from playing. Even tho I stretched (half dislocated) my shoulder like 20 times in this period. Untill one day when I felt this weird pain in my shoulder when warming up. It felt different than I was used to. I felt it when I was in the finish position of my forehand topspin. It was like my shoulder and chest squeezed my biceps tendon. So I went to the doctor and he sent me to a orthopedist this time, someone who is a specialist in shoulders. He sent me to the hospital for an MRI scan. And when he told me what was wrong, I was about to cry...
He told me my Labrum was torn on the worst possible place. The labrum is the cartilage ring in your shoulder the keeps your glenoid in your humerus. So that explained why I sometimes stretched my shoulder when playing. So he told me I had 2 options: is was either getting a surgery and having a 1 and a half year recovery time. Or quitting table tennis forever... So I took the surgery, since I was only 20 at that point I thought I would rather try to fix this shoulder for once and for all...
So now its Juli 2016. My surgery happined and a long 15 months to recover without table tennis had to pass. I did my exersices every day to get the muscles in my shoulder back while making sure I didnt overdo them to not screw it up this time. In this period I tried to stay away from the club and tabletennis in general (also this website) just to not get remembered what I wasnt able to do for such a long time.
After this period, it was January 2017. It was time to play again. It felt to weird to play again after such a long time of not playing. But the good thing was, I didnt have to adjust too much to the plastic ball . Untill 2 weeks ago I didnt experience any pain. But it just had to happin... I felt pain when playing, in my muscles. I guess they are just too damaged to be able to play. I am only playing 1-1,5h a week and my shoulder is already getting worse... And after my trainnig session yesterday it was confirmed... I have to quit before I damge my shoulder and make it worse. The good news is that I feel a difference in my shoulder, its much more stable, but not good enough to play table tennis...
So thats the story about my injury I played with for 4 years now... After all that hard work and pain, it didnt pay off. I still keep thinking about that fall. What if I didnt fall? Then I wouldnt have to quit. I would probably be alot better at the game, especially since I wouldnt have to worry about beeing carefull and remain controll over my shoulder when making an attacking stroke...
So thanks for reading my story, I dont really know why Im putting this here but I thought: Why not?
I guess I will start playing with my left hand again and see where it goes...
Cheers!
No this is not an tribute with Linkin Park in the background , I wanted to tell you something thats been going on with me for some time now...
Some of you may remember me, some of you have never heard of me.
I have been on this forum for a couple of years now and table tennis has always been my passion untill this day. But I have came to conclusion that I cant continue playing because of a serious injury that keeps coming back and it prevents me from the 1 thing I live for... How did this happin?
It all started 4 years ago, May 2013. I was just playing a training match for fun and I walked back to the court to pick up a ball... Then someone who was playing a different match almost ran into my trying to run after another ball to keep it in play. I dodged him, fell over the court and landed on my playing arm with a stretched arm. My shoulder got a big shock and it felt Paralyzed. So I quit the training, thinking it wasnt bad and went to bed. The next morning when I woke up I felt this huge pain in my shoulder. I felt like I could not lift my arm or it would cause me alot of pain. It felt like a frozen shoulder, times 10.
So I went to a doctor. He gave me painkillers and sent me to a physiotherapist. He gave me exercises to do daily, so I went on and did them. Thinking it would be good after that. So after 2 weeks of not playing and exercises, I got back to the game. When I was still cold my shoulder felt a little weird, but when I was warm it got less. So I played 3 weeks and then it was summer break.
So after summer break I started playing again, I believe this was August 2013. And in the first couple of weeks I didnt notice my shoulder was still bad at this point. So I just kept playing, untill I played against this pimple player. I was practicing my forehand against these heavy backspin balls that came of his pimples. And suddenly when I tried to hit the ball faster... I heard some cracks going on in my shoulder and huge pain. My shoulder dislocated at this point... So I went back to the physiotherapist and he told me I could not play before January 2014. He told me to stay away from table tennis for a while... I couldnt believe it.
So I thought, what am I gonna do in these 4 months I cannot play?! Well lets try to play with my left hand and see how it goes. At the start it was ofcourse difficult, it felt weird. But after some time I started to develop a feel with my Left hand to play decent. It was 2 weeks after I started playing with my other hand when I played as a substitute for my own team. Without me they where only with 2 and couldnt find anyone for that week and decided to just play. And to everyones surprising, I actually won a match with my other hand. It was so cool and everyone was speechless. Including myself haha. So I continued playing with my left and and really enjoyed it. It wasnt as good as with my right hand, but good enough for me at that point.
So at January 2014 I tried to play with my right hand again, and it felt okay. Much more stable. My bicep tendon felt hard and stressed. A little pain, but I could play with it. So I kept playing like this, doing my exercises 3 times a day. And I was able to play quite a while before my shoulder almost dislocated again... It didnt dislocate fully this time, it was painfull tho. So I went to the Physiotherapist again and asked him what to do. He said it was the best for me to just quit table tennis and start fishing or something . But I didnt want to give up, so he gave me more exercises for my shoulder which where 'prevent dislocation' exercises. And after a while it happined again. But this time I didnt feel too much pain. It was just like because I always played with pain I was used to feeling pain. So I kept playing and playing...
So it was May 2016, 2 years after the accident. At this point in time I was still playing with my shoulder. I had pain but it wasnt bad enough to stop me from playing. Even tho I stretched (half dislocated) my shoulder like 20 times in this period. Untill one day when I felt this weird pain in my shoulder when warming up. It felt different than I was used to. I felt it when I was in the finish position of my forehand topspin. It was like my shoulder and chest squeezed my biceps tendon. So I went to the doctor and he sent me to a orthopedist this time, someone who is a specialist in shoulders. He sent me to the hospital for an MRI scan. And when he told me what was wrong, I was about to cry...
He told me my Labrum was torn on the worst possible place. The labrum is the cartilage ring in your shoulder the keeps your glenoid in your humerus. So that explained why I sometimes stretched my shoulder when playing. So he told me I had 2 options: is was either getting a surgery and having a 1 and a half year recovery time. Or quitting table tennis forever... So I took the surgery, since I was only 20 at that point I thought I would rather try to fix this shoulder for once and for all...
So now its Juli 2016. My surgery happined and a long 15 months to recover without table tennis had to pass. I did my exersices every day to get the muscles in my shoulder back while making sure I didnt overdo them to not screw it up this time. In this period I tried to stay away from the club and tabletennis in general (also this website) just to not get remembered what I wasnt able to do for such a long time.
After this period, it was January 2017. It was time to play again. It felt to weird to play again after such a long time of not playing. But the good thing was, I didnt have to adjust too much to the plastic ball . Untill 2 weeks ago I didnt experience any pain. But it just had to happin... I felt pain when playing, in my muscles. I guess they are just too damaged to be able to play. I am only playing 1-1,5h a week and my shoulder is already getting worse... And after my trainnig session yesterday it was confirmed... I have to quit before I damge my shoulder and make it worse. The good news is that I feel a difference in my shoulder, its much more stable, but not good enough to play table tennis...
So thats the story about my injury I played with for 4 years now... After all that hard work and pain, it didnt pay off. I still keep thinking about that fall. What if I didnt fall? Then I wouldnt have to quit. I would probably be alot better at the game, especially since I wouldnt have to worry about beeing carefull and remain controll over my shoulder when making an attacking stroke...
So thanks for reading my story, I dont really know why Im putting this here but I thought: Why not?
I guess I will start playing with my left hand again and see where it goes...
Cheers!