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Hello all,
This is a statement I wish to make regarding my injury in Tokyo.
On the day that I was scheduled to skate my short program in Tokyo, I felt a stabbing pain in my left heel when I put my skates on. I couldn't practice, and had to go see our team doctor and physiotherapist Dr. Judith Proulx. Her diagnosis was that the pain was caused by tendonitis in my Achilles heel, and attributed my injury to a possibility of breaking in my new skates. But I decided to take a gamble on the hopes that the pain would ebb, and made up my mind that I would not withdraw as well as keep this injury confidential until the event was over.
Without a practice that day, I tried an ice massage before the warm-up and skated my short program with only a dull ache in my left heel. The next day, the pain had vanished at first, but gradually returned after twenty minutes on my morning practice for the long program. I did an ice massage again prior to the long program warm-up, and everything seemed to get along fine. My long program got off to good start, until I took off for my third jump, the triple salchow. The stabbing pain returned when I took off on my left foot, and it continued throughout the rest of the program.
When I got off the ice, I was disappointed that things had turned out this way, but still glad that I hadn't withdrawn and fought to the end instead. I still wanted to keep quiet about my injury until the end of the event as I didn't want to affect the other skaters who were about to compete.
I have no regrets about the decisions I made in Tokyo, and it is a relief that I can now start treatment and recovery as Dr. Proulx recommended for my left heel.
I plan to make some great developments over this summer, and look forward to an excellent season in September.
Thank you,
Mira
This is a statement I wish to make regarding my injury in Tokyo.
On the day that I was scheduled to skate my short program in Tokyo, I felt a stabbing pain in my left heel when I put my skates on. I couldn't practice, and had to go see our team doctor and physiotherapist Dr. Judith Proulx. Her diagnosis was that the pain was caused by tendonitis in my Achilles heel, and attributed my injury to a possibility of breaking in my new skates. But I decided to take a gamble on the hopes that the pain would ebb, and made up my mind that I would not withdraw as well as keep this injury confidential until the event was over.
Without a practice that day, I tried an ice massage before the warm-up and skated my short program with only a dull ache in my left heel. The next day, the pain had vanished at first, but gradually returned after twenty minutes on my morning practice for the long program. I did an ice massage again prior to the long program warm-up, and everything seemed to get along fine. My long program got off to good start, until I took off for my third jump, the triple salchow. The stabbing pain returned when I took off on my left foot, and it continued throughout the rest of the program.
When I got off the ice, I was disappointed that things had turned out this way, but still glad that I hadn't withdrawn and fought to the end instead. I still wanted to keep quiet about my injury until the end of the event as I didn't want to affect the other skaters who were about to compete.
I have no regrets about the decisions I made in Tokyo, and it is a relief that I can now start treatment and recovery as Dr. Proulx recommended for my left heel.
I plan to make some great developments over this summer, and look forward to an excellent season in September.
Thank you,
Mira
