Mah groin!

I picked up a beautiful board yesterday. Loaded Pintail. Reading over the website and some reviews, I realize that I should have gotten a different flex. I got a 1 which is apparently geared towards 200-220lbs riders. I'm a skinny bitch and probably should have gotten the 4. But I am a skinny newbie bitch and will not complain.

It's been a very very very long time since I did any riding and am still not used to longboards. My joyful testament: I pulled my groin yesterday, not three hours after buying the board. One leg and knee stopped, dropped and smashed and the other leg kept on going with my board.

My treatment of a pulled groin:

• Immobilized the leg and raised it. Got good and comfy, because I was not going anywhere for awhile, my friend.
• Ibuprofen, extra strength. I got the gel ones. Took two. Perhaps overkill, but damn.
• Ice! On for fifteen minutes, back in the freezer for 45, then back on for another 15. Repeated until my friend was bored of walking back and forth to the freezer, because I sure wasn't doing it.
• Heat (I'm not really at this point yet). Apparently one should apply heat to the area before exercise or stretching. I'm still having a pretty hard time shuffling over to the freezer for more ice.
  
• Light stretching (see above)
• Going to the frickin' hospital, dumbass. After reading a couple websites (why do I always do this after I've done something stupid?) I apparently have a grade 3 groin pull, including difficulty walking and pain while sitting and sleeping. As it is feeling significantly better than yesterday afternoon. I choose not to believe that I need surgery to stitch the muscle back together. But it could happen. Crap.

I really feel like I should be eating more protein, but I can't really get up too long to cook. I guess this gives me enough time to get to my knitting.