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Don’t know what to doHi everybody I have a problem. Ok, for my birthday I got a ballet bare. It can hold three hundred pounds so I pretend the bare was my parter so I would run and jumb up onto the dance bare It’s about four feet off the ground when I do this so the other day I was doing this when jumped on it when I lost my balance and fell onto all the medel that holds the bare up. So now my back is killing me and don’t want to tell my mom about it because she may take it away. So now I’m stuck with a hurting back and I don’t want to tell my mom could somebody help me? February 28, 2007 | In Questions |17 Comments »RSS feed for comments on this post. TrackBack URI Leave a comment |
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jumping on a barre wasn’t a wise decision. You may not weigh anything near three hundred pounds, but the additional momentum (force) from the jump could have matched or surpassed it. Tell your mother. Yes, it was irresponsible, and ignoring injuries could potentially get worse.
Comment by Val — March 1, 2007 #
Val said it all…
I don’t think you’ll get a reply from anyone here that will tell you to just ignore what happened.
I would also suggest talking to your mother and being honest about what happened would be my first option, but I don’t know your mother, of course.
If you really don’t want to tell her, is there anyway you could go and see a doctor by yourself (I don’t know how old you are)?
Or just tell her you fell and don’t say you were jumping on the barre if you really think sher would freak-out.
Though I must admit that most daughters underestimate what their mothers can take without getting really angry and unfair.
Only don’t expect her to be happy about what you did, but she might think you’re punished enough by the experience itself. My mum would’ve anyway…
Comment by Kaat — March 1, 2007 #
As a mum and a dance teacher. I think it would be a very wise move to approach your mum and explain what you were trying to do and what happened. Explain that you wont be doing anything silly like that again, and you would like her to come with you to see a doctor. Are you still dancing with this injury?
If so I hope you have told your teacher that you have hurt your back.
Good Luck, and remember we all do silly things, but I hope you have learnt a lesson from this one.
Miss J
Comment by Miss J — March 1, 2007 #
I’m the one that wrote this so just to let you know yes i’m still dancing with my injury. and I have not told my dance teacher that my back is hurting.
Comment by Lila — March 1, 2007 #
I’m the one that wrote this so just to let you know yes i’m still dancing with my injury. and I have not told my dance teacher that my back is hurting.
Comment by Lila — March 1, 2007 #
go see a doctor, and rest. you need to heal. if your mom is anything like mine you will get a stern lecture about doing something so stupid, but its just because your mom loves you so much that you being hurt really upsets her.
Comment by Marissa — March 1, 2007 #
Tell your mother, see a doctor and don’t make it worse by dancing with an injury that you don’t know the extent of. You are just plain flat out lucky you didn’t break any bones.
I hope when you start partnering live bodies you will remember this experience.
Comment by Zoe — March 2, 2007 #
Thanks all of yal.
Comment by Lila — March 3, 2007 #
Maybe it will go away with time?? .. thats what i hope
Comment by Dylan — March 3, 2007 #
you really do need to tell your mom , im 14 and my mom loves to everything thats happening in my life, your mom wont get mad if you tell her because she will be glad you told her in the first place !!! then you can go see a doctor and get the pain sorted out rather dance through it
if you dont feel comfortable telling your mom you could always tell your dance teacher ! its suprising how much of a help they can be when you need them, your dance teacher will have been through many injuries and will know how to help you with it !!
i hope my advice helps xxx
Comment by holly — March 15, 2007 #
You definitely need to see a health practitioner, as a dance teacher I recommend a chiropractor. Firstly, he or she will tell if there are misalignments caused by the impact of your accident. Usually this is not expensive, adjustments can be made to your bones, and home care can be advised. Icing is always good. You must tell your mother. Just tell her you had an accident. If needed you will have an x-ray - but it is more likely hurt muscles and misalignments - who knows, I’m only saying that to persuade you to tell your mom and your teacher what has happened. It is not going to “go away” by itself. You did a foolish thing - who hasn’t? Take care of it -that’s the wise fololw up.
Comment by Dianne M. Buxton — March 16, 2007 #
Hi i did kina the same thing once my mum told me not to do rolley polleys on the couch but i did and one of my nees hit my chest real hard it was so painful i had to tell my mum so i said i hurt my chest but i didnt know how
you could do that …
but then i went to da docters and i felt real guilty it was sore for a long time
love
geane
Comment by geane — March 29, 2007 #
Wow. If you guys want to be dancers you’d better take care of yourselves! Your body is your instrument etc. etc. It will carry you farther if you exercise it hard but artfully!
Comment by Dianne M. Buxton — March 30, 2007 #
Yeah, Take care of yourselves.
Comment by Nancy — March 30, 2007 #
Ok it’s been a couple of months since that happened and most of the pain on my right side has gone away but the pain on my left side is still awful and now it hurts to put my head down. Like my spine is really sore. And since I’m at a summer program I can’t really go any where for help and I’m scared to put icy-hot on my neck what can I do to help this?
Comment by Lila — July 21, 2007 #
its STILL hurting after a couple of months? if is wasnt serious, the pain probably would have gone away within a few days. you really should see a doctor! how exactly does it hurt? like a bruise, or on the flesh or is it deep down like you have fractured something? and can you pinpoint where the pain is coming from or is it all over? and is the pain constent or just when you try and bend over, and is it sharp stining or aching? maybe you have fractured a bit of rib or something… definantly tell your mum or someone at the program as soon as possible.
Comment by Liberty — July 22, 2007 #
go see a doctor. if it’s still hurting after a couple of months, then you are probably making it worse by not treating it.
Comment by Marissa — July 22, 2007 #