Recently, I've had to deal with a couple of bruises on my knees. Before you call me a wimp for complaining about a couple bruises, let me tell you about them. On the bottom of both of my knees are what my dance teacher calls "basketballs." They are bright yellow, green, and blue with gross splotches of dark purple and black. I got them from dancing too much and landing really hard on my knees. I should know by now how to stop them, but sometimes it's very hard to avoid landing directly on the bruise. Since the bruises became so incredibly painful, and I mean to the point where I couldn't bend my knees all the way, I needed to learn how to heal them. Since sometimes it hurt to walk and bend my knees, I started icing them to reduce swelling and pain. The swelling on my knees was so crazy, It stuck out as much as my knee and even looked like I had two knees. The icing helped the swelling to reduce and also numbed the pain. I've been resting the bruises since Friday and I've been trying my hardest not to hit them. They look much better today, but they still gross me out. I'm a little nervous because I have practice later today, but hopefully I'll learn how not to hit them all the time
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May 2013
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