opheliarose
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ouch!- HELP!Ok. So, I twisted my ankle during the AM matinee today. I don't think it's a super-serious sprain (I can put some weight on it.) I have TWO performances tomorrow. I do NOT have an understudy.
ANYONE know any quick sprain remedies? I'm icing it at my day job now (actually, it's a bag of snow...)I'm planning on epsom salts tonight and wrapping it really tightly tomorrow, but I'm wondering if anyone has any other tricks. 'Specially you other dancers out there?? Help?
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xoFoRgEtReGrEtox
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Go to health websites and try to put as little weight on that ankle as possible in your performances....
Thats all I got.....
PS: Cool Marzipan avatar there
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Luc
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Re: ouch!- HELP! | opheliarose wrote: | | Ok. So, I twisted my ankle during the AM matinee today. |
As opposed to the PM matinee? 
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opheliarose
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Re: ouch!- HELP! | musikal_geek wrote: | | opheliarose wrote: | | Ok. So, I twisted my ankle during the AM matinee today. |
As opposed to the PM matinee? |
Actually, yes...we have 10 AM school shows, 2 PM public shows, and then 7:30 public performances. I don't know the official designation for morning vs. afternoon performances, but they're all billed as matinees.
Of course, the same SM who wrote the schedule also designated the leads as "Principles," which cracked me up at the time.
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DaddyDiesel
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Ok will. keep it elevated. ICE ICE ICE. Twenty Minutes on Twenty Off. Do this 4 times twice a day. STAY AWAY FROM HEAT!!!! The good news is if it is a sprain you cant worsen those if you take the correct precautions. the problem is if you dont you can. Depending on your costume your going to have to tape. I dont mean lightly wrap I mean football sprain kind of tape. I know this is going to hinderance you on pointing toes and stuff. but it will keep you from rolling it over again. ONly problem here is if you dont anybody who knows how to do it properly then you need to find one. When you are off stage keep it elevated. MAKE SURE IT IS A SPRAIN and not a break! YOU do not wnat to continue on a broken foot that can get worse.
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opheliarose
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Thank you guys for the advice! (I've sprained both my ankles b/4 and also broke my other one once, so it's definetely (sp?) a sprain. And it's a lovely shade of purple! I've got it propped up on my wastebasket at my day job now.
I had to modify some of my blocking, but I made it thru both shows yesterday, icing at intermissions and btwn shows. (Strangely enough, leaping is ok, kneeling is not! And no pointing my toes. ) My costume includes lace-up jazz boots, which paired with the brace I got at the drugstore helped a lot. I'm going to epsom salt it again b/4 the show tonite.
The funny thing is my character is SUPPOSED to have an injured foot at the beginning of the play- but we had blocked it using the OTHER foot. We just reversed the blocking so hopefully if the audience noticed me favoring the bad ankle they would think it was deliberate!
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