Athletic Injury....

In English this year Jordan wrote a persuasive paper on Marching Band and is it a Sport?  He compared it to other sports and found it does meet the definition.  And actually= much harder as it requires musically ability and 100% team effort every second on top of the Physical Stamina.

On Saturday Jordan came home in pain... saying he had pulled his groin muscle (the abductor).   He went to practice the next day... suffering through with pain reliever and Icy Hot.   Today...  4 days after the injury I took him to the doctor as it is very swollen and bruised.   It is a very torn muscle, very common in athletes.  More proof... it qualifies as a sport.   It is a bit perplexing as he needs to rest... and there is no rest for a Corp member.   His 9-9 days are killing him!  And this is just the beginning.

He made the point that his instrument weighs about 30 lbs.  Added strain on his growing body.   When he came home with this monster months ago I asked if it could be any bigger.  He said this was just the medium size.

Here is the giant size.... Whoa!  

So our athlete is out with an injury.  He will be standing in place and playing for a bit,  I guess.  We just wish for a speedy recovery.