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Message: [QUOTE="ClifSpliffy, post: 4427059, member: 9260"] [I]lesson of the fall. [/I]not the pumpkin spice one, that's just nasty. short version -the fetal position, ie scrunched up and to your side. imagine that! running backs scratching for a tough yard, the popo trying to break down a door, long list of examples. when we are going down big time, our autopilot tries to get us to rotate to land on our side, since perfectly executed, the odds of an insignificant hit causing big damage lessin dramatically. no loose ends to break or stretch, smaller chance of getting whacked in the nuts, stabbing our breadbasket, taking a sharp stick to the eye, smashing our sniffer, and such. a direct shot to the forehead is no bueno, tho folks often freak when a minor and insignificant smash to it breaks a pantload of vessels, and they bleed out -for a moment. much ado aboot nothing, just looks ugly - for a moment. wipe it off. everything vital and mechanical is least exposed on a side landing, tho rarely, a hard force applied to the upper arm area can transmit across the clavicle and knock a vertebrae out of alignment, or worse, break it. often tho, the worst thing that can happen is that u mess up your shoulder. rest it, surger it, corto it, whatever, eventually it should come around. evolution has hardwired us to try and rotate to our side in mid flight as we go down. if we stick the standing to have the max force hitting us somewhere in the upper arm, preferably after we've course corrected in mid-air to the fetal position with full scrunch on the arms, legs, and head, the chances of bouncing up increase significantly. landing forward is way too risky as it is completely dependent on the strength and [I]reliability [/I]of the push up move. an old wrist, elbow, or shoulder injury can reappear in a nanosecond. u push down, but there's nothing there. no juice. i hate it when that happens. a back landing is the worst for unexpected outcomes. cf 'jordan hawkins.' all nursery school kids should be first taught in pe on how to fall. it only becomes of more and more value as we age, and then end up in senior times where falls and their danger become issue #1. i like brad pitt. he never falls. [/QUOTE]

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