Injuries Slater Wiles

I’ve had a lot of fun kayaking these past few days, which have been very eventful, 
but some things have been holding me back from really reaching my full learning 
 potential. In the form of injuries, my knees and especially my shoulders have been 
annoying me and would frequently cause pain. I hurt my knees a few weeks ago, 
by running on a treadmill and was barely able to walk for a full week because of it. 
Affecting me while I was in my kayak, the motion of pushing down with my legs 
attempting/learning to do tricks like a bow stall, would weaken my knees. For my 
shoulders, they would bother me every once in a while, which would further prevent 
me from trying anything not wanting to risk damaging it for longer. What I have 
i knobeen doing to make the most of every single day whilst not letting my minor 
injuries become any bigger and letting them heal, I have been really paying 
attention and listening to the advice that my coaches have been giving others, 
ias well as watching my fellow keeners constantly fail and succeed. In other words, 
to try and learn from their mistakes without having to put myself at risk. As far as 
how bad the pain feels, in the morning, they (as in my knees and shoulders) aren’t 
too bad, but the more we paddle, the worse they get. Thankfully, today was a lot 
better than yesterday, but everyday I seem to get hurt in a different place on my 
body. All in all, my coaches (especially James) have been helping me overcome 
this by assigning me certain stretches, that have seemed to help in the past day. 
Foam rolling as well had helped a lot. All I can do now is make sure that I heal 
and don’t let it take anything away from my experience.