I'm injured and I have a regional comp on Sunday.
I twisted my knee and the physio thinks that I have partially torn my MCL ligament. I'm not entirely convinced because I partially tore a ligament in my other knee last year and it was considerably more painful than this. Anyway, it is still sore, and she advised me to take a few days off, which I did, and wear a knee brace to prevent that movement happening again. I've been wearing the brace for almost a week now and have trained a couple of times relatively painlessly (while wearing the brace). I have Ehlers Danlos Syndrome type 2 (EDS2) which makes me susceptible to this kind of injury.
So, after brightly coloured KT tape became a bit of a fashion statement at the olympics they made a rule that says any support or strapping must be skin coloured, (or white to match socks if around the ankles, or matching the leo if over/under the leo) as this is my knee, it would have to be skin coloured.
Its big, and black. With big hinges on the sides. I doesn't come in any other colours. My HC has sent an email asking for permission (this sounds very familiar, right?) but I've not heard back yet. I'm worried that they won't allow me to wear it. EDS2 is recognised as a 'disability' most of the time in the UK (though in my case it doesnt disable me from much), so I feel like they should allow it. I really want to compete, and I feel fine to do so, but I dont want to have to take on the officials again (which although successful, was not good for my stress levels and I gave a horrible performance after it!)
Has anyone had to deal with this before?
I twisted my knee and the physio thinks that I have partially torn my MCL ligament. I'm not entirely convinced because I partially tore a ligament in my other knee last year and it was considerably more painful than this. Anyway, it is still sore, and she advised me to take a few days off, which I did, and wear a knee brace to prevent that movement happening again. I've been wearing the brace for almost a week now and have trained a couple of times relatively painlessly (while wearing the brace). I have Ehlers Danlos Syndrome type 2 (EDS2) which makes me susceptible to this kind of injury.
So, after brightly coloured KT tape became a bit of a fashion statement at the olympics they made a rule that says any support or strapping must be skin coloured, (or white to match socks if around the ankles, or matching the leo if over/under the leo) as this is my knee, it would have to be skin coloured.
Its big, and black. With big hinges on the sides. I doesn't come in any other colours. My HC has sent an email asking for permission (this sounds very familiar, right?) but I've not heard back yet. I'm worried that they won't allow me to wear it. EDS2 is recognised as a 'disability' most of the time in the UK (though in my case it doesnt disable me from much), so I feel like they should allow it. I really want to compete, and I feel fine to do so, but I dont want to have to take on the officials again (which although successful, was not good for my stress levels and I gave a horrible performance after it!)
Has anyone had to deal with this before?