Athlete Gets Back On The Court in No Time

I just read that Christian Ponder didn't practice today because of his hip pointer.  This is typically not an easy injury from which to recover. 

I was reminded that my son was very quickly back on the court after one of these injuries in mid-November. Here is the story of how my 12-year-old son Dylan received and recovered from the most serious injury of his young sports career in Mid-November:

Basketball season had just begun. Although soccer is Dylan's best sport, basketball is a good complementary sport for winter—it helps develop his upper body whereas the focus is on the lower body in soccer.

But it is a contact sport, and often the contact is with the floor. He got pushed  from behind and fell on his left hip and elbow.

I could see that this was for real. He winced in pain and could hardly get off the floor. He did not play the rest of the evening.

We got home, I gave him homeopathic Arnica for the trauma. Upon closer examination, it appeared he had a hip pointer.

I was not scheduled to be home that Saturday, so I couldn’t keep tabs on how he was really doing, but he sat on the bench for the entire game that next day. I was teaching an Acute Care Homeopathy course all day. During class, I was talking about a remedy called Ruta, which is for shin splints, injuries to the periosteum, sprained ankles and wrists, and is also a specific for injuries to the illiac crest. 

As I was teaching, I said, “This is what I need to give Dylan!” A hip pointer is an injury to the illiac crest.

He felt like the Arnica was helping him, so I waited to see how he was Sunday morning. It wasn’t looking good for playing that afternoon. I wasn’t satisfied that he still needed Arnica. 

I gave him some Ruta 200c. Within an hour, he said, “Mom, come and see my hip.”  The bruise was completely gone. He was running around, feeling MUCH better. I gave him one more dose before his game. He decided to try warming up at his afternoon basketball game.

Apparently warm ups went well because he played. He scored 6 points and was unbeatable on defense. They won in overtime.

He was a bit sore in the evening. I gave him another dose. He didn’t even mention it Monday morning.

So all you athletes: Ruta 200C or higher for hip pointers. This is an injury which, according to most accounts, takes 1-2 weeks to heal. For Dylan, it took 2 days.  Who knows, if I had switched sooner, it may have been better sooner.