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Nick O's avatar

I feel you. Stretching was always part of my pregame warmup (who could forget those idyllic afternoons in the GSC outfield?) but now my 30-year-old self has to dedicate an extra 30 minutes before every pickup basketball game or golf outing just to make sure all of the screws are tightened. Hell, I pulled my hamstring running to first base in an adult baseball league last summer and missed multiple games ... not to mention grounding into an inning-ending double play to literally add insult to injury. If I ever made it to the big leagues, fans of my team would quickly turn on me as the "injury-prone guy."

Welp, time to get my peaceful warrior on...

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Steve Peterman's avatar

Love the way you have chosen to look at the enforced layoff - similar to the legendary recuperation Bob Dylan had after a motorcycle accident in 1966. Burnt out from five years of touring, he took the opportunity to get out of the rat race and heal physically and emotionally, after which came a new period of heightened creativity and some classic songs. You've heard me talk often enough of the baseball injury that left me with three torn ligaments and trapped me on a couch I couldn't escape from when my writing partner came over. By the time I healed up we had two scripts written and I was making the transition from acting to writing. That was almost 40 years ago and I've had to do yoga regularly ever since to keep the leg flexible and my back in alignment. The silver lining is that I have the flexibility and balance of an adolescent lemur.

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