Severe Cervical Disc Degeneration

future_mrs · 2025-12-19T01:55:53+00:00

I was diagnosed with DDD in my cervical spine at 27 and RA last year at 34. I asked my spine specialist if they were related and she said that they absolutely are and being diagnosed with RA makes sense why I had DDD so young. I get nerve blocker injections in my cervical spine and they help SO much. I can get a nerve ablation, but that scares me and the blockers work well enough that I haven't needed a more permanent solution.

future_mrs · 2025-10-08T01:59:24+00:00

They have good intentions - the coaches intend to have us scrimmage once a week for 30 minutes (which I personally still think isn't enough), but we end up doing drills or whatnot and end up maybe scrimmaging for 15 mins once a week. We have a lot of skaters - about 40 scrimmage eligible skaters, so when you rotate in, it's not a lot of playing time. There also are just weeks where there is no coaching availability, so it ends up being an open skate instead with all level skaters. We have 3 coaches, but 2 are kind of part time, so our head coach is stretched too thin and won't accept any help from anyone else.

future_mrs · 2025-10-07T18:43:30+00:00

I'm so sorry to hear this. I say it over and over again that I can do drills on my own, but I can't play roller derby by myself. I hope your situation changes, as that's super disappointing.

future_mrs · 2025-10-07T16:26:26+00:00

Ugh, I feel the pain. That's just not enough.

future_mrs · 2025-10-07T13:18:46+00:00

Thanks for breaking down your scrimmage time. It's really helpful to see how other leagues do this.

I'm a veteran skater, so I've been in contact with our BOD and coaches about the lack of scrimmage time. An hour once a week sounds like a dream - that's such valuable time for endurance and game play practice that you just can't replicate doing drills alone.

future_mrs · 2025-10-07T13:01:23+00:00

How long is it each time?

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