Yesterday during Sunday afternoon ball, I drove baseline and slipped - probably on some of the pine needles that are sometimes scattered across the court - and landed hard on my left side. Banged up my elbow and scraped off maybe a 3-inch diameter circle of top-level skin on my hip. It matches the other scrape-scar I have from slamming into a wall when playing ball with elementary school kids in NYC.

That's not too hard to play through. However, taking a shower later and having all the salt from the sweat that's covering the rest of my body pour down into the scrape... yeowch!