Dealing with injury risk

Calvin27 said:
Weird one.

Completely stuffed a landing, suspect overshot a double. I am slightly double jointed and upon casing the front wheel, somehow my arm locked and the impact broke off the humerus and fractured the arm bones. After that there was no saving it as arm buckled and i eat dirt. Get up and the bones are in the wrong place, dislocated elbow. Crack it back in and fuck me nearly passed out from shock. Legit felt cold and everything.

Anyway need plate and surgery next week. Doc rekons it's common for slightly double jointed folks. No visible external marks on elbow or hand. Wrists are fine.

12 weeks. xrays looked pretty munted with bone displaced about 10, and the humerus knuckle part clean sheared off. I wasnt even sending it on a feature, if the arm was slightly bent Id have maybe wobbled a bit. Oh welll thats the sport we do, see you all in 12 weeks, but im still going to continue to buy stuff lol. Ride safe all!
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Nasty injury .
I feel for you ,jumps are high impact when they go wrong.
I have had about 10 injuries but am slowing down since turning 70 yo , still build and do small jumps .
I am restricted by the skills of others we ride with.
Possibly a good thing ?
 
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Calvin27 said:
Weird one.

Completely stuffed a landing, suspect overshot a double. I am slightly double jointed and upon casing the front wheel, somehow my arm locked and the impact broke off the humerus and fractured the arm bones. After that there was no saving it as arm buckled and i eat dirt. Get up and the bones are in the wrong place, dislocated elbow. Crack it back in and fuck me nearly passed out from shock. Legit felt cold and everything.

Anyway need plate and surgery next week. Doc rekons it's common for slightly double jointed folks. No visible external marks on elbow or hand. Wrists are fine.

12 weeks. xrays looked pretty munted with bone displaced about 10, and the humerus knuckle part clean sheared off. I wasnt even sending it on a feature, if the arm was slightly bent Id have maybe wobbled a bit. Oh welll thats the sport we do, see you all in 12 weeks, but im still going to continue to buy stuff lol. Ride safe all!
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Healing vibes @Calvin27

Reading that makes my double jointed elbows ache :oops:
 
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Calvin27 said:
Weird one.

Completely stuffed a landing, suspect overshot a double. I am slightly double jointed and upon casing the front wheel, somehow my arm locked and the impact broke off the humerus and fractured the arm bones. After that there was no saving it as arm buckled and i eat dirt. Get up and the bones are in the wrong place, dislocated elbow. Crack it back in and fuck me nearly passed out from shock. Legit felt cold and everything.

Anyway need plate and surgery next week. Doc rekons it's common for slightly double jointed folks. No visible external marks on elbow or hand. Wrists are fine.

12 weeks. xrays looked pretty munted with bone displaced about 10, and the humerus knuckle part clean sheared off. I wasnt even sending it on a feature, if the arm was slightly bent Id have maybe wobbled a bit. Oh welll thats the sport we do, see you all in 12 weeks, but im still going to continue to buy stuff lol. Ride safe all!
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Ah, that sounds fucked. 😬 Hope the recovery goes well
 
Damn @Calvin27 - that sounds like a shit time. Hope the recovery is swift and you don't spend too much downtime designing and purchasing new bikes! :p
 
Calvin27 said:
Weird one.

Completely stuffed a landing, suspect overshot a double. I am slightly double jointed and upon casing the front wheel, somehow my arm locked and the impact broke off the humerus and fractured the arm bones. After that there was no saving it as arm buckled and i eat dirt. Get up and the bones are in the wrong place, dislocated elbow. Crack it back in and fuck me nearly passed out from shock. Legit felt cold and everything.

Anyway need plate and surgery next week. Doc rekons it's common for slightly double jointed folks. No visible external marks on elbow or hand. Wrists are fine.

12 weeks. xrays looked pretty munted with bone displaced about 10, and the humerus knuckle part clean sheared off. I wasnt even sending it on a feature, if the arm was slightly bent Id have maybe wobbled a bit. Oh welll thats the sport we do, see you all in 12 weeks, but im still going to continue to buy stuff lol. Ride safe all!
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Sounds like it might have been a bike issue and probably time to buy a new bike to help with the healing.
 
mas2 said:
Sounds like it might have been a bike issue and probably time to buy a new bike to help with the healing.
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I did ask myself what if I had 20mm more suspension and it was ohlins branded forks, maybe just dislocation only?

On a serious note, 20mm less suspension probably would have shredded my arm off
 
Had the 6 month consult with my surgeon for the bicep tendon tear (complete off the forearm bone) and got the 100% go ahead.

Still got about the last 10° movement limit of scar tissue on full retraction but that's fine and will improve over time. No big deal if its like that for life anyway as I'm old :p

So joined up with a gym to strengthen the arm, shoulder and anything else that has had muscle loss due to the injury, which is quite visible on my left arm compared to my right.

Went yesterday morning for a gentle break in session but still feeling a bit sore today.

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