JTmofo
XC Enthusiast
Or a shirt with long sleeves?15mm? I'll see you, and raise you to 40mm. Haven't been able to wear a pack for 15 yearsout:
Injuries. What's your story?
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moorey
call me Mia
Bahahahaha. I don't get it. :noidea:
pink poodle
気が狂っている男
I don't have any overlap. It just pokes up about the size of a lot.
Fuck.
This shorter business...I don't get it. On the right side they got all bone saw itchy trigger fingers and put me back together. Sits beautifully. The left...just a little crack and boing! Lump like a golfball for ages. Also torn the ac on the left so assumed that was a contributor to the rise. Arm pit gets a little yuckier than the other one.
link1896
Mr Greenfield
Second brake of RHS was no3 so I didn't go to the doc or ED and just wore a sling for a couple weeks. The bones fused together not end to end but one ontop of the other, hence bringing shoulder socket closer to spine. Even then, nothing on "sir lump a lot" aka moorey.
onlock, least you got the green lollypop as some kind of consolation prize.
dropotaro
Likes Dirt
I was riding with my bro on some new trails. Saw some jumps was like shit year, hit them with no warm up. Over shot the first one, landed head first in the upramp of the second, came down onto my arm. Thought I was ok. Rode to the bottom of the trails with a sore elbow. Went home and had a nap, woke up with a massive thumping in the elbow. Turns out I broke the radius. Cut the cast off 3 weeks later to go back to work. And now after 4years it's coming good.
thatsnotme
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Jeez that looks familiar! The injury you did looks almost exactly like what I did. Unfortunately mine took 3 lots of surgery, and 12 months until I was back on the dirt. Luckily you don't need a full range of movement, or full strength, to head off down the trails3 months ago from today i had a whoopsie at mt buller. multiple fractures in my left humourous.
Not much fun. Got the all clear from the doc yesterday to start riding again. But still regaining strength and some movement. Cant wait to ride youies on sunday
onlock
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Yeah yours looks nasty. I think i got lucky after having some issues in a public hospital i got transferred to a private one and surgery was done the next day. Movement isnt too bad at the moment. Id say over 90% already. Surgeon was pretty impressed. Private health cover and a good physio with a well equipped gym twice a week has really helped me. Not looking forward to the cold of winter. Been told its anoyingJeez that looks familiar! The injury you did looks almost exactly like what I did. Unfortunately mine took 3 lots of surgery, and 12 months until I was back on the dirt. Luckily you don't need a full range of movement, or full strength, to head off down the trails
thatsnotme
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Yeah, I had issues where a small piece of bone attached to tendon pulled away from the humerus head and had to be reattached, meaning no proper physio for at least 9 weeks while that healed, then 6 months after the stack the main fracture through the humerus hadn't united, so back in to remove all the plates and pins, bone graft shoved into the fracture before pinning everything again... At least the last surgery was done by a specialist upper limb orthopedic surgeon, who seems to have done the job properly!
90% movement after 3 months sounds pretty awesome to me. To be honest, winter hasn't really bothered the busted shoulder any more than the other, and that's living through a Canberra winter too. We'll see what this next one brings.
Haakon
has an accommodating arse
My major one has been a long term insidious one. About 8 years ago I messed up a jump on my regular ride home from work - it was a drop off I used to love launching, but one day I for some reason put a little too much power into the pedal and pulled up too much on the bars.
So instead of sailing off the ledge and landing on both wheels, I was unceremoniously spat off the back- I landed on my arse in a sitting up position from about a metre up whilst doing about 30-40kph. That hurt, spent a few minutes learning to breathe again!
I couldn't walk for a day, hurt for a week and then was fine. About a year later I started gettig pain in the right hip when in bed. This got worse over the nex fe years, and has culminated in hard core siatica, cortison shots into my spine, physio, pilates, specialist after specialist.... Thousands spent, different dignosiss everytime. Latest one is a seized SI joint from the ligements that I tore in the crash healing short.
Some more specialist exercises to try... Fingers crossed. The sciatica is bad enough that not even two panadiene fortes will touch it - doesn't do wonders for getting any sleep.
I'd rather have a broken leg that will eventually heal and that will be that!
So instead of sailing off the ledge and landing on both wheels, I was unceremoniously spat off the back- I landed on my arse in a sitting up position from about a metre up whilst doing about 30-40kph. That hurt, spent a few minutes learning to breathe again!
I couldn't walk for a day, hurt for a week and then was fine. About a year later I started gettig pain in the right hip when in bed. This got worse over the nex fe years, and has culminated in hard core siatica, cortison shots into my spine, physio, pilates, specialist after specialist.... Thousands spent, different dignosiss everytime. Latest one is a seized SI joint from the ligements that I tore in the crash healing short.
Some more specialist exercises to try... Fingers crossed. The sciatica is bad enough that not even two panadiene fortes will touch it - doesn't do wonders for getting any sleep.
I'd rather have a broken leg that will eventually heal and that will be that!
I'll let you know if that's the case or not
7 months on and my leg is still completely rubbish. I am limping around with no sticks now but I have a long way to go yet. When I bump that screw sticking out the front I know all about it....
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I Feel your pain Flint. I copped a Tibial Plateau fracture from an off back in 2010. With the bone damage I also copped 2 crushed arteries. They fixed one artery and left the other. As part of the deal I copped a Staph infection as well.
Bottom line, 4 weeks in hospital over 2 x 2 week stints, 6 surgeries, 1 to fix artery, 1 to fix bones, 3 to wash out infection, then last one to remove the hardware. Once an area with plates etc is infected they need to remove the hardware as the infection can hide amongst the metal etc. As soon as the metal was removed the pain was instantly reduced (ie that same afternoon sitting in the day surgery ward).
I had 1 year off the bike almost to the day. Riding was the best medicine as the stronger my leg is, the better it feels. I still ride every weekend.
Long story short, my knee will never be the same. It has arthritis in it now and will need a replacement down the track they tell me. The Staph infection also ate away at the cartilage which didn't help matters. It doesn't stop me doing anything, but I just get varying levels of pain and discomfort.
If I can give you any advice, do your exercises and keep it as strong as possible. Muscle strength helps me because it seems to keep the knee joint in place better
Good luck mate. Excuse the crappy old Nokia Phone pics
Bottom line, 4 weeks in hospital over 2 x 2 week stints, 6 surgeries, 1 to fix artery, 1 to fix bones, 3 to wash out infection, then last one to remove the hardware. Once an area with plates etc is infected they need to remove the hardware as the infection can hide amongst the metal etc. As soon as the metal was removed the pain was instantly reduced (ie that same afternoon sitting in the day surgery ward).
I had 1 year off the bike almost to the day. Riding was the best medicine as the stronger my leg is, the better it feels. I still ride every weekend.
Long story short, my knee will never be the same. It has arthritis in it now and will need a replacement down the track they tell me. The Staph infection also ate away at the cartilage which didn't help matters. It doesn't stop me doing anything, but I just get varying levels of pain and discomfort.
If I can give you any advice, do your exercises and keep it as strong as possible. Muscle strength helps me because it seems to keep the knee joint in place better
Good luck mate. Excuse the crappy old Nokia Phone pics
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link1896
Mr Greenfield
Ended up at an Osteopath (she was mega cute too, 90 min consult, mmm). Wasn't a torn lat muscle, was a displaced rib, fuck you useless physio. The moment she popped it in place, ahhhhhhh. Went for a run last night and could use my arms. Going to try a ride this weekend.
mongoosemichael
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Finally had my ACL reconstruction, after 6 months of physio to regain muscle control before getting accepted for surgery.
The pain sucks but at least I'm on the recovery side of the surgery, also have a very cute nurse.
The pain sucks but at least I'm on the recovery side of the surgery, also have a very cute nurse.
Minlak
custom titis
Fuck off.... I mean its nice that you are mending but seriously not a single person in hospital has ever commented about the 50 year old plus nicotine infested whale that is really their nurse. I have been around health care a long time there just is not that many pretty nurses. Unless its the same one pretty nurse thats a MTB groupy following you all to hospital.....:tape2:Finally had my ACL reconstruction, after 6 months of physio to regain muscle control before getting accepted for surgery.
The pain sucks but at least I'm on the recovery side of the surgery, also have a very cute nurse.
mongoosemichael
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WTF? Not sure if you go to hospitals of the vet, there a young staff here and most are very good looking.
link1896
Mr Greenfield
Secret check box on the hospital admission form " hot chicks only please, I need emotional comforting "
mongoosemichael
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Haha is that why he missed out, not sure i ticked that box either though.