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Message: [QUOTE="usgpru27, post: 871923, member: 58332"] I am new to dirt bikes but have been road racing for 13 years. Some highlights of my fractures Left ankle (3) Right ankle (2) left arm or wrist (3) right (1) ribs (6) pelvis (1 cracked not broken) to many fingers to count Left femur left knee (8 pieces) ect... But in 2000 at road Atlanta on a 125 GP bike I T-Boned a bike at about 90mph. Both bikes broke in two pieces. Literally. Some of the above injuries resulted in this accident. The worst was my left Femur and shattered left knee. I had to wait 7 days for surgery because I had compartment syndrome. My femur shattered and I had large fragments lodged in the muscle. They put a 12mm rod in my leg with screws and used 4 pins, wire, plates ecad on my knee. They said the rod should never come out because even though I had great bone growth, I was missing 3 inches of material. My broken arm, ribs right ankle weren't even diagnosed for 2 days. Anyway. What a journey.. Thank got I was in Atlanta. I had the chief of orthopedics. Same guy that operated on Miguel Duhamal. Dr Jennings. They told me they were just trying to save my leg. At the time they basically wanted to just get me better. Long term prognosis would come latter. So I was in GA for 3 weeks then home for 4 months of home care. Then rehab.. This is what I found critical. Most do not give rehab the value it needs. It is my opinion after all these injuries that the pain, limps, weakness ect. are the result of the muscles not being able to support the part. Following very very intensive rehab at home and in the center I raced a national in Alabama and got 3rd 8 months later. The stronger my leg got the better everything was. I now am looking at Dirt riding. Do what the docs tell you. For the record my femur did not really hurt at all. Not sure why. Maybe I am just used to this stuff.. [/QUOTE]

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