- Dec 19, 2002
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Back in the beginning of September we hit our favorite track for open practice. Second lap of the day I decide to hit this horrible table top that had been added to the "back section". For some reason the track owners decided to make a 40-45' table top out of BEACH SAND! Very easy jump, problem was the sand. I figured jumping it was way easier than rolling it. The top was horrible, cross rutted and deep sand. Not that the landing was better...
Anyway,
Went for it 3rd gear jump. Sailing through the air, I start to spot my landing. When I landed, the front wheel came to a dead stop. The back end flew into the air and I slid forward into the handlebars. This caused my right hand to slip off and I fell even more forward and my right hand slammed into the grown. With all of my weight (my whole 115lbs) slamming into my hand. When I did this my arm was straight and it jammed my whole arm into my shoulder socket. I then continued my forward fall and somersaulted down the rest of the landing, bike tumbling after me. When I finally came to a stop I was flat on my face w/my legs over the top of my head.
I untangled myself and realized my shoulder and wrist hurt. I tried to move my right wrist, but couldn't. I thought great I broke my wrist. I started feeling it w/my left hand and felt a bone was out of place. So I just popped that back in and the pain went away. My shoulder still hurt though. I got it to move and worked out the stiffness. Felt okay after that.
I finally got the bike dug out of the sand and got going again. Went back to the trailer and popped a few Ibuprofen. I rested for a few minutes and rode the rest of the day. I still had pain in it all day, but I am too stubborn to stop riding sometimes.
The next day while in church it REALLY started to hurt. That night we went to the doctor. They looked at it, X-rayed and said it was "just sprained give it time". I wasn't too thrilled with my service, I mean lack of service there. Believe me I filled out one of those 'how are we doing" slips.
Two weeks later I tried to race...bad idea. I could barely hang on. Luckily I had all of my points and my 2nd place locked up for the season. I couldn't even do my 2nd moto...
Two months goes by...it STILL hurts to do things. Lift heavy things, raise my arm over my head. I finally get an appointment with the orthopedic doc. I get there realize it's the dude that did my knee surgery. He's like, um yeah..I'm kinda the knee guy not really the shoulder guy. This was after a series of moving it and irritating it more than it already was. :yell:
What's wrong with it is in this paragraph!!
So another MRI was scheduled and an appointment is made with the "shoulder guy" for three weeks later. I see him he tells me nothing is torn. I was glad to hear this. I wasn't looking forward to shoulder surgery and spending the winter in a sling. He said when I jammed my shoulder into the socket I irritated the rotator cuff. So he prescribed 6wks of PT to "strengthen" it. He said I have been "babying" it for too long. This was during his whole moving my arm around deal to irritate it.
Well yeah! It took three weeks from the time of the MRI to see him. He had those results in one week. Why couldn't he have called (or have his special nurse call) me and say "nothing is torn, let's schedule PT." Instead of charging me $20 to tell me that in person? :think:
Anyway, that's my story. I'll post how PT is going...I'm getting tired of my shoulder hurting. I'm right handed and really need my shoulder bad. I have to be able to lift 50lbs repeatedly throughout the day...
My first PT session is tomorrow...we'll see how irritated they can make my shoulder.
Sorry it's long!
Oh yeah!! On the way to the track that day I said to Phil, "You know, I have never crashed landing a jump before." :bang:
-Tracie-
Back in the beginning of September we hit our favorite track for open practice. Second lap of the day I decide to hit this horrible table top that had been added to the "back section". For some reason the track owners decided to make a 40-45' table top out of BEACH SAND! Very easy jump, problem was the sand. I figured jumping it was way easier than rolling it. The top was horrible, cross rutted and deep sand. Not that the landing was better...
Anyway,
Went for it 3rd gear jump. Sailing through the air, I start to spot my landing. When I landed, the front wheel came to a dead stop. The back end flew into the air and I slid forward into the handlebars. This caused my right hand to slip off and I fell even more forward and my right hand slammed into the grown. With all of my weight (my whole 115lbs) slamming into my hand. When I did this my arm was straight and it jammed my whole arm into my shoulder socket. I then continued my forward fall and somersaulted down the rest of the landing, bike tumbling after me. When I finally came to a stop I was flat on my face w/my legs over the top of my head.
I untangled myself and realized my shoulder and wrist hurt. I tried to move my right wrist, but couldn't. I thought great I broke my wrist. I started feeling it w/my left hand and felt a bone was out of place. So I just popped that back in and the pain went away. My shoulder still hurt though. I got it to move and worked out the stiffness. Felt okay after that.
I finally got the bike dug out of the sand and got going again. Went back to the trailer and popped a few Ibuprofen. I rested for a few minutes and rode the rest of the day. I still had pain in it all day, but I am too stubborn to stop riding sometimes.
The next day while in church it REALLY started to hurt. That night we went to the doctor. They looked at it, X-rayed and said it was "just sprained give it time". I wasn't too thrilled with my service, I mean lack of service there. Believe me I filled out one of those 'how are we doing" slips.
Two weeks later I tried to race...bad idea. I could barely hang on. Luckily I had all of my points and my 2nd place locked up for the season. I couldn't even do my 2nd moto...
Two months goes by...it STILL hurts to do things. Lift heavy things, raise my arm over my head. I finally get an appointment with the orthopedic doc. I get there realize it's the dude that did my knee surgery. He's like, um yeah..I'm kinda the knee guy not really the shoulder guy. This was after a series of moving it and irritating it more than it already was. :yell:
What's wrong with it is in this paragraph!!
So another MRI was scheduled and an appointment is made with the "shoulder guy" for three weeks later. I see him he tells me nothing is torn. I was glad to hear this. I wasn't looking forward to shoulder surgery and spending the winter in a sling. He said when I jammed my shoulder into the socket I irritated the rotator cuff. So he prescribed 6wks of PT to "strengthen" it. He said I have been "babying" it for too long. This was during his whole moving my arm around deal to irritate it.
Well yeah! It took three weeks from the time of the MRI to see him. He had those results in one week. Why couldn't he have called (or have his special nurse call) me and say "nothing is torn, let's schedule PT." Instead of charging me $20 to tell me that in person? :think:
Anyway, that's my story. I'll post how PT is going...I'm getting tired of my shoulder hurting. I'm right handed and really need my shoulder bad. I have to be able to lift 50lbs repeatedly throughout the day...
My first PT session is tomorrow...we'll see how irritated they can make my shoulder.
Sorry it's long!
Oh yeah!! On the way to the track that day I said to Phil, "You know, I have never crashed landing a jump before." :bang:
-Tracie-
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