What's the worst injury you've had?
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4th gear pinned in an open field....bike started swapping I was chucked off. Landed head first and then rolled a few yards. Didn't know where I was or how I got there...I still repeat myself, forget what I was thinking, forget things in general, can't hear real well when someone is talking to my back (docs can't figure that one out)
*Cut mouth up when my face got smashed into my braces (I think the braces saved my teeth...my regular ortho check up was a few days later and doc said I had a few loose teeth)
*Severe concussion...minor damage to cerebellum...
*Several weeks of PT to regain proper balance
4yrs later I STILL have balance issues and headaches....working on that yet AGAIN!
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Snowboarding 6yrs ago I flipped and landed on my right wrist. Wrist swelled up and turned purplish. ER docs said "it's sprained bad, you would have been better off breaking it..." Two months later still swollen and can't really do things with it...but docs still insisted it was sprained...kept me in a sling and brace for 8months....
*Cut mouth up when my face got smashed into my braces (I think the braces saved my teeth...my regular ortho check up was a few days later and doc said I had a few loose teeth)
*Severe concussion...minor damage to cerebellum...
*Several weeks of PT to regain proper balance
4yrs later I STILL have balance issues and headaches....working on that yet AGAIN!
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Snowboarding 6yrs ago I flipped and landed on my right wrist. Wrist swelled up and turned purplish. ER docs said "it's sprained bad, you would have been better off breaking it..." Two months later still swollen and can't really do things with it...but docs still insisted it was sprained...kept me in a sling and brace for 8months....
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150rguy said:
After having 2 specialists tell me it was in my head. I gave up trying to get it fixed. I read up on exercises to do with it and just got it stronger. All they ever said was "No break, it's all in your head". Took it close to a year to fully heal.
wirefryer#85
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Good for you, Mxgirl230! Remember that 1/2 of the Doctors in the world graduated at the bottom of the class. :)
Ok, "The one that should'a killed me"
Place: Clearwater, Ks. (unincorporated :nener: ) Fall, 1998
Group: Two third shift work buddies.
Problem: 7am is "Miller Time" to us 3rd shifters so we went to Nicks' place to maul a thirty-pack. After pounding said 30pack, we decided to fire up Nicks' tricked out 250R three-wheeler and go rip up a bit of the Arkansas river sand that was a 1/2 mile from his backyard.
I was having a blast in the sand and burned back to Nicks' house on a dirt road so Kevin could have his turn.
BIG Problem: I had never been to Nicks' place and rode the 3 wheeler out of his yard (He lived on the edge of town) on one end and came back on the dirt road along a milo field. I was in 4th, pinned when my reversed hat blew off. I lifted, and thats when I noticed the 1" rusty steel cable strung across the dirt road to keep trespassers out.
I just touched the brakes when I hit the cable, it started at my wrists and went up from there, caught my chin and flipped me for two backwards flips before I hit the ground.
I lay there for a little bit, ( Nick and Kevin thought I was dead) and then hopped up and tried to breathe. Problem was I couldn't, exhale or inhale. Just about the time I started to panic I blew a breath out and then did this ' drowning man' thing for couple minutes.
Damage: In the space of 2 hours I looked like I changed my race from the chest up. I literally turned black from my elbows to the tip of my chin. My throat was trashed, couldn't eat solids for 3 days, my neck got as big as my head! No bones where broken but my wife took P.O.'d to a bold new level.
The 250 recieved no damage other than re-aligning the ft. reservoir guard. ( and being rideless for a 100 yards)
Lesson: Obviously, don't drink and ride. :| Know the area you're riding in in every last detail, no shame in putt'ing around untill you've got it all memorized. I had no gear on other than steel toe'd boots.
But I believe to this day that had I been wearing an off-road style helmet, the chin guard would have provided enough extra leverage to kill or (worse!) paralyze me when the cable snapped my head back.
They say God looks out for fools, drunks, and little kids. I was definately two of those and possibly a third.
Youngsters, fun times can get deadly in a heartbeat :whoa: !!
Tim
Ok, "The one that should'a killed me"
Place: Clearwater, Ks. (unincorporated :nener: ) Fall, 1998
Group: Two third shift work buddies.
Problem: 7am is "Miller Time" to us 3rd shifters so we went to Nicks' place to maul a thirty-pack. After pounding said 30pack, we decided to fire up Nicks' tricked out 250R three-wheeler and go rip up a bit of the Arkansas river sand that was a 1/2 mile from his backyard.
I was having a blast in the sand and burned back to Nicks' house on a dirt road so Kevin could have his turn.
BIG Problem: I had never been to Nicks' place and rode the 3 wheeler out of his yard (He lived on the edge of town) on one end and came back on the dirt road along a milo field. I was in 4th, pinned when my reversed hat blew off. I lifted, and thats when I noticed the 1" rusty steel cable strung across the dirt road to keep trespassers out.
I just touched the brakes when I hit the cable, it started at my wrists and went up from there, caught my chin and flipped me for two backwards flips before I hit the ground.
I lay there for a little bit, ( Nick and Kevin thought I was dead) and then hopped up and tried to breathe. Problem was I couldn't, exhale or inhale. Just about the time I started to panic I blew a breath out and then did this ' drowning man' thing for couple minutes.
Damage: In the space of 2 hours I looked like I changed my race from the chest up. I literally turned black from my elbows to the tip of my chin. My throat was trashed, couldn't eat solids for 3 days, my neck got as big as my head! No bones where broken but my wife took P.O.'d to a bold new level.
The 250 recieved no damage other than re-aligning the ft. reservoir guard. ( and being rideless for a 100 yards)
Lesson: Obviously, don't drink and ride. :| Know the area you're riding in in every last detail, no shame in putt'ing around untill you've got it all memorized. I had no gear on other than steel toe'd boots.
But I believe to this day that had I been wearing an off-road style helmet, the chin guard would have provided enough extra leverage to kill or (worse!) paralyze me when the cable snapped my head back.
They say God looks out for fools, drunks, and little kids. I was definately two of those and possibly a third.
Youngsters, fun times can get deadly in a heartbeat :whoa: !!
Tim
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My worst injury was in August of 06. I was riding with my freind on my track and he was going a little too slow so I took a different path that wasn't maintained and hit a bump and went over the handlebars and my helmet pushed into and broke my right clavicle (collar bone). So that sucked. :bang:
i racefast125
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i laid my bike at 30 mph, got a little too cocky and leaned it to far tore up my good pants, huge cut all over my leg
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yz250-effer
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At once?
left leg: broken femur ( condials off the bottom), severed ACL, Patellar tendon.
right leg: Patella (kneecap) broken in about 5 pieces.
Worst part besides the therapy was being stuck in a wheelchair with the legs straight out for 12 weeks, and the addittional surguries to get things as good as possible.
Cause - idiot track owner decided to "dress up" the downside of a large table top with a front end loader while there were still people on the track. Luckily, the front end loader blade broke my fall.
Lesson: Alway be wary of - and appreciate - things you take for granted - Life, Brain, Spine, Wife, and of course, heavy equipment combined with idiot track owners.
To add insult to injury, the bike was totalled as well! :fft:
left leg: broken femur ( condials off the bottom), severed ACL, Patellar tendon.
right leg: Patella (kneecap) broken in about 5 pieces.
Worst part besides the therapy was being stuck in a wheelchair with the legs straight out for 12 weeks, and the addittional surguries to get things as good as possible.
Cause - idiot track owner decided to "dress up" the downside of a large table top with a front end loader while there were still people on the track. Luckily, the front end loader blade broke my fall.
Lesson: Alway be wary of - and appreciate - things you take for granted - Life, Brain, Spine, Wife, and of course, heavy equipment combined with idiot track owners.
To add insult to injury, the bike was totalled as well! :fft:
Wow, ouch front end loader! 1982 RM125, Red Bud money moto on the pro track, making a fast right-hand cut-back and my right foot caught something and it flew back, the rear tire grabbed it and stuck it in between the swingarm. Back tire skidded to a stop with my foot in it.That sure sucked standing there on one foot, trying to bump back to dislodge my foot! DNF and a broke leg.
wirefryer#85
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Anyone noticing a trend here?
A resonable percentage have had the T'BO! , I.E., "The Big One!" and lived to tell us about it.
That's why some of the regulars on this site get a bit firm on the newbies!
They're walking around on knees full of broken glass and spines that ain't made of OEM material anymore and wish all this new protective gear was available back in the day. :bang:
It's alot cheaper to fix your ride! Spend a few bucks on covering your be-hind! :cool:
A resonable percentage have had the T'BO! , I.E., "The Big One!" and lived to tell us about it.
That's why some of the regulars on this site get a bit firm on the newbies!
They're walking around on knees full of broken glass and spines that ain't made of OEM material anymore and wish all this new protective gear was available back in the day. :bang:
It's alot cheaper to fix your ride! Spend a few bucks on covering your be-hind! :cool:
i racefast125
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i snapped my femur in half when i was 3 in a car wreck my 4 year old bro had 6 six skull fractures, mom broken tailbone, my dad one pissed off man
any1 know why i didnt need any rods or screws?
any1 know why i didnt need any rods or screws?
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I am recovering from a ruptured achilles tendon. Did the other side 7 years ago exact same way. No more soccer for me.
i racefast125
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so im 16 and still growing and if i needed pins and screws in my legs i would have to get em?
and if i did one shoe would be shorter?
and if i did one shoe would be shorter?
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How would pins in your legs make your shoes smaller?
Who's on first?
wirefryer#85
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Impressive! There's almost enough screws to hang a couple sheets of drywall.
Ouch!
Ouch!
richard8reynolds
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i would have to say... dislocating my shoulder... took me a couple o months to recover to... that god i havn't had worse... yet...
