the official injury thread- not for the squeamish?

[Andyr249]

And what did she say Holy?

[Sammajoor]

 

Doc says 6 to 8 weeks Holy.

 

That finger injury looked damn sore. And then you still rode to the end of the course. That's just certifiable man.

 

I wanted to know if you are crazy but like that would just be a rheorical question.

 

I think if there was a prize for the person who crashed the most' date=' you would be among the top contenders for the "prize."

 

Some day, a doc is going to ban you from riding again.

 

What is your penance this time? How long have you been told to stay off?

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where it happened was kinda inaccessible, so i had to get at least to the bottom of the hill and off the singletrack. i was kinda freaked out by how it looked and i guess the adrenaline just kicked in. the ambulance did appear about 2 kays from the end, but i thought it was better just to get sorted at the end.

 

my doc is a cyclist, and he said i can ride this weekend as the swelling is almost completely down now. he did stress that i have to take it easy. my mate, claudia, is a physio, and she had a look at it this weekend.

 

That sounds wrong.................. just a look

 

[Tumbleweed]

And what did she say Holy?

 

she reckons it's good to go. there is a slight "rotation" in the lower half of the finger, but it's not too bad. she'll actually be riding with me this weekend, so i'll have medical assistance on the trails

 

@samma?remember that t-shirt: I'm not a doctor, but i'll have a look"     

[Slave]

So you have a physioterrorist as a friend. Dude, you are more warped than I thought.

 

Take it easy Holy, I am told that the injuries will come back and bite you more as you get older.  Especially joint injuries.

[gremlin]

So officialy the injures from my crash are:

 

Fractured ribs 2 through 7 (6 of them with one fracrured in two places.)

Pneumothorax (Puntured Lung)

Fractured colar bone. (Now sporting titanium plate with 9 screws to hold it all together.)

Severley bruised ego.

 

It only hurts when I laugh. (Seriously) or when I cough and I dread the day I have to sneeze.

 

 

 

 

After my crash also Broken Collar Bone, and some Cracked ribs. After new year after all the laughing it was very painfull. As for Sneezing, its a killer, ribs just started feeling better and after the sneeze had pain again for 2 days.

[Tumbleweed]

So you have a physioterrorist as a friend. Dude' date=' you are more warped than I thought.

 

Take it easy Holy, I am told that the injuries will come back and bite you more as you get older.  Especially joint injuries.

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hahaha! she's surprisingly gentle with mehad brunch with her on sunday morning up at the glynnwood, and she told mer a story about this 180kg dude she has as a patient. she heaved him up on to his bed, and the doctor in the room remarked to a nurse: "see that's why i stay on her good side!

 

yeah, i've had a bad run over the last three years or so. gotta slow down a bit!   

 

[Slave]

HR, slowing down is maybe not so important as keeping the rubber side down.

 

I have been told this and I now believe.

 

Physios are not to be taken "lightly."

 

I recall opening my eyes at around 9 the day after my little crash. There was this dolly standing there looking at me.

 

"Oh no, I groaned."

 

Do you know who I am?" she asked with a shocked look on her face.

 

"Yeah!" I replied, "you're the tart who has come to inflict more pain on me. You are the physio lady and you have come to pound my ribs which are a tad sensitive."

 

Later on I had the nurse move me to another location so I could mindlessly watch the cricket through my morphine induced haze.

 

Next  morning there she was again. "Ah, so you thought if you move, I wouldn't find you!"

 

"Nothing of the sort darlin'" I quiped. "You have one of those looks that tell me the world is not large enough for me to hide away in, let alone try and hide awy in an ICU."

 

I think she accepted the humour since she actually did work very gently with me. I told her I could take a bit more pounding on the back and would lash out if it hurt too much. Think she took that warning to heart since she continued to be gentle.

 

Obviously, she doesn't work Saturdays becuase there was another Physio lady there to torment me on Saturday.

 

I looked at her and said, "Ahhh, so you are the new physioterrorist." The whole ward laughed.

 

 

[Tumbleweed]

nice to see you sense of humour wasn't injured!

 

working on the rubber side down thing 

[Sammajoor]

 

And what did she say Holy?

 

she reckons it's good to go. there is a slight "rotation" in the lower half of the finger' date=' but it's not too bad. she'll actually be riding with me this weekend, so i'll have medical assistance on the trails

 

@samma?remember that t-shirt: I'm not a doctor, but i'll have a look"     

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[Andyr249]

Hahahaha! Slave, glad your sense of humour didn't get broken along with your ribs and collar bone!

[Eedubz]

So, DH session at Spanish Farm on the 31st of December 2009 while on holiday in the Cape went a little pear shaped. OTB over the steep log drop near the bottom, and my left clavicle gets a proper seeing to...

 

 

 

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v284/Seanisking/Random/collar1.jpg

 

 

 

Doctor tells me to stop whining and just wear my sling for the next 8 weeks, oh and go see another surgeon in a week once I get back home to Joburg. Thursday the 7th of Jan I go see a surgeon, and the next morning, 6am, I'm at the reception of the Sandton Medi-Clinic, about to have an ORIF op on my clavicle...

 

 

 

4 days after surgery...

 

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v284/Seanisking/Random/18666_282471850785_530965785_513523.jpg

 

 

 

These are from my follow up appointment 2 weeks after surgery (Friday 22nd Jan)

 

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v284/Seanisking/Random/xray2b.jpg

 

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v284/Seanisking/Random/xray1b.jpg

 

 

 

Best decision I could have made. 10 days after op I was driving, 17 days after I'm back in the gym (only training legs and cardio though )

 

 

 

 

[TiBones]

 

TiBones II ?

 

When you do start training arms, its really important to work both arms to the level of the weaker one and not do mega stuff with the good one. Use it don't use it!

 

TiBones2010-01-27 02:02:00

[Eedubz]

Yeah I've been thinking about that. Would be pretty funny doing seated shoulder press with a 23 in the one hand and a 6/8 in the other

 

 

 

Building up a single speed XC bike for some rehad training before I jump back on the DH rig. Anyone with any of the folloing for cheap/free let me know:

 

 

 

medium frame

 

cranks and BB

 

80mm-100mm fork