Injury Thread

[JasonB]

Was thinking about it the other day; we all have accidents from time to time. What all have you broke/fractured/cut open? Just anything, doesnt have to be atv related



I broke my ankle this last sunday in 3 places and now have a plate and 8 screws.


I broke my shoulder and stretched the nerve trunk at Trikefest 2009 and had to have PT but no surgery. Heres a shot of me trolling campsites in my sweet sling. pretty much all they did at the local ER was give me pain killers and a sling so i hung out for 4 days shirtless for the remainder of TrikeFest 2009. I wrecked on my kfx700. It took me 3 months to get full use of my arm back.


I wrecked my 85 250SX when i was 21 and had to have 33 stitches and a drain put in my left leg. Heres a shot of my Leg before they stitched it up. I wrecked and didn't even lift my pant leg up to see the wound; i saw blood on my shoe and packed my bike up and went to the ER LMAO. after they cut my pants off i was yelling at everyone about reacting to it and describing it because i didn't want to know how bad it was. I didn't see the picture of the wound or the witched up wound itself for 2 weeks after the incident just to avoid the mental pain i would have knowing how bad i injured myself. I still don't have full feeling due to the nerve damage in the area i cut myself. They didn't give me anything to kill the pain for TWO FREAKING HOURS while they decided on either taking me to the Operating Room or just stitching it back up in the ER. It hurt, i would say comparable to the ankle break from 2 weeks ago.


I broke my wrist snowboarding when i was 17 in Utah

I broke my right arm when i was 17 skateboarding

Rolled my right and left ankles countless times skateboarding in my late teens/early 20's that have made for some sore joints

I broke my right ankle when i was like 12; Horseback riding when another horse kicked my ankle and broke it.

Thats most of the major stuff. plenty of good cuts and atv/snowboarding/skateboarding related junk that hurts still

what have you guys all broken/fractured/cut?

[jakep53]

well i'm lucky i've never broken anything and i've never crashed an atv or trike had a few nasty crashes on a dirt bike the result my face had no skin
so heres my list
no skin left on my face X3 once on a dirt bike a twice on a mountain bike.....

[atctim]

Jason - first and foremost, GET WELL SOON!!!!!

I have yet to break a bone (except my tail bone - while being pulled behind a big red on a plastic sled back in 1999)
I did do severe neck damage to myself at Malvern back in 2009. I came off my bike in the whoops section in 4th gear pinned, did a straight up head slide for many feet! Looking back - I'm happy to be alive.

[Kintore]

I have broke my ankle from a snowmobile
Broke my wrist at Malvern overshooting a 65 ft table
Broke my pinky finger that still has never healed right at NEMX indoors
Broke and Bruised countless ribs from eating soil samples


Just what I can rememeber, remember kiddies- PROPER GEAR IS IMPORTANT!

[Lord Letto 20]

Slipped on some ice back in December 2009, Broke my Right Ankle in 2 places, had to get surgery to get a plate installed.
When I was younger, like 3 or so, I fell of my brothers shoulders and broke one of my hips, spent some time in the Janeway children's hospital with a body cast and I think I also had a broken big toe from something when I was young, not sure.

[200xranger]

I was in your position last summer, broken left ankle with 2 screws. PT helped ALOT when I was ready for it. Get well and dont rush it lol
2nd grade I fractured my left collarbone
7th grade I strecthed all the ligaments in my right ankle playing roller hockey and got hit by a car on a bike but no injury
stitches 2 different times

[ebaccm26]

Never done anything too crazy injury wise... I seem to be bad with phalanges though, have a more than average amount of scars on my fingers and have broken a few toes but that is about it....

Some of you guys need to be more careful...

[Caminofeld]

I sneezed once...

[brd812]

I played high school and college football, so I know the alphabet . ACl,PCL,MCl, and LCL on 1 knee and just PCL on the other. 3 years ago I broke and dislocated my ankle on a snowmobile , I'll skip the details. It still sucks and swells. I feel for you. Good luck

[JasonB]

Well this will probably be removed by a moderator but here's some tasty shots of my ankle injury from 2 weeks ago! They pulled the stitches and gave me a walking cast I can't out weight on for 4 weeks. First shot is the inside of my ankle where a chunk of skin is just missing and you can see the fat. I can finally get it wet today lol no more sponge baths for this filthy bast age. THe pics below the first shot are from wednesday when they pulled the half cast and put those white tape strips on , they told me the strips are supposed to fall off on their own over time. they look nasty by now 3 days later





Bone appetite!

[El Camexican]

Nice! I suddenly crave a cheese pizza, so gotta run, but GWS buddy!

[Chopsaw]

Ran a drywall screw thru my left wrist , tried to back it out with a screw driver , but it was wrapped up in the tenon that controlled my thumb . Surgery .
Stepped on a board with a 12 common nail in it . Thru the boot and in the bottom out the top of my right foot . Lots of blood and pain . Tuffed that one out .
Tore my right bicep off the bone lifting 3/4 plywood to the roof . Surgery .
Right shoulder blew up lifting 12 foot 5/8 Drywall . Surgery .

All in a days work .

[M.Pargiello]

I have broken about every toe, one as recent as 8-9 months ago. I'm just soft in the head and lunk around the house running into chit.
Broke 3 ribs, ring finger, and lost some hearing in a crash almost 2 years ago, last time I rode without a helmet. Twisted ankle and knee when I hit a tree while I was healing from the first crash. I'm usually really good about not dumping it haha
Broke my nose 3 times and more fingers racing BMX as a teen
Busted teeth/face, rolled ankles and plenty scrapes skateboarding.
Shredded my right ear to the point it needed surgery as a kid, looks good now
No real injuries snowboarding. I guess I'm a little more accident prone than I thought....

[90guy]

Man, Sounds luck I have had nothing lol!
Just put a rim and tire together for a high wheel sprayer Rolled it off our tire machine and lost it and got pinned under it. Broke 3 metatarsals in my right foot. Thankfully it wasnt much. Kid on a farm 20 miles north had the same thing happen. Pulling the wheel off the sprayer itself pinned him fused 3 vertebrae and broke his hip in 5 places. And then have the typical rolled ankles sprained wrists and stuff from sports and long boarding. Nothing to right home about.

[JasonB]

Man, Sounds luck I have had nothing lol!
Just put a rim and tire together for a high wheel sprayer Rolled it off our tire machine and lost it and got pinned under it. Broke 3 metatarsals in my right foot. Thankfully it wasnt much. Kid on a farm 20 miles north had the same thing happen. Pulling the wheel off the sprayer itself pinned him fused 3 vertebrae and broke his hip in 5 places. And then have the typical rolled ankles sprained wrists and stuff from sports and long boarding. Nothing to right home about.

damn! that sounds scary. Speaking of longboarding, i got away unscathed from accidents on all my boards, but there was a guy in college that i used to bomb hills with late at night after we were good and smashed; i saw him slam his head into the pavement SO HARD trying to step off his board at high speed hahahahahahahahahhaa.