The Sports Injury Thread

[thr33niL]

Well I had a fun weekend.

Took a snowboarding trip to Mt. Hood for the weekend and had a blast. That is.. until the last half of Sunday when I spent 2 hours in the emergency room.

My buddies and I were hitting the pro park and trying to out do one another trick wise. Well I was kicking some butt and hit a 40 foot jump with a frontside 360 in mind. Long story short, I didn't make it all the way around and caught a back edge and landed directly on my left shoulder. It was pretty icy so it felt like I landed on concrete. I got up cleared the cobwebs and tried to shake it off. I lifted my left arm over my head and felt a twinge but not much pain. I reached over with my right hand and felt my shoulder only to notice my collar bone was sticking up like 2 inches.

F***! I thought I broke my collar bone.

I went to the med station got a bag of ice and headed for the nearest hospital. Well it wasn't broken but they called it a ruptured or sprained AC joint. The AC joint is where the collar bone attaches to the shoulder and it seperated. Thats why my bone was sticking out like it was. They said there was nothing really to do about it but let it heal since they don't do surgery to re-attach it since the collar bone moves around too much.

I've talked to a few people that have had this happen and I guess its not as bad as it seems. A fully functioning shoulder is pretty normal after an injury like this from what I hear and is what I'm hoping for.

Just curious if anyone has had one. The doctor said it is very common for skiiers and football players to get since it is a blunt trauma to the shoulder. Check it out. Mine isn't as bad as the guys pictured in the link since mine a "grade 2" and the one pictured is a "grade 3". Pretty sick though..

Acromio-clavicular joint (ACJ) sprains

[Homer]

dang, so this is what you've been doing? hehe. it's good to hear you're okay though.

but yeah that's pretty common. with a grade II, it's usually placed in a brace of sorts for 1-6 weeks depending on the severity. was there much of a deformity? that's usually something to also be concerned with, as it may heal that way too. your biggest worry is the proper rehab later down the weeks here. physical therapy is the obvious, but there are other things that need to be done too. you can pm me if you wanna know more.

[thr33niL]

Well its obvious nobody ever gave a crap about my situation 'cept Homer. Us Northwesterners gotta get each others back I suppose. 'Ef all you other guys who didn't give a crap!

Anyway this has been a long process. Had surgery the 11th of April so the cutters could screw my sh*t back together. Just went to my last Orthopedic visit today before I get the screw out. Going back on the 18th of July to yank that bad boy out of there. I couldn't be more happy.

Feeling a lot better. I almost have full range of movement and the strength in my shoulder is coming back big time. My first couple weeks back at work were MURDER. My shoulder was so atrophied it was ridiculous. Every muscle around the shoulder was extremely sore. Was eating Ibbys like they were Skittles.

I finally snapped a picture of my X-Rays. The screw is gnarly! I want to keep it if they let me.

[fred13]

whoa, didn't even notice this thread until now. I feel like a little kid saying this, but that x-ray is pretty cool

Hope your feeling better, although now that you've healed you'll be spending more time outdoors and less time making kick-*** cyberfaces

If you are still in the modding game though, any update on that Accardo face? :)

[Homer]

yeah, that atrophy is always fun to deal with. you're gonna need a lot of rehab to get the strength back. make sure your rehab addresses coordination, muscular balance, and neuro-muscular re-education also. i would suggest joint manipulation also to avoid later effects.

and they shouldn't have a problem letting you keep the screw. looks like you have a pretty healtht skeleton otherwise.

i'll be watching the m's the next few years in case you're out there throwing 100mph.

[stEdfuNk]

that xray is sick haha why do you wanna keep the screw though? isnt it umcomfortable? or do you just wanna use it as a conversation piece? lol

[thr33niL]

whoa, didn't even notice this thread until now. I feel like a little kid saying this, but that x-ray is pretty cool

Hope your feeling better, although now that you've healed you'll be spending more time outdoors and less time making kick-**** cyberfaces

If you are still in the modding game though, any update on that Accardo face?

So true man. Ever since I have been working and am half-way able to partake in physical activity, I have been outside living it up.

Honestly, when I first did this, I never wanted to hit a baseball, play catch, swing a golf club, lift weights, etc etc etc. more in my life! Just when you can't do something is when you realize how lucky you are when you can.

Lesson learned. Don't take your physical health for granted. .. And .. uh.. don't land on your head doing stupid snowboard tricks.

Fred.. you keep bugging me and I will eventually spew out that Accardo face. Should be done with it by the end of the season. I promise.. haha.

[Homer]

Don't take your physical health for granted.

i'm gonna need you to come lecture my patients about this. the best advice i can think of.

this is the second best:

And .. uh.. don't land on your head doing stupid snowboard tricks.

[Hory]

Must be a coincidence for injuries amongst MVPmodders, on Saturday night I stepped out my front door and slipped on some grass dislocating and breaking my ankle in three places.

I'll tell you this much for free, being a cripple sucks ***.

[Homer]

dang that sucks. which bone broke?

[Hory]

A huge break in the fibula and another small one in my ankle and a break across my foot, the worst thing is I can't have the surgery to put a metal plate and screws in there until the swelling caused by the dislocation goes down.

[Homer]

i feel for ya. that really sucks. you must've hit pretty dang hard to do that kind of damage.

[stEdfuNk]

ive never broken a bone *knock on wood*

[thr33niL]

yeah, that atrophy is always fun to deal with. you're gonna need a lot of rehab to get the strength back. make sure your rehab addresses coordination, muscular balance, and neuro-muscular re-education also. i would suggest joint manipulation also to avoid later effects.

and they shouldn't have a problem letting you keep the screw. looks like you have a pretty healtht skeleton otherwise.

i'll be watching the m's the next few years in case you're out there throwing 100mph.

You ain't kidding brotha. There was a point where the front of my deltoid looked like is was almost completely gone. Same with the back of my shoulder blade. The muscle was just not there any more.

It is finally coming back though. I'm still working on my AROM exercizes and am excited to be doing it. Passive ROM is pretty depressive. Basically just having someone else move your arm around for you.

I don't know about the 100MPH I was hoping for. Been doing my best to loosen the arm and its becoming counter productive to my 'Rookie of the Year' movie theory. Little inside joke Homer and I had. I was hope my tendons would heal up tight like in the Rookie of the Year and then I could learn to throw lefty and chuck up 100mph cheese. Not looking too likely.

Must be a coincidence for injuries amongst MVPmodders, on Saturday night I stepped out my front door and slipped on some grass dislocating and breaking my ankle in three places.

I'll tell you this much for free, being a cripple sucks ****.

That is horrible my friend. I truly feel for ya.

Throughout my ordeal, all I could do to keep my spirits up is thank god that it was a shoulder injury and not a leg injury. Having an arm injury is nothing compared to being completely demobilized by injuring a leg.

You have officially trumped my situation and made me feel less sorry for myself.

[RaptorQuiz]

A friend of mine and I were at a party. We were outside... playing horseshoes, drinking, being merry, etc. This was this past Saturday.

Anyway, my friend (let's call him "Jordan"... cuz that's his name) was horsing around with another guy, who happens to be a state-champion wrestler.

Jordan is 6'2", 210, built like a tank. Pitches for his college. This other kid is actually smaller than me - he is like 5'6", 120. So anyway, Jordan and this kid are "wrestling" around and he takes Jordan down. Well, his foot got planted funny, and he thought he broke his ankle. He went to the hospital and...

...good news: Ankle not broken.

...bad news: Leg IS broken.

Badly, in fact. Apparently, an inch or 2 or 3 above the ankle, the fibula snapped as he fell (smaller bone), which allowed him to start to spin around his vertical axis... thus the tibia (larger bone) radially fractured, meaning a spiral break, basically disinregrating a portion of the bone.

It's atrocious. He is about to attend Rolla (Missouri State school) on a baseball scholarship, and this is his landing leg. If he can't pitch for them, without the scholarship, he won't be able to afford it.

Tomorrow he's going to the hospital to have the first round of orthopedic surgery: They're supposed to install a titanium rod and plate, and probably bone-mesh-screen as well.

The doctor's FIRST approximation was that he can start rehabbing (throwing from flat ground) in 4 weeks, and resume throwing from a mound in 6-8 weeks. If there are no set-backs, he should be okay for next season, but if there are any problems... well that would be extremely bad news.

Anyway - I don't wanna hijack the thread - I just figured with all the talk of horrific bone-related injury going on, I just HAD to share this one that just happened.

If I get any pix of the x-ray, I'll be sure to post 'em! :)

[thr33niL]

that xray is sick haha why do you wanna keep the screw though? isnt it umcomfortable? or do you just wanna use it as a conversation piece? lol

Definitely a conversation piece. I want this damn thing out of my shoulder asap!

I would be getting it out tomorrow but as Homer has astutely pointed out, I have good bones.

The doctor said that the screw usually loosens up within two months and is ready to be taken out. Turns out mine is barely starting to loosen and is still serving the purpose of holding the collar bone in place and down. In that case he said there really is no rush to take it out.

I have never broken a bone in my life (though many times, I should have). I attribute my Adamantium-like bone strength to drinking 2-3 gallons of milk a week.

Drink milk kids. It does a body good! :)

[Homer]

ouch!! those spiral fractures are nasty. hope the guy is okay...bit of advice, in four weeks if he starts throwing again, he needs to be careful with his shoulder. he's probably gonna be very cautious with his leg for obvious reasons, but make sure he's very careful with the rest of his body. especially if he's gonna play college ball. he'll be very prone to injury to other parts of his body during that time. it's very crucial.

[RaptorQuiz]

I attribute my Adamantium-like bone strength to drinking 2-3 gallons of milk a week.

That's funny... I attribute the adamantium-like hardness of my liver to the fact that I drink 2-3 gallons of alcohol a week.

We might be on to something here. :lmao:

[thr33niL]

We should morph this into a:

"Tell us about your sports injuries and post your X-Rays thread."

Homer could be the on-thread (on call) doc telling us how this crap works.

[thr33niL]

That's funny... I attribute the adamantium-like hardness of my liver to the fact that I drink 2-3 gallons of alcohol a week.

We might be on to something here. :lmao:

Now thats funny. :toothless:

[RaptorQuiz]

ouch!! those spiral fractures are nasty. hope the guy is okay...bit of advice, in four weeks if he starts throwing again, he needs to be careful with his shoulder. he's probably gonna be very cautious with his leg for obvious reasons, but make sure he's very careful with the rest of his body. especially if he's gonna play college ball. he'll be very prone to injury to other parts of his body during that time. it's very crucial.

He pitched 4 years in high school and then 2-years w/ a local community college... he was on the DL once w/ a shoulder injury. This is supposed to be his first experience with a "big" baseball program (Rolla isn't huge, but they're on the rise)... hopefully they will guide him thru this rehab appropriately.

My friend, Jordan, has a wicked curveball. I've seen a lot of people his age pitch, including his roommate who was drafted by the Devil Rays, and I've never seen a curveball like this... but his heat leaves something to be desired (mid 80's).

So I don't know if he has any realistic shot of making pro-ball... but his curveball definately has major-league promise, if nothing else.

But the real issue here is that, his curve was his ticket to college - and a secure future. I hope the doctors are correct, and he can pitch his way thru school - it would be a terrible shame if something derails him at this point.

(Sorry if I sound fatherly, but he's pretty much my best friend, and he's 5 years younger than me.)

[thr33niL]

I hope he can at least ride that talent to get a good education.

Difference between your friend and myself (besides the fact that he's ginormous) is that back when I was 18. I had the nasty 84 mph fastball (yes... you heard right.. 84) but with my lack of any sort of breaking pitches, the scouts were not knocking down my door.

Flat, low 80s fastballs with no threat of a curveball isn't so desirable past high school I imagine. :(

[RaptorQuiz]

I hope he can at least ride that talent to get a good education.

Difference between your friend and myself (besides the fact that he's ginormous) is that back when I was 18. I had the nasty 84 mph fastball (yes... you heard right.. 84) but with my lack of any sort of breaking pitches, the scouts were not knocking down my door.

Flat, low 80s fastballs with no threat of a curveball isn't so desirable past high school I imagine.

lol. tell me about it.

I didn't hit very well in high-school (at least not by high school standards, where you gotta hit .500 to be thought of as good), but my defense (usually 2B) was what kept me starting 3 of 4 years.

When I went to college, it was on a partial wrestling scholarship, but I also played baseball the first year.

Crazy thing? I was only a bench-player, but my defense (spread b/w 2B and RF), wasn't very good... but I hit almost .600 off the bench, and had a retardedly high slugging% considering I was 5'6" and 135. But nobody every confused me for a "good" baseball player. :wink:

I like to take batting practice against my friend (when his leg isn't broken) because I can still slaughter his 4-seamer. His 2-seamer has some sweet late-break, but I can still adjust to it. But that curve? It's filthy. I makes me look like I've never held a bat before, and I've seen him do the same thing to legit prospects. It's a real beauty: 12-6 break, approx 72 mph, and he's accurate with it.

I've actually been trying to teach him a circle change (which I threw with success in HS when I pitched), since his regular change is shifty at best... but I guess we'll all see what happens when his leg isn't made of jello anymore.

[Homer]

well if we're sharing, here's mine. took a grounder right in the face. best part was that it was during warm ups! i just mis judged one and it took a nasty hop right at my face. immediately walked to the dugout. blood gushed out before i knew it. all my friends were standing around me a half hour later as i had my face covered in ice and a towel. i was thinking to myself at the time that it couldn't have happened at a better time with all these other doctors on my team, but i quickly lost any confidence in that as they asked me to lower the ice pack for evaluation. i watched them all standing around me smirking and laughing, and then wathed the smiles slowly turn into a grimace as they saw my face.

one guy said my nose was completely under my left eye. wonderful news for me. anyhow, so i went to the ER and two of my buddies met me there. they came in chuckling with news of the story until they saw me covered in blood and quickly realized that it was actually pretty serious. so we sat there for a few moments in silence until i had enough and broke the ice, telling them "go head, let's hear it". at which point hysterical laughter broke out between the three of us. great stuff.

after two hours in the waiting room, the nurse finally brought me in, only for me to wait another hour in the room for the doc to come in. they take the films, and an hour later, he states "it's broke". i'm thinking, thank you sherlocke. i waited all that time for this? geez. he went on to stitch me up with no anestheisa. it was fine since i never really felt any pain. prescribed me some pain killers and sent me on my way. it was at that moment i decided that i would never work in a hospital. ever. of course weeks later they sent me a ridiculous bill which was expected, but i'm thinking, thanks for the professional courtesy. to top it off, they billed me separately for the ER, the doctor, and the x-ray reading. bastards, they couldn't even put it on one bill. to top it off they billed me for anesthesia which i never received. fun stuff. hey, did i mention this all happened a few weeks after i had been talking about how i'd never broke anything?

[thr33niL]

Homer.. man, I don't even know what I'm looking at there. Is that your face??? :toothless:

I was looking around some of the other forums I frequent and got trumped HUGE on the AC/collar bone injury. Check this out.

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