Injuries

[EDBANGER]

Got a really pants injury yesterday.  Just hopped up a curb and for some reason my left ankle wasn't impressed.  Swollen and painful to ride on now.  I was meant to be going mountain biking in Cannock CHase tomorrow but a test ride around the block saw me nearly pass out when I dropped of a curb.  What's the quickest way to fix this up?

Also, whilst on topic what's the worst injury you've picked up during your a BMX antics?

[ED209]

Broken collar bone 2 months after getting back into it in 2009 ... never broken anything in my life until then.

Used Mat Hoffman as inspiration to get back riding 

[Mat]

Bit shit really but opened up the same shin recently that I sliced on a Tange headlock in '83

Stung like fook, but I didn't cry this time round .

[griff]

I accidentally left a bit of my finger on the bolster chisel when I hit it with a lump hammer today
 
should come up nice in the morning

[Jon The Bassist]

If there's no real damage to the joint then follow the RICE procedure (rest ice compression elevation).  I find ice cold ibuprofen gel straight from the fridge really helps 

I had lots of cuts and bruises from the old days (still got the scars!) but no breaks. Modern days broken cocyx, strained knee ligaments, strained ligaments across bottom of my hands (a few times  ), and a nice deep cut right down to my knee cap 2 months ago.

But that's nothing compared to most of the old gits I ride with eg Diggler, Richie, Rooski, Nada, Greg etc 

[EDBANGER]

Yep, using the RICE method and it seems to be working well.

Mat - well done for not crying    I bet there were a few choice words muttered that would have got you in trouble BITD day though.

I remember when a friend of mine slammed on his shoulder hard and broke his collar bone.  You could see the pointy bit of the bone on the verge of coming through the skin.  He was rolling around screaming trying ot convince one of us to stamp on it as he thought he' dislocated his shoulder.  Probably a good job nobody there had the balls to try that one.

[HUTCHMAN]

I accidentally left a bit of my finger on the bolster chisel when I hit it with a lump hammer today
 
should come up nice in the morning

wow...  you don't get injuries like that with a Dremmell 

[sawzall]

i recently fell off my old school cruiser on the way home from work when the chain tug snapped

and broke my ribs,damaged my elbow, shoulder ,back,cut both ankles and badly bruised

everything else

[That Swan Guy]

I fell off at MK13, did I tell you that?

[Spen69]

Ha ha. Broke three bones in my foot a few months back at the Boardroom in the gayest way falling off the mini ramp

Broke my face a few years ago but you've all seen that pic 

[pickle]

i recently fell off my old school cruiser on the way home from work when the chain tug snapped

and broke my ribs,damaged my elbow, shoulder ,back,cut both ankles and badly bruised

everything else

fook that sounds painful Phil     hope you've mended now ready for the Chinese run 

[sawzall]

not been on a bike since rob  i hope i will be repaired by mk,i can't miss the chinese run

[In2bmx]

Everything is Joffs fault . 

[Redline]

Snapped the cruciate ligament in my left knee back in 2003 after having a big off dirt jumping...and fook me it hurt when I did it!!!
Funnily enough it was my second outing on a new school bike I bought and I swore then never to buy another   

[snoopy72]

Bit shit really but opened up the same shin recently that I sliced on a Tange headlock in '83

Stung like fook, but I didn't cry this time round .

I did that BITD with a rat trap at full back spin thanks to a coaster brake, shins have got to be one of the most painful parts to bash IMO, apart from placing your peanuts either side of the top tube of course
Years ago my dad did something very funny, I built a jump in the back garden and my dad said give us a go , he jumped off the ramp but he landed with his arse on the rear tyre with forward rotation wedging his meat and 2 veg in between the tyre and rear brake bridge, that's what happens when jumping in swimming trunks with a string lining
I've never laughed so much

[dinglem]

Broken left kneecap, all four fingers across my left palm and 3 stitches to my forehead following a BMX head-on at a place called Linley Woods in the Midlands in '85 (closest thing to a natural half-pipe I've seen). I was lucky - the other guy ended up with a fractured skull 

[griff]

Broken left kneecap, all four fingers across my left palm and 3 stitches to my forehead following a BMX head-on at a place called Linley Woods in the Midlands in '85 (closest thing to a natural half-pipe I've seen). I was lucky - the other guy ended up with a fractured skull 

Ahh Linley woods that's just round the corner from my parents' old house
Not sure about the 'natural' bit though I think it was an old limestone quarry, but I know the bit you're on about - almost vertical drop down and then shoot up (watch out for the tree root halfway lol)

[dinglem]

Yup, they're actually Bell Pits for limestone extraction, plus there's a massive limestone mine (now flooded) under the surrounding area. Awesome place, and a BMX paradise BITD.

[bmxband1t77]

Apart from Shimano DX pedal shin destruction (still doin it today)


BITD I popped my thumb out jumping the coffin at ROM in Essex. Thought nuffing of popping it right back in and carrying on after a rest! Ahh the springy joints of youth!

[Waxintaxin]

popped both kidneys falling off a spine in 2007

really hurt lol

[fischflo]

stubbornly resurfacing boil from riding a bike too small for me for too long with me butt hanging well over the kashi areo.  i keep saying These bikes are dangerous

[bmxgirl]

Stretched ligaments in both wrists going over the handlebars many years ago.

[NORTY40]

Everything is Joffs fault .