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ty159 10/7/2008 6:33am
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I've broken my T-11 and T12 vertabrae, and my nose! The nose was the bars to the face when I was 13, and the spine was in January, when I was 36!

Over the years I've learned I don't break too easily. I have very strong bones. Therer have been a few crashes that I really should have broken something, but have been either really lucky, or I bend really well instead of break!!
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SIMX 10/7/2008 6:39am
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Sucks.

After 47 years, many racing, off roading, atv's, drinking hijinx, blah, blah, blah I got my first broken bone last weekend.

Landscaping of all things. Dropped a railroad tie on it!
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SEEMEFIRST 10/7/2008 7:42am
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Ok, I gotta know. HTF did you break a tib playing golf?

I kicked a desk Friday night and broke the end of my middle toe while trying to wrestle a 125lb. sheppard/lab mix outside.

I considered complaining until I read this thread. I was hoping I was done with fractures.
mxstileschik34 10/7/2008 10:07am
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pull the holeshot against the boys = chain & sprocket

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MxBbayGirl 10/7/2008 10:09am
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Wow..
Do cracked ribs count??
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Foster576 10/7/2008 10:10am
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MxBbayGirl wrote:
Wow..
Do cracked ribs count??
no.
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MxBbayGirl 10/7/2008 10:14am
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Sad ohh well
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AMA714 10/7/2008 10:14am
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Since I started racing at 11 (1981)

L. Tib -Fib
Right wrist
3 fingers L.
2 fingers R.
L. shoulder dislocated to the point that the humorous bone was pushing on my rib cage under my pec.
Seperated R. shoulder x2. Torn Rotator cuff 2nd time,
L. clavical x2,
2 ribs L. side
5 ribs R.
Cracked sternum
Cracked scapula


This is going to sound odd but I dont fall very much...I might hit the ground 3 times in a year. I just give it 100% when I do...LOL
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AMA714 10/7/2008 11:57am
10/7/2008 11:57am
Glad I dont give it 200% like Trey Canard....
dirtbikersa 10/7/2008 12:32pm
10/7/2008 12:32pm
Broken femur, started riding about 4 months later. Had pins and rod removed about 2 yrs after.

Cracked tibia plateau, had two screws keeping it together. Started riding about 3 months later...

I still have lots of pain in my leg after breaking my femur!
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jB324 10/7/2008 2:56pm
10/7/2008 2:56pm
Broke my humerous bone (upper arm) and broke 2 bones in my back, L1 and L3.
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joe101uk 10/7/2008 4:55pm
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ive broken 3 ribs, my right wrist, and in april i broke 6 vertebrae in my back which resulted in me having to have to of my vertebrae removed ( L1, L2 ) and replaced with surgical cement...........and im planning on riding again sometime in november
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Digger437 10/7/2008 5:05pm
10/7/2008 5:05pm
All at the same time, had to save the left arm so at least I could wipe myself!

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anyday 10/8/2008 1:22am
10/8/2008 1:22am
je man that looks rough , i broke my femur in may was waiking ok up until 2 weeks ago because the doc decided to take the screws outa ma femur near my knee , i had a femural nail put in and im back 2 squre 1 , will i be of these dam crutches soon , anybody any ideas?
Transientthought 10/8/2008 2:52am
10/8/2008 2:52am
Robert wrote:
navicular x2, clavicle, thumb, index finger, tib & foot. Still have 6 screws in my leg and one in my wrist. [img]https://www.yamaboy.com/gallery/albums/userpics/brokethumb.jpg[/img]
navicular x2, clavicle, thumb, index finger, tib & foot. Still have 6 screws in my leg and one in my wrist.

I have similar artwork in my personal Xray collection.
Transientthought 10/8/2008 2:57am
10/8/2008 2:57am
I was reading some literature about how our bones become accustomed to the activities that we do because there are active properties inside the bones which respond to repetative stress loads and such. To make a long story short activities which differ from normally experienced physically activities involving impact seem to influence the structural integrity of our bones. Thus making things more prone to injury if the activity is novel. That is kind of a glancing overview, but it is interesting to think about.
Transientthought 10/8/2008 3:01am
10/8/2008 3:01am
I do not subcribe to the concept of luck, but this thread is the equivalent of saying 'One more lap." and well, you know.
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vachon522 10/8/2008 7:36am
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anyday wrote:
Anyone out there who has ever had a broken femur , how long was it before you were able to ride again
jay_547 wrote:
about six months for me but i was a kid at the time. now it would probably kill me. i was riding my streetbike and a...
about six months for me but i was a kid at the time. now it would probably kill me.

i was riding my streetbike and a little old lady decided that stop signs didn't apply to her. i spent six weeks in the hospital, followed by 12 weeks in a body cast. now my leg is 1-1/4" shorter than the other.
5 times broken right leg at the same place

My right leg is 1 1/4" shorter than the left one me too.Do you still riding?

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jay_547 10/8/2008 8:39am
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anyday wrote:
Anyone out there who has ever had a broken femur , how long was it before you were able to ride again
jay_547 wrote:
about six months for me but i was a kid at the time. now it would probably kill me. i was riding my streetbike and a...
about six months for me but i was a kid at the time. now it would probably kill me.

i was riding my streetbike and a little old lady decided that stop signs didn't apply to her. i spent six weeks in the hospital, followed by 12 weeks in a body cast. now my leg is 1-1/4" shorter than the other.
vachon522 wrote:
5 times broken right leg at the same place

My right leg is 1 1/4" shorter than the left one me too.Do you still riding?
yes, i did my femur when i was a kid. i didn't start racing mx until i was 27. i've been racing 22 years now. i just had acl reconstruction last week so i'm out until next year.
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BDOG 10/8/2008 12:54pm
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Listen to your doc and think long term. Took mine a good year and still hurts on rainy days.

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