The ORG broken bones club... [Archive] - SV650.org

svpilot

29-02-08, 02:33 PM

Hi all! :)

I was thinking the other day how most bikers are pretty good meteorologists. When I had my bike (RIP) I reckoned I could even smell rain coming.
This got me thinking how a lot of bikers are probably pretty knowledgeable in orthopedics as well, I reckon between us we have broken a lot of bones.
In an effort to prove that biking is not only fun, but educational too, let's see a list of your broken bones...

Bonus points for the correct medical terms.

Rules...
1. lets keep this to broken bones only
2. You are not allowed to tempt fate by saying "I haven't broken anything... "

So, for official entry to the sv650.org broken bones club... list those bones!

:crutches:

TSM

29-02-08, 02:42 PM

L1 in spine crushed, 30% loss of bone.

mister c

29-02-08, 02:57 PM

Crashed 6 weeks ago & fractured the back of my pelvis & separated the front by 4.2cms

TOY40

29-02-08, 02:59 PM

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/1/18/AC_Separation_XRAY_%28enhanced%29.png
Not a bone but a joint! Does this count.And it is sore. (Acromioclavicular Joint) AC Joint.

Grinch

29-02-08, 03:02 PM

Just the Scaphoid for me.

the_lone_wolf

29-02-08, 03:09 PM

I haven't broken anything...

Shellywoozle

29-02-08, 03:14 PM

Proximal Humerus for me :)

Dunno why I put a smiley face LOL wasn't funny still ain't !

neilfab

29-02-08, 03:51 PM

Both wrists, at the same time, one of which is still...trouble

Mr Toad

29-02-08, 03:57 PM

Femoral shaft fracture

TKR booked in for about 10 years time

http://i74.photobucket.com/albums/i247/Mr_Toad_650/Leg1Small.jpg

That's a Total Knee Replacement to you :shock:

svpilot

29-02-08, 04:02 PM

I haven't broken anything...

[-X

;-)

rictus01

29-02-08, 04:07 PM

I'm not even going to enter as I have an unfair advantage on just about everyone, not only 30 yrs riding, but 16 years of compatition, 52 different brakes and as to the medical names.... 12 yrs as a paramedic.

So I'll leave you lot to fight over the winning of this :D

Cheers Mark.

Richie

29-02-08, 04:10 PM

:smt023my thumb... and pride

wyrdness

29-02-08, 04:18 PM

Proximal Humerus for me :)

Dunno why I put a smiley face LOL wasn't funny still ain't !

It might not be funny, but it was humerus :p

I'll get me coat.

29-02-08, 04:21 PM

Superior pubic ramus
Inferior pubic ramus

AKA - 'pelvis'

busasean

29-02-08, 04:21 PM

both collarbones twice each! right shouder twice, right wrist in two places and scaphoid, right ankle and three ribs. (not all together though!)

29-02-08, 04:22 PM

In the 'Big Bad' bike accident nearly 20 years ago: multiple compound fractures to left Tibea and Fibula, a dislocated left knee, greenstick fractures to left hip, the left side of my pelvis, four left ribs, left humerus and ulna and a left shoulder that dislocated, but I put it back in when I bounced!

Broke the outside (the one running down from the little finger) bone in my right hand during a sword fight in full plate armour (when it degenerated into a brawl :twisted:) and still have a lump of bone there where it healed badly...

... cos I was a numpty, didn't think I'd broken it and so never went to A&E to get it checked out. :oops:

Oh, and I broke my left big toe by kicking my brother when I was about 7...

... but it was worth it. :twisted:

TOY40

29-02-08, 04:37 PM

both collarbones twice each! right shouder twice, right wrist in two places and scaphoid, right ankle and three ribs. (not all together though!)
And here was me thinking maybe I was mad getting back on a bike after my off.Silly me. This is defo worring me now.:(

sv-robo

29-02-08, 05:13 PM

broken neck in 2 places(c3/c5 vertabrae ithink)
fractured top left arm(humerous bone)
broken right hand(the guider bone up to the knuckle on the little finger/severed nerve)
smashed front tooth(teeth are a bone..yeah?)
all the above in the same accident?vicar was nice enough to read me the last rites also):reaper:

9yr old pillion on back of dad & thrown over top of oncoming car..resulting in
shattered left kneecap and 43 stitches.

NO MORE / PLEASE NO MORE

busasean

29-02-08, 05:25 PM

And here was me thinking maybe I was mad getting back on a bike after my off.Silly me. This is defo worring me now.:(

in fairness this does include a broken collar bone and shoulder as a result of a parachute jump (1st and last as I hate heights), but anyway it matters not because I am immortal. - or is that immoral? I always get confused.:D

northwind

29-02-08, 07:36 PM

Tame by comparison, just the right femur- crushed it at the neck- 3 metacarpals, pelvis and a rib.. All from different incidents, none from biking :) One of the fingers and the rib were done at gigs (Idlewild and Bad Religion), and with the pelvis and 2 of the metacarpals I never knew I'd broken them at the time, they were all picked up in seperate x-rays. Because I'm that hard :rolleyes:

kwak zzr

29-02-08, 07:47 PM

i just had a scratch compared to u lot lol :)

Mr Toad

01-03-08, 09:07 AM

i just had a scratch compared to u lot lol :)

Don't worry, it'll polish out :wink:

colinsv25

01-03-08, 07:56 PM

does a slipped disc count

mmmstrongbow

01-03-08, 10:58 PM

pretty lame but sore as ****! Distal radius fracture (broken wrist). done it 3 weeks ago

Lozzo

01-03-08, 11:16 PM

Lots, not as many as Rictus but lots.

RingDing

02-03-08, 10:16 AM

Burst fractures of T9 and T12, pinned fracture of left scaphoid and hairline fracture of some other bone in left wrist I don't know the name of. But none on the motorbike! MTB's are the way to go!

Let's not get competitive about this, the NHS won't be able to cope with ORG'ers throwing themselves doen the road to get the highest fracture count!

falc

02-03-08, 10:24 AM

I think bikers provide the NHS and its surgeons with lots of opportunities to ply their trade!

Broken bones, only the 8 ribs

kitkat

02-03-08, 11:52 AM

chipped bone in shoulder - off roading (carried on for another couple of hours)
broken toe - crawling under a table at a wedding while drunk (25 years ago)
broken toe - dropped a paving slab on it while looking at a ladybird (33 years ago)
broken toe - kicked wall while drunk (20 years ago)
all same toe
fractured cheek bone and jaw (courtesay of nice bf)

dizzyblonde

02-03-08, 12:17 PM

spinal fracture of number 3 lumbar? something like that.....not when biking, when drunk falling off 4 inch heels....oops. I was celebrating my birthday....I hadn't had a drink for ages as I'd just had my son 3 months before.....ooops.

Im Indoors has got a nice plate in his head of femur, due to a nice Vauxhall Omega lady running a crossroads.....hes got a rather big scar down his left bum cheek. Hes also got a nice piece of calf muscle missing, from his RD500 eating him for breakfast

Gordon B

02-03-08, 07:46 PM

Broken left tibula. Back to hospital next month as one of the screws from the pin has sheered off:smt101

Broken left pinkie. Healed crooked coz I didn't tape it for long enough.

BILLY

02-03-08, 10:05 PM

Left arm broken in 3 places a nice big plate to hold it together and wrist also 7 bones in left hand from a MX accedent 12 years ago! Right hand coller bone Knocked off my puh maxi when i was 16:(

yorkie_chris

02-03-08, 11:43 PM

Carpal bones, 5 of them which were in a couple of bits. And the thumb. From bike.

The scaphoid is the one that usually gets broken, and ironically it wasn't touched.

Also a couple of finger/knuckle injuries, from working in a sh1thole.

Paws

03-03-08, 07:55 PM

Tib AND fib in left leg-sept 2007 :)

Drew Carey

03-03-08, 09:31 PM

May as well make a list....Scaphoid bone, 6 fingers broken at different times, broken nose 4 times, broken right toe.

Only Scaphoid is bike related, the rest are all rugby injuries at various times.

GastonJ

03-03-08, 09:46 PM

Humerus, ulna in my right arm, both clavicles and almost all my ribs at the same time. Last but not least a phalange. None of it bike related I might add. :)

rob13

04-06-08, 01:21 PM

I can now add myself to this thread - 1 snapped left femur and 1 comminuted intra-articular right wrist fracture.

04-06-08, 01:26 PM

Never seen this club before.

Broken nose, now has massive bump on it.

Broken hand.....3 times

Shattered little finger.

(canoing accident) Broken tooth lol, now sorted out by the dentist

No bike related ones yet, I'm still waiting for my time to come.

plowsie

04-06-08, 01:33 PM

Both knuckles for my little fingers on each hand broken...

Fractured big toe...

Luckypants

04-06-08, 01:34 PM

Broken tibia - bike crash
dislocated pelvis (does that count), ribs, toe, other things - kayaking accident
broken ribs - football

don't have any cool scars though....

svpilot

04-06-08, 01:35 PM

Impressive list, you would have earned bonus points for the full medical terms ;)

04-06-08, 01:36 PM

don't have any cool scars though....

I never scar :( I never bruise either no matter how hard I'm hit or fall :confused:

Stig

04-06-08, 01:40 PM

11 ribs and Pelvis. Same accident.

Collarbone left. Plated and pinned

Collarbone Right.

Crushed disk. Replaced and fused.

That is all. Unless you want to start talking about other internal body parts damaged as a a result from some of those broken bones.

Kinvig

04-06-08, 01:43 PM

Viney

04-06-08, 01:45 PM

Broken Scapula front and rear, and radius after hitting my bike hitting a honda civic driven by a person with orange flip flops (Thats all i saw of them)

Stig

04-06-08, 01:51 PM

dislocated pelvis (does that count),

No. All 'old' people suffer from this at some stage.

:wink:

rob13

04-06-08, 02:06 PM

Well, biking related there's only be the fracturing of the bones in my left foot.

Took over 24 hours to get to a hospital in Kazakhstan that could help me.

They said that there was only the oen fracture. Back in the UK I got the NHS to check it out & they pointed out the scond fracture, I have to go back on Friday & they'll assess whether they need to break the bones to get them to heal correctly - the Kazaks put the cast on incorrectly.

Dirk, I thought you were back early when I read about your date yesterday! How are the injuries? What was the Dakar like as a bike? I am thinking of getting myself a 650GS for the short term for when I get back on early next year.

Luckypants

04-06-08, 02:19 PM

No. All 'old' people suffer from this at some stage.

:wink:

:smt067 Should have seen the bruises on my bits!! :pukel: Still you always gonna win this ****ing contest, so I bow out gracefully - thankful to have made it to this great age. :cool:

Paws

04-06-08, 02:31 PM

i'll add treacle to the list-broken collar bone from snow boarding

rob13

04-06-08, 03:01 PM

:smt067 Should have seen the bruises on my bits!! :pukel: Still you always gonna win this ****ing contest, so I bow out gracefully - thankful to have made it to this great age. :cool:

Mike, I can sympathise with you there, you should see the tank damage :eek: I managed to push it forwards about half an inch and put a dent in it which would make any man proud! I have found that I can barely last a whole night without needing the loo - is that uncommon?

Luckypants

04-06-08, 03:08 PM

Mike, I can sympathise with you there, you should see the tank damage :eek: I managed to push it forwards about half an inch and put a dent in it which would make any man proud! I have found that I can barely last a whole night without needing the loo - is that uncommon?

dunno, I was camping at the time I did mine and seem to remember getting up frequently for a wee. It was over 10 years ago now, so details hazy. The divers who came to find my body (ha they were wrong) left me some plants to help with sleeping, but beer was my chosen poison. Maybe the beer was related to it.

Bluepete

04-06-08, 03:19 PM

Feb '01 Broken 5th metacarple in an "argument" persuading someone they did, in fact, want to be arrested :rolleyes:

July '01 Fractured right tibia and fibula and at the same time, seperated the ligaments from the top of my foot. Flying a kite, yes, that's right, a kite. It was a very big one though and I did pretend to be Superman and fly. It was a very short flight and a very long recovery.

May '07 snapped anterior cruciate ligament, torn medial collateral ligament, torn medial meniscus, damaged patella. Oh, and a really bad graze on my knee too, felt like a kid, picking at it for weeks! More shennanegans at work.

yorkie_chris

04-06-08, 04:32 PM

Proof that the police are bad for you :-P

Stig

04-06-08, 07:02 PM

Bluepete

04-06-08, 07:12 PM

Proof that the police are bad for you :-P

I think it's proof that you are bad for the Police! ;)

rob13

03-07-08, 10:03 AM

Right for anyone who has broken their Femur and had a rod inserted, could you tell me how long it was before you were allowed to walk on it?

Stig

03-07-08, 10:08 AM

Right for anyone who has broken their Femur and had a rod inserted, could you tell me how long it was before you were allowed to walk on it?

SDMF (James) had that recently. I believe he was hobbling around on crutches straight away. A further 3 months before he was proper weight bearing and another few months after that he was back on the bike.

GSXR Carlos

03-07-08, 01:13 PM

big toe, left foot (twice in 2 months) :confused:

rob13

03-07-08, 01:45 PM

SDMF (James) had that recently. I believe he was hobbling around on crutches straight away. A further 3 months before he was proper weight bearing and another few months after that he was back on the bike.

:( Thats the kind of response I was worried about. 3 months without walking on it grrr

SAMMY650

03-07-08, 04:14 PM

Scaphoid (lost count how many times!):confused:

Split tibia (right) with 2cm depression on one side, resulting in a massive scar on right hip where they took bone to fix the dint in my leg! :(

That didn't work so last year they operated again! They broke my right femur and re-angled it by 5mm then plated it (9 screws holding it in):(

All resulting in 3 huge damn scars all on the same damn leg!:smt011

Robchester.......I'd say you're looking at around 3 months of not walking at all and another 3 months of 'walking' while your 'mates' take the pi$$ outta the way you're walking! (THAT WAS MY EXPERIENCE ANYWAY! I wanted to do this to all of 'em :smt075)
Saying that I did try and ride my mates Fazer400 two and a half months after the operation............NOT RECOMMENDED....IT HURT...ALOT!!!!!!!!!!!!!

JessicaRabbit

03-07-08, 05:51 PM

Err..

*Broken nose about 5 times. It's just a cartilagey mush now really. Lol
*3 Broken ribs left side - ran full-pelt into a cutlery trolley in catering college D'Oh!!
*2 Broken ribs right side - seatbelt injury from a car accident.
*Prolapsed, ruptured disc in the vertebrae in my neck. Don't. Headbutt. Girders. Or just don't stop the bike abruptly on a girder with your forks. (Long story!)
*Cracked sternum - avoid hitting the dash clocks when you crash your bike.
*Fractured ulna - avoid trying to break your fall when flying toward the ground at 40mph.
*Broken left little finger - Grinch snapped it (by accident, but he broked me... sniff).
*Broken right little finger - shut it in my own car door, D'Oh!!! again!!
*Fractured toes/phalanges of left foot - Dad ran it over with the car. Don't laugh.
*Dislocated left knee - I got thrown in a mosh pit at the Air Balloon pub in Pompey.
*Fractured cheekbone, orbital socket, collarbone, ribs (again), first and middle finger on right hand and nose (again)... courtesy of ex-husband.

This is just the snappy-stuff. Bring on the thread about illnesses and surgical operations... Then avoid me like the plague as I'm a Jonah... :D

Supervix

03-07-08, 07:39 PM

Broke 3 ribs whilst coughing when i had Pneumonia last year. That's it.

Gordon B

03-07-08, 09:24 PM

Right for anyone who has broken their Femur and had a rod inserted, could you tell me how long it was before you were allowed to walk on it?

Did my tib playing footie about 3 years ago. Had the choice of a rod or cast and chose the rod as the doc seemed to think I'd be up and about in (his words) a couple of weeks.

Nu uh.

Try AT LEAST 6 months before you are walking properly and that was after physio.

I was mobile, but crutches for 12 weeks and then a stick (cue many, many Biff jokes) for another 6 after that.

Sorry mate, but thats the way it is. But, now 2 and a half years on its like it never happened, apart from the scars, and the fact you can feel the screw heads through my skin.

Still, always a good ice breaker at parties!:)

JessicaRabbit

03-07-08, 10:25 PM

Broke 3 ribs whilst coughing when i had Pneumonia last year. That's it.

:o Ouch!!!! :o

MiniMatt

04-07-08, 02:41 AM

Christ, Ms Rabbit is winning I think?

Personally two broken fingers, neither as a result of motorised bicycles (despite 20+ crashes). Do you remember those wooden metre rulers teachers used to have? Do you remember how they used to smack them down on the desks of kids who weren't paying attention? Yeah? Well, my hand was in the way when you did that, thanks very much :D Twenty years later and I've still got the scars. Nowaday's I imagine it'd result in a national scandal and front page news, back then, well teacher was still there when I got back from hospital :D On the upside, I sure as hell paid attention in class :D

svpilot

04-07-08, 07:04 AM

Holy shmokes, there are some horror stories here!
As for breaking your ribs coughing! :eek:

Here's mine,

Fractured humerous (as others have said - not funny) When me and a friend invented the bungee jump. Apparantly they use elastic these days.

Dislocated patella

Fractured scapular
Spiral fracures of 4th and 5th metalcarpals - look after you hands guys because any wonkyness here and you are reminded constantly :(