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tyify
Sep 7, 2003, 6:46 PM
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As I sit here with my broken foot and sprained ankle I wondered; what is the worst injury you've ever sustained while climbing?
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robmcc
Sep 7, 2003, 7:30 PM
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I hurt my pride pretty bad once, but other than that, only minor injuries.
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rockclimbr
Sep 7, 2003, 7:35 PM
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i broke my back, still not climbing..soon...very soon (yes its been over 3 months too :( )
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tyify
Sep 7, 2003, 9:09 PM
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owwww...How did you break your back?
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pisceian
Sep 7, 2003, 9:58 PM
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Torn ligaments in my shoulder which caused it to dislocate at gymnastics a few days later. It's been about 6-7 months of healing and no gymnastics for me, but luckily climbing doesn't hurt!
Hope you get well soon,
Pam
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astrocrag
Sep 7, 2003, 10:19 PM
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I broke the talus bone in my left foot. I wasn't able to weight my foot for three months.I finally went and climbed on Aug. 6 four months and three weeks after I broke it. I still have a long way to go before it is back to normal. I still have a limited range of motion and it is still swollen. How bad did you break yours? If you need some advice, I'd be glad to give it. I could have done some things to ease my recovery period by exercising my leg to minimize the atrophy, which happened faster than I thought it would.
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adamwvt
Sep 7, 2003, 10:43 PM
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I just got back from the ER, and my left leg is broken where the tibia meets the ankle. Im going to see someone tomorow about it. I had to rap twice, and hike an hour to get back to the car. Thanks again for carying my pack Matt. I fell on a #3 Metolious cam, and was using double ropes.
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tyify
Sep 8, 2003, 12:50 AM
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I broke the 5th metatarsal in my foot by falling off my personal wall and hitting my stairs instead of my pad..
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b_fost
Sep 8, 2003, 1:09 AM
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NO! Ah! this is sick!! Brian shouldn't be in here!
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johnfromohio
Sep 8, 2003, 1:22 AM
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i took a sport lead fall, 16 feet into a ledge, tore ligaments in my left footside outside part, sprained the inside, middle (yes u can sprain the middle) :? , and of course the outside part of it where the torn ligaments were at. Almost broke a couple of parts of my ankle, only 2 weeks off from climbing but i didnt climb good for 2 more weeks, and i had mile and half hike out and then a 5 hour drive home :lol: :D makes for good excuses and conversations.
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akicebum
Sep 8, 2003, 3:01 AM
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Fell (In the gym of all places) and pushed my radius four inches into my bicep (dislocated elbow). Two month recovery led to a decent ice season, now a full year later I am onsighting where I was last year and redpointing two grades higher. Chin up, you'll be climbing again in know time.
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papounet
Sep 8, 2003, 12:50 PM
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is this a "my xxx is bigger than yours" thread
Let's face it,
mine is worse than yours
http://www.rockclimbing.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=33690&postdays=0&postorder=asc&topic_view=&start=16
and the full set
http://www.rockclimbing.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=35440&start=6
Why don't you start posting how BITCHY I am ?
I am so Bored at work I'll start boldify every second word and style myself :
Pass The Plaster Papounet
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herm
Sep 8, 2003, 1:36 PM
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I've boken a foot and a finger, but the most dangerous part of climbing occurs when you break up fire wood. Major bad owies!
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tyify
Sep 8, 2003, 11:00 PM
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Break up firewood?
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lollipopchic
Sep 9, 2003, 2:31 PM
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Fractured my foot and sprained my ankle real bad at a bouldering comp in the gym... Couldn't climb on it for two months. Have started climbing again, but the ankle is still a bit of a weak spot (I tore the ligaments pretty bad).
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lemurboy
Sep 9, 2003, 2:52 PM
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Flapper
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shocker
Sep 9, 2003, 3:42 PM
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I've got an addiction. That qualifies as an injury, doesn't it?
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scottcody
Sep 9, 2003, 3:45 PM
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So this is the thread of the RC.com'ers that you should NOT climb with! :lol:
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fredo
Sep 11, 2003, 11:31 PM
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Fractured Talus... Still recovering...(3weeks ago)
HAve been doing a lot of rehab to the leg and working on ankle mobility..seems to help (my spirits anyway, demons still need excorcising!!! :evil: )
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rock_diva
Sep 11, 2003, 11:38 PM
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fractured calcaneus (heel bone)
still gives me some pain, but my climbing is back up to par
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beercanclimber
Sep 12, 2003, 12:01 AM
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hurt ego...but that mended quickly and stronger than before.
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superfox
Sep 12, 2003, 12:44 AM
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I don't actually know when I got this injury, but I would guess it happened during climbing, and that was breaking the bone next to the growth plate in the middle knuckle on my middle finger of my left hand (I'm a lefty). I went to the doctor in June after it swelled and hurt when I tried to bend it more than 50%, and he said it was probably just sprained, so he suggested I just let it heal by itself, so I left it alone until September, climbing as usual, and even qualified and went to the junior nationals (I was 14) and did horribly. It was still swollen and painful in September, so I went back, got it X-Rayed, found out it was broken, and kept it in a bent metal splint for two weeks, not climbing. Then I went to a finger specialist, and he told me that the bend splint wasn't helping it, so I got a straight metal bar I taped to my finger to keep it straight. I wore that for about four months (it healed really slowly), but had to wear it while I climbed so I wouldn't pull the weak bone apart again for about two months.
To keep climbing, I made a bent metal "hook" that went around my left wrist to use instead of my left hand. It was kind of like a small, blunt version of an ice axe, and I could finally hold onto all of those crimpers that used to frustrate me. . .
It is still kind of swollen, and I can't bend it all the way, but it is healed.
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herm
Sep 12, 2003, 7:31 AM
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A couple of weeks ago i was doing an alpine rock route, and a big hunk of my wisdom tooth inexplicably fell out. ...Oh, that explains it.....
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rockbabe
Sep 14, 2003, 2:30 AM
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Believe it or not, a bruised breast. Took a short pendelum fall and hit a small corner. That hurt!
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ggriff
Sep 14, 2003, 3:31 AM
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I fell on a pendulum and pulled a cam out. Broke my back. Compression fracture L2 & L3. As long as I do the stretches I have no real problems. I was on a grade over my abilities and hit a rock at the deck.
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