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Gnarly Xray Images thread

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snomaster
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At Rowen's suggestion, I'll start this thread off (even though I don't have an orange name).

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Injury: Compression fractures at T4-5; incomplete spinal cord lesion.
How: DH biking. Bounced a landing and got tossed head-first into a tree.
When: October 2010
Surgeon work: spinal fusion T2-T8. Two rods, 12 screws + cadaver bone to help vertebrae fuse. (permanent)
Time to back on skis: 3 months, 7 days.

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Injury: Broken femur.
How: DH biking. Overshot a big jump and landed flat.
When: September 2005
Surgeon work: 1 rod, 3 screws (removed after 6 months)
Time to back on skis: 10 weeks.

MattyB has a great one to share! I know there are more.
15 years ago
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ski_2_liv
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Distal Femoral Osteotomy - March 2012
13 years ago
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JackRyan.
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this thread is a real buzzkill for the start of the season for me.
13 years ago
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NPF
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shivers all through my body... so fucked. i could never be a doctor.
13 years ago
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thehighestllama
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I don't have an x-ray but I caught my right IV distal phalanx (tip of the right ring finger) in an FKS while at work. I was careless and that thing rat trapped the shit out of my finger. Whats even worse is a tech at my shop (before I worked there) was mounting a pair of FKS and he trapped his finger in the heel piece, then had to unscrew the binding because the ski was in a vice. He finally got it off the ski but needed help getting the heel off of his hand (DINs were for a heavy fucker too). Long story short, don't fuck around with the FKS or Pivot.
13 years ago
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THUNT836
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honestly bro you look uglier in the last 3 pictures than in the first one. feel bad for you.
13 years ago
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DayMan
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Ooh I have no idea how I haven't posted in this thread yet. Here's a before and after of me destroying my arm skateboarding:

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I'll go try to find pics of the x-rays from when I shattered my kneecap on a handrail. There was 6 pieces..
13 years ago
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DayMan
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Alright so just to expand a little bit on the arm. At this point, 5 surgeries later, I have 17 screws, 2 plates, 2 wires, and 2 pins. This happened last fall and then I rebroke it this spring skateboarding again (I then sold my board, definitely not worth it). One of my surgeries was due to a wire unbending and poking out of my arm, and another was because scar tissue was blocking a nerve and I could no longer move or feel my fingers/hand. I get so fucking unlucky it's not even funny...
13 years ago
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CheddarJack
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I think it's a ziti noodle. You need to feed your knees, na mean?
13 years ago
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james6345789
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I was wanking it pretty hard and I slapped it into the corner of my desk, pretty gnarly.
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13 years ago
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ctrace
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Damn I've never had anything super gnar, just a ton of shit, both arms, left one twice, both feet, right ACL twice, right meniscus, collarbone twice. But damn do I have minimal hardware compared to some of this
13 years ago
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Granby_killdozer
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honestly bro... you're a fucking dick.
13 years ago
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Mr.Bishop
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Someone who knows LJ get him to post his shattered Kneecap in here.
13 years ago
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MottsGetsYouTots
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13 years ago
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_CC_
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Click for larger imageMe and my two broken arms after a longboarding crash! Couldnt do anything
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13 years ago
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ForeverYung
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Do want to see.
Also a page back... K-FRED WHAT THE FUCK THAT SHIT IS FUCKED. updates if you see dis. Can you even see out of that eye any more?
13 years ago
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PNSkier
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hahahahahahaha aww sweetie, i got a 15K smile now! i didnt know you were into dudes. i dont judge tho
13 years ago
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Pudge
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"Wow great bump Pudge!"

"Yeah! You're the man Pudgy!"

Guys, guys please. Just trying to stir up the gnar sauce on low simmer.
13 years ago
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Skier1478
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Holy shit, this thread is absolutely insane. Now I just feel super lucky that my worst injury was a break in the lower part of my thumb.. I get worried when i accidentally jam my finger by hitting it or something. That bullshit doesn't even compare to you guys. You guys are awesome to be able to have all that and keep on skiing. That's the way to do it. But holy shit.. Time to get drunk off milk and slam calcium all day. Lol
Seriously though, super gnarly shit in here. Keep skiing guys!! And get better (to those of your who haven't gotten better)
13 years ago
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homestar
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Somehow I've never broken a bone. How bad does it hurt? It legitimately terrifying knowing that it's bound to happen skiing eventually but not knowing what it's like.
13 years ago
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FroesenSkeeze
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Ya, hahaha, that's my feelings exactly. Everything else pumps you up, then you see all these pins and screws and takes you down a notch.
13 years ago
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NPF
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depends what bone. when i broke my arm it was probably the most painful thing i have ever felt... you can't really prepare for it. its a totally different pain from like cut and scrapes. you will know when it happens. hope you never do though haha it sucks!
13 years ago
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GrabsForFun
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The same. That shit got me spoked
13 years ago
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HolySchimmel
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got pretty much the exactly same picture as this one here (don't have it on my pc though).
13 years ago
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yaqwsxcde123vfr
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wtf? is that you? what happened to the guy?
13 years ago
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Bertrand
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Nice color xray of my kneecap. 32 stitches, skiing 4 weeks later. Thankful it wasn't any worse.
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Saintlysteeze
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cant find my x rays but. got checked into the boards playing hockey, broke my right humerus multiple times in the same area. Had 9 screws and 2 plates put in. Sucks cause I only skied 2 days and I broke it a week before a trip to colorado, so yeah that blew. But now I have this sick keloid scar that scares just about anyone.
13 years ago
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AntEater
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I had a second baseman step on my hand and his cleat went through the top knuckle of my right pinkie. I am looking for the xray...
13 years ago
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powderdrunkie
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ya that's me almost 3 months ago. looks like I took a bullet to the head but I fell off my longboard. fractured my skull in 2 places deep at the end of both my ear canals. it was good that it broke there though, because I was able to get rid of a bunch of fluid and shit out of my ears so I didn't need surgery. But I have hearing loss, complete loss of my sense of smell, and sporadic dizziness/vertigo. other than that I am a lucky SOB.

doc says no skiing this year, but next year is only like a month away. I will be careful though, no park skiing.

I wear a helmet when I ski, but not on a skate board? I will not make that mistake again.
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C-Burg
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not an x-ray but this is the video of my knee with a torn ACL

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Peach.
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Don't sit on landings and I won't plow into you.
13 years ago
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TijmenDal
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Cool thread.

My mom broke her hip half a year ago and now she has a 15" titanium rod in her femur.
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Cptn.J
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Not an x-ray, but ruptured my spleen landing mid rotation on the knuckle of a jump. All better now tho.

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yaqwsxcde123vfr
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same here, but i dont have a picture. weird injury since you cannot actually locate or see the source of your pain. i just felt like puking and my stomach hurt like hell. arguing about skiing with my parents since then. obviously, they don't support me anymore. wouldn't do either if i had children...
13 years ago
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HWW
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Some nasty shit in here, will post my x-ray pics when I find them.
13 years ago
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McSkeeze
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Shhhhhhhhhiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiittttttttttttttttttt
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DeRizzo
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im gonna go drink a fuckload of milk now
13 years ago
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Ryguy920
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Threads for when I'm on a computer and can post
13 years ago
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pussy_puncher
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Yes i realize that now. Didnt even see it at first
13 years ago
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Pudge
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Wow, I fucking bump this thread and then have a type 3 separation of my AC joint. No skiing until the New Year, which means no job either.

The nurse said I get an award because I am the first ski injury of the year. Madre didn't want me going to the hospital by Killington so my buddy saved the day and drove us three hours home while I bitched the whole time.
13 years ago
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B.Lyfe
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glad you got to a hospital. chompers was there today filming the weak with yoke crew.
13 years ago
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KLovelace
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i had a type 3 separation of my ac joint a few years back from a cycling accident. I thought it was the end all because the doctor told me I wouldn't be able to do anything with it for 5 weeks or so. I also quit my job because I was working with dogs.. so I couldn't handle them with that injury. Anyways the point of this response is that the pain was really awful for the first week or two and then it more r less disappeared.. and I was fine. So... If things go right maybe you'll be able to ski in just a few weeks.
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HWW
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Ouch, hope it heals quickly. Make sure you rest is well.

Anyway, did you get any pics? lol
13 years ago
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.MASSHOLE.
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Done that. It sucks

Heal up fast buddy. I did it around the same time but I was back on snow around pre-christmas
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Pudge
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Thanks guys! Those are good things to hear, really good. But in the spirit of the thread

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13 years ago
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ForeverYung
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Damn pudge that blows. I might have missed it but how did ya do it?
13 years ago
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Vinci
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Hit a stone last season, tomahawkin on bad snow down a cliff.
Gotta look if I can find an x-ray from my broken neck from 4 years ago...

But actually broken bones are not that bad. I've had way more trouble with ACL and other knee injury shit. Bones heal, ACLs wont.
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Pudge
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Was fucking around on the side of the trail, was going to go "big" for some hip transfer thing. There was an exposed branch stump on the takeoff that my ski got stuck on and, got bucked weird. Just fell out of the sky right onto my shoulder

It would have been supa cool had it worked
13 years ago
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Daph
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Sick, I can contribute
Femur and tib/fib 1/4/13- hit a bump, lost control, hit a tree doing at least 45 mph

Femur pre-op
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Femur post-op
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Tib/fib pre-op
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Tib/fib post-op
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Needless to say, airport security and I won't be friends any longer
13 years ago
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sNaubi
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this years: (torn ligaments, screw to hold my broken fibula in place)
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last year:
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13 years ago
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-dAvE-
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Gnarly thread... My body hurts after going through all the pages...
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