Can We Relate?

[Return of Lava]

Since the Broncos are so banged up, I want to know what kind of injuries have you all fans have sustained in your life? Just dont make any lengthy posts!

[Return of Lava]

I have never broke a bone in my life [i drink a lot of milk (cereal)]! Never sat out a game of street ball and never missed a day of school since 7th grade!

[MNBroncosFan]

I've never had a broken bone, but I did fall on the stairs on Sunday morning holding my son. I went in for x-rays yesterday and they came back negative. So that was a great sign! It's still swollan and black and blue, but the walking is getting better. It was not a good day. It started out with this, then the Mobley got hurt, then the Donks lose to same Ravens team we always lose to.

[dandaman23]

The worst injury I have ever had occured August. I was returning a kickoff for my high school football team and I went to cut and I got hit kind of how Mike Vick got hit. Everyone thought I broke my fibula but I just had a high and low ankle sprain and a bone contussion. I was out for 3 games. It is terrible watching your team play and you have to be on the sideline.

[Woody]

I have Pattela Femoral syndrome and ITB tendenitis in my left knee, which got me medically discharged from the Marine Corp a few years ago:(

[broncos4ever]

Broke three ribs in wrestling, that was the most painful injury.

Other smaller injuries in basketball and soccer.

[broncos4ever]

Originally posted by horseface
there are injuries in soccer? Do men still play soccer in the US?

Sure in college in Wisconsin. In fact I saw one of the worst injuries my freshman year to a fellow team mate. He went to kick the ball and someone tried to "slide tackle" him at that moment and his ankle snapped like a toothpick. It was very ugly and it was one of the worst injuries I have ever seen. It in my opinion was worst then Theismans.

[Interpol]

I tore my ACL in college. Had a few other tears, but that one was the worst. The surgery back the isn't what it is today. I have a HUGE scar on my knee, and now all they do is two little holes to do the surgery. Its a lot less invasive now.

[Trench777]

Lets see...

Left Arm-one of those forearm bones, broken
Right Arm-both of those forearm bones, broken
Left Collarbone-broken
(not all at the same time, fortunately)

Both knees-orthoscopic surgury to fix kneecaps "popping out of place"

Fell off a 25' cliff at 16, no broken bones, moderate concusion, major contusions.

Drove car off Colorado Natn'l Monument in 1993, 115' from pavement to where the car came to rest, no broken bones, serious concusion, serious contusions. (wear your seat belts, kids...saved my arse. LOL)

By FAR, the most painful of all the above, was my kneecaps "popping out of place"...I see a football player go down with a knee injury & feel for the guy. Something about that joint that can cause just immense amounts of agony...worse than any broken bone (at least that I've suffered)

Think thats about it...but I could be forgetting some (concussions'll do that to ya, LOL)

Sorry...hope that didn't qualify as a "long post"

[Speed Demon #26]

I was in an accident in August of '02. I hit the steering wheel and windsheild in the pickup I was driving. I broke my nose, both of my eye sockets, knocked out a tooth and chipped three others, bit through my upper lip, had a minor cut above my left eye and on my right leg, and a really deep gash on my chin. Other than that, I've never had any other serious injuries. But believe me, I was a hurtin' unit for about a month.

[broncodave]

I was blown up at work, due to a propane explosion. It really made me mad cause I was wearing my back 2 back superbowl hat, and it got roasted like a marsmallow. Not to mention 3rd degree burns on arms and face. Very painful would not wish that on anyone not even a chiefs fan lol.

[RunByDesign]

Originally posted by Return of Lava
Since the Broncos are so banged up, I want to know what kind of injuries have you all fans have sustained in your life? Just dont make any lengthy posts!

arthroscopy-left knee (meniscous trim)
ACL reconstruction-right knee
broken right arm
Boxer breaks in both hands
Broken right big toe
Broken tailbone
Broken middle finger
Various lacerations (minor to severe)

[pikman]

I live with a bucaneers fan

[BroncoStud102]

Played football in the Coast Guard for 3 years....

Suffered 3 torn ligaments in my right ankle
Hip Pointers by the dozens
1 concussion

[pikman]

Played goal in Junior hockey

Got a puck in the nuts once. Peed blood for three days.

End of discussion

[Return of Lava]

Originally posted by pikman
Played goal in Junior hockey

Got a puck in the nuts once. Peed blood for three days.

End of discussion Ouch! They dont wear cups in hockey?

[pikman]

Originally posted by Return of Lava
Ouch! They dont wear cups in hockey?

Ya But against a frozen puck going 90mph how much do you really think it helps?
Its ok though my kids are normal. Well except for the odd twitch

[dandaman23]

I was riding bikes with some of my freinds one time and my freind Brandons seat got stolen so he was riding around with out a seat. He was acting line an indiot and went off a jump and landed on the seat stump thing and it ripped his nut sack open. It was disgusting, there was **** all over his pants and it was nasty.

[ReasonableChief]

I don't care what team you root for ... the ripped open nut sack has to hurt even if one could argue stupidity was the cause.

Everybody's had injuries ... makes me respect NFL players for playing with a variety of injuries that haven't fully healed. I mean, I have no idea how much Jake Plummer's shoulder was hurting him, not to mention how much his ankle will still hurt when he's deemed fit to play. Football players are tough bastards, no doubt (no offense intended by the use of the word "bastard")

[Jared]

Originally posted by horseface
there are injuries in soccer? Do men still play soccer in the US?


Uh.,..yeah.

Numerous scars on my shins from assorted bumps and bruised.


Honestly though, I have been INCREDIBLY lucky. I have only had a mild sprained ankle. Thats it.

Well, at least in sport related injuries.

:-)

[NYCHIEFSFAN]

Originally posted by ReasonableChief
I don't care what team you root for ... the ripped open nut sack has to hurt even if one could argue stupidity was the cause.

Everybody's had injuries ... makes me respect NFL players for playing with a variety of injuries that haven't fully healed. I mean, I have no idea how much Jake Plummer's shoulder was hurting him, not to mention how much his ankle will still hurt when he's deemed fit to play. Football players are tough bastards, no doubt (no offense intended by the use of the word "bastard")

Look at Favre. He's played a kajillion games in a row without being out for injuries. Of course, he's had many injuries through out his career, but he's a tough SOB that plays through them. Priest Holmes had his ribs smashed in vs Pittsburgh, but hasnt missed a game. Trent Green has an injury to his lower leg and still kicked ass last week. Football players will play through some of the most intense pain and rehab in the off-season. It's aprt of the game.

The karma has come back to haunt the Donkeys. They knocked out Priest and any hopes of the playoffs for the Chiefs. We knocked out Plumber and put a hurt on their playoff hopes.

[RealBronco]

I've had my sternum broken in half 3 times...

[pikman]

Originally posted by NYCHIEFSFAN
Look at Favre. He's played a kajillion games in a row without being out for injuries. Of course, he's had many injuries through out his career, but he's a tough SOB that plays through them. Priest Holmes had his ribs smashed in vs Pittsburgh, but hasnt missed a game. Trent Green has an injury to his lower leg and still kicked ass last week. Football players will play through some of the most intense pain and rehab in the off-season. It's aprt of the game.

The karma has come back to haunt the Donkeys. They knocked out Priest and any hopes of the playoffs for the Chiefs. We knocked out Plumber and put a hurt on their playoff hopes.

No disrespect toward Bret Favre he is at another level. However you shoot most of these guys up with enough painkiller and they're running thru a brick wall. Still wouldn't be me, thats crazy. I'll live vicariously thru them.

[Jared]

Originally posted by RealBronco
I've had my sternum broken in half 3 times...


????


What the hell do you do for living, man? Pro Wrestler?

[RealBronco]

Originally posted by Jared
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What the hell do you do for living, man? Pro Wrestler?


Hahahahaha....no. I wondered what sort of response that would get. Actually, the breaks were intentional. Niftly little tool called a Rib-Spreader. Breaks the sternum in half length-wise so that surgeons can get to the Ticker ;)

I've had 3 open heart surgeries. I suppose those don't count as injuries....but it still hurts like hell to sneeze sometimes.

[broncos_chick]

Originally posted by Return of Lava
Since the Broncos are so banged up, I want to know what kind of injuries have you all fans have sustained in your life? Just dont make any lengthy posts!

1) Broken arm when I was 7. Fell out of a tree, heard the bone snap. That's why it hurts to even THINK of Theismann and Beuerlein!

2) Ligament damage to both elbows and right shoulder last year while digging my backyard pond and hauling 80-lb. bags of QuikCrete around. For a while I couldn't even pick up a cup of coffee, but now it's back to QuikCrete, so I guess I'm mostly healed.

3) Damage to both knees, both ankles, and left hip due to years and years of running around in high heels. Law firms need everything RIGHT NOW, and they're not kidding!

[broncos_chick]

Originally posted by horseface
there are injuries in soccer? Do men still play soccer in the US?

Be polite, H.F.

[bronco_girl]

dislocated my right knee...
basically everyone knows where there kneecap is, wel my kneecap ended up behind my knee!!

other then that, mild sprains from basketball...fingers, ankles etc..

[Hoolah]

I have never sustained any injuries that would keep me off the field...can I start as QB?

Also in my favour is the fact that I hate to be manhandled, and therefore would scratch the eyes out of anyone trying to sack me!

I would also look good in shoulder pads and a helmet, though I don't like to get my hair mussed.

Are heeled pumps allowed at mile high?

[pikman]

Originally posted by Hoolah
I have never sustained any injuries that would keep me off the field...can I start as QB?

Also in my favour is the fact that I hate to be manhandled, and therefore would scratch the eyes out of anyone trying to sack me!

I would also look good in shoulder pads and a helmet, though I don't like to get my hair mussed.

Are heeled pumps allowed at mile high?

Can you run a Naked Bootleg
:)

[Hoolah]

Originally posted by pikman
Can you run a Naked Bootleg
:)

Probably not if they allow high heels.

But I could give the Offensive Line men a fantastic "bad girl" make over and hot oil split end treatment...if that would help?

[RealBronco]

...

[ozzy_osbourne]

Originally posted by Hoolah
Probably not if they allow high heels.

But I could give the Offensive Line men a fantastic "bad girl" make over and hot oil split end treatment...if that would help?

We need real men not Dennis Rodman...:)

[ozzy_osbourne]

Originally posted by Return of Lava
Since the Broncos are so banged up, I want to know what kind of injuries have you all fans have sustained in your life? Just dont make any lengthy posts!

Chronic dislocating shoulder three (3) surgeries in three straight years, looking towards another after 7 years of chronic dislocations, hair line fracture of the femur surgery there as well... those are the major ones...

[broncos_chick]

Originally posted by horseface
it was a joke...I was just poking fun of a funny game.

No harm done, no offense taken ... and no "Horses**t coming" either.

[Return of Lava]

I guess ive had it easy! Other than the usual jammed fingers (once it was actually bent sideways like b-line's but it popped right back up it was kinda weird) i havent ever been injured.

[Return of Lava]

Originally posted by Return of Lava
I guess ive had it easy! Other than the usual jammed fingers (once it was actually bent sideways like b-line's but it popped right back up it was kinda weird) i havent ever been injured. I also get real bad frostbite when i play ball in the winter.

[Return of Lava]

this brings me to my next question. are you people injury prone or people who are just unlucky.

[Return of Lava]

makes you think about what you call somebody in the NFL huh?

[Return of Lava]

HELLO! who thinks jake is injury prone now?

[pikman]

Guys in the NFL may be a little injury prone, but really you've got to expect to get injured when you throw yourself into a moving train every weekend.
As for the people on this board maybe some of them should take up checkers or paint by number or something.

[ozzy_osbourne]

Originally posted by Return of Lava
this brings me to my next question. are you people injury prone or people who are just unlucky.
not injury prone just a rreak accident that just happens to keep going...

[Return of Lava]

So the rest of you are injury prone people? Fragile? Soft? Easily hurt? what?

[orang/blu in LA]

Originally posted by Return of Lava
So the rest of you are injury prone people? Fragile? Soft? Easily hurt? what?

I'm a klutz. A skilled mix of injury prone, soft and unlucky. i can't walk past my coffee table without walking into it, i hit my arms on doors when i walk through (once bumped my hand on a metal door handle and it sliced open my finger, i had to have stitches), i will fall down stairs for no apparent reason (once fell walking UP stairs, ended up with stitches in my knee). Another time i just randomly hit my hand on a glass i was carrying, and my ring shattered the glass...again, stitches. If i walk past a basketball or volleyball game, the ball WILL fly towards me and hit me. I tore up my shin the other day just opening the car door (right onto my leg).

I know. I'm a mess. I just laugh with every new bruise. And yet somehow, in all my years of playing sports (soccer, ice skating etc..) i never once got injured. After practice though? Running to my locker? Fell down the stairs, tore ligaments in my ankle. Go figure.

[broncos_chick]

Originally posted by Return of Lava
So the rest of you are injury prone people? Fragile? Soft? Easily hurt? what?

That depends. Some injuries are an unavoidable consequence of doing a certain type of work or playing a certain type of sport. My thing of the moment is working with concrete and doing manual labor, for instance. There's no way in Hell a person WON'T get injured doing that stuff. Those who play certain sports (notably football and hockey) are certain to be injured in some way at some point.

My brother, however, is a true klutz, which is unfortunate since he works in construction.

[dandaman23]

Today at wrestling practice there was this kid that had his finger bent like the way B-lines was it was gross. It was his middle finger it was like bent backwards at the joint closest to your finger nail it was nasty.

[bronco_mom]

Broke my finger playing football! It hurt like a booger. Almost passed out, and I'm not a cry-baby girl. The nerve endings in your fingers make your body react in weird ways. It was the middle finger on my right hand. Sure did make a scene in traffic!

[Return of Lava]

whats the worst injury you have seen on other people in real life?

[bronco_mom]

Broke my left ankle twice playing baseball.
Tore the tendons in my right ankle.
Gave birth to three children with no drugs... they were all accidents. Does this mean I can be QB?

[Return of Lava]

that giving birth thing would hurt for me

[RunByDesign]

Originally posted by Return of Lava
whats the worst injury you have seen on other people in real life?

saw a dude put a skillsaw into his thigh.

[RunByDesign]

Originally posted by Return of Lava
that giving birth thing

saw this too

[Return of Lava]

YUCK! what the hell he do that for?

[RunByDesign]

Originally posted by Return of Lava
YUCK! what the hell he do that for?

it was an accident on a jobsite. I don't think he did it on purpose.

[bronco_mom]

I know that during labor, I coulda stood up nose to nose with Romo himself and whipped his butt.

'Course, I'd like to now... but I think he's on steroids...

[Return of Lava]

Originally posted by bronco_mom
I know that during labor, I coulda stood up nose to nose with Romo himself and whipped his butt.

'Course, I'd like to now... but I think he's on steroids... lol

[Return of Lava]

i seen a real bad car accident where the truck flipped about 5 full times. it was 4th of july this year and 1 guy died. i ran up to the truck and accidentally stepped on the body that flew out the car. his leg was broke sideways and lied near his head it was horrific

[bronco_mom]

Originally posted by Return of Lava
i seen a real bad car accident where the truck flipped about 5 full times. it was 4th of july this year and 1 guy died. i ran up to the truck and accidentally stepped on the body that flew out the car. his leg was broke sideways and lied near his head it was horrific

Yuck!

[Carmine]

Originally posted by BroncoStud102
Played football in the Coast Guard for 3 years....

Suffered 3 torn ligaments in my right ankle
Hip Pointers by the dozens
1 concussion

Had a scuba tank fall on my head as my ding bat girl friend was pulling my BC back into the boat. Left a nice pretty cut on my head. I left alot of blood in the water for the sharks.

[Return of Lava]

yeah there is also something else but i wont tell that cause you wont believe it

[RunByDesign]

Originally posted by Return of Lava
yeah there is also something else but i wont tell that cause you wont believe it

lets hear it

[Return of Lava]

ok you asked for it.

Well first, whe the ambulance got there, he asked we look aroud for any more bodies. since i was the only one to see the whole wreck, i knew where to look. First i found a shoe. In this shoe there was a sock with something in it. at first i thought it was a foot, but there was no blood, that bothered me a lot. i still think what could it have possibly been? thats not what kept me up though. as i was walking back i SWEAR, there was an eyeball sitting in the grass with a long vein in the back. i felt my stomach turn a whole 360 degrees i almost threw up right there. i never told nobody but that was the nastiest thing i ever saw!

[RunByDesign]

Originally posted by Return of Lava
ok you asked for it.

Well first, whe the ambulance got there, he asked we look aroud for any more bodies. since i was the only one to see the whole wreck, i knew where to look. First i found a shoe. In this shoe there was a sock with something in it. at first i thought it was a foot, but there was no blood, that bothered me a lot. i still think what could it have possibly been? thats not what kept me up though. as i was walking back i SWEAR, there was an eyeball sitting in the grass with a long vein in the back. i felt my stomach turn a whole 360 degrees i almost threw up right there. i never told nobody but that was the nastiest thing i ever saw!

That is pretty gross. You probably would of puked if you had seen me get stabbed 9 times. Not an injury...a crime.

[Return of Lava]

you got stabbed 9 times?

[RunByDesign]

Originally posted by Return of Lava
you got stabbed 9 times?

Yes, with a steakknife. Two of the stab wounds went all the way through my thigh. I had tubes in my leg, draining the fluid out, it was gross. One of the wounds was 1/4 of an inch from my femoral artery and one wound was about 1 and 1/2 inches left of..um..eh hem..my nads. Needless to say...I have a different outlook on life and the little things that make it so.

[Return of Lava]

what did you do? pick a fight wit the wrong dude? im sure you have new appreciation for the jewels huh?

[Perry1977]

Probably dated the wrong chick.

[RunByDesign]

Originally posted by Return of Lava
what did you do? pick a fight wit the wrong dude? im sure you have new appreciation for the jewels huh?

Actually, yes I did. And his friend, too. Unfortunately, I was stabbed from behind by his friend. The jewels and life in general have me appreciating every single day.

[RunByDesign]

Originally posted by Perry1977
Probably dated the wrong chick.

Never fought over a chick. Just for fun.

[Perry1977]

Originally posted by portisistheman
Never fought over a chick. Just for fun.

Not what I meant...see 'Lorena Bobbit'

[RunByDesign]

Originally posted by Perry1977
Not what I meant...see 'Lorena Bobbit'

Oh! lol

[Speed Demon #26]

My Grandpa and I were driving around one day and came across a bad car accident. There was a woman laying on the side of the highway, with a towel over her face. I was only about 10 yrs old or so, so I didn't think much of it. But when I got home, The news was on and I heard about the accident and that the woman had died. That's kinda hard for a 10 yr old to take.

As for my Grandpa, he was a sharpshooter and also an ambulance driver in WWII, nuff said.

[Jared]

Originally posted by RealBronco
Hahahahaha....no. I wondered what sort of response that would get. Actually, the breaks were intentional. Niftly little tool called a Rib-Spreader. Breaks the sternum in half length-wise so that surgeons can get to the Ticker ;)

I've had 3 open heart surgeries. I suppose those don't count as injuries....but it still hurts like hell to sneeze sometimes.


Hmmm.....my foot sure tastes good in my mouth! Needs salt


MmMmfmfmmhfuhfmmmhmmnmhmhnhmmhnmh...

[Jared]

Originally posted by Return of Lava
So the rest of you are injury prone people? Fragile? Soft? Easily hurt? what?

Interesting question.


I asked my wife.


Lots of medical mumbo jumbo, but basically, you know how some people try really hard, but still get cavities all the time, and others don't? Some people literally have more brittle bones. And not just older people. Diet has a lot to do with it (soda is the worst. SO many kids, especially girls, reach for that instead of OJ or milk, and that is just bad mojo. Not only no calcium, but the sugar and CO2 are bad for your bones...double whammy!)

But, you can be genetically predisposed to having slightly more brittle bones, or in the case of teeth, softer enamel.


Weird, huh?

[orang/blu in LA]

Originally posted by Return of Lava
ok you asked for it.

Well first, whe the ambulance got there, he asked we look aroud for any more bodies. since i was the only one to see the whole wreck, i knew where to look. First i found a shoe. In this shoe there was a sock with something in it. at first i thought it was a foot, but there was no blood, that bothered me a lot. i still think what could it have possibly been? thats not what kept me up though. as i was walking back i SWEAR, there was an eyeball sitting in the grass with a long vein in the back. i felt my stomach turn a whole 360 degrees i almost threw up right there. i never told nobody but that was the nastiest thing i ever saw!

OH my god - i had a dream like that...when was it, like a year ago. i was walking along a highway after a bad accident and saw basically exactly what you've said so far, and an EYEBALL WITH A LONG VEIN IN THE BACK! EEK! Even the DREAM freaked me out for a long time. i can't believe you actually saw that. i'm so sorry.

My brother is a paramedic, and the stuff he sees blows my mind. i could never do that. After day in and day out of such tragedy, i don't see how he can drive a car (much less a motorcycle, which he also has). He says that after a while the tragedies don't affect you the same way. But he ended up pulling himself out of the field when he wasn't able to save a three year-old girl and she died in his arms. That really affected him. Now he's a supervisor, so he just gets called in for the really big stuff. And you know what's messed up? He's been shot at several times by gangs who don't want to see the person they shot be saved. His stories are endless.

Anyhow - sorry to babble...but props to people like him, who go through all that to save people like me.

[Return of Lava]

yeah he sets a good example

[orang/blu in LA]

Originally posted by Return of Lava
yeah he sets a good example

He does. And my mom's a probation officer. (for some reason I didn't get that, um, "noble" gene, i took after my dad, LOL.) What's funny is that BOTH of them dislike the Raiders, not b/c of football....but b/c when there's trouble and they get called in, they've reported that a lot of times the people involved are all decked out in Raider gear. Of course, we're in LA, so they're often dealing with gangs...and the gangs DO love the Raiders.

[broncos_chick]

Originally posted by portisistheman
Unfortunately, I was stabbed from behind by his friend.

Coming at someone from behind is the lowest form of cowardice. I hope it comes back on them 10X.

[RunByDesign]

Originally posted by broncos_chick
Coming at someone from behind is the lowest form of cowardice. I hope it comes back on them 10X.

You probably won't believe this...I have since talked to him and we have put our differences to rest...I wish him nothing but the best and prosperity in his life and for his family. I just made a decision one day to not hold on to the pain and anger in my life and to live every day to the fullest. He payed for his crime in the penitentuary and I payed for my machismo with my life, almost. It is not worth it. I see him often and it does not even worry me to be around him, wierd, huh? We were actually friends before this incident happened, even wierder! But yes, you are right, that act of cowardice was hard to fathom. Hoping for retribution in one way or another takes away from the time and happiness I need for my family and I will not waste another second on it. Even in my heyday of fighting and drinking and partying, I NEVER would have stabbed or try to kill someone. Although a puch or kick certainly could of had that result. Love the people you love while you can, you never know when something stupid you or someone else does will be the end of it.

[Return of Lava]

does he know he almost punctured your jewels?

[RunByDesign]

Originally posted by Return of Lava
does he know he almost punctured your jewels?

He was given acces to the police report which detailed the injuries, I believe. In talking to him some time after the incident, I did not say "Hey you almost stabbed me in my nuts" if you know what I mean. lol

[NameUsedBefore]

I snapped/cracked my femur when I fell down some stairs wrestling with my brother. Had a freakin' body cast (went up to my chest). Rather embarassing too cause sometimes they had my wang hanging out of the casket, ehem, cast.

I'm pretty injury prone... I get injuries a ton but I've gotten them sooo many times I've learned to just live through them. My legs are shot to living hell, I went two years of skateboarding and busted my legs to bits, tried kicking a football as hard as possible and utterly destroyed my leg muscle (couldn't straighten my leg for months), all sorts of wrist injuries, my knees are banged up (my right one has what I call a "permanent bruise", it hurts if I ever touch it since... a long time ago).

My dad used to be a jockey (ride race horses) for 22 years, you cannot imagine how many broken bones he's been through.

[Return of Lava]

what bone is the femur?

[NameUsedBefore]

Biggest bone in your body, its the bone from your kneecap up to your pelvis.

[Perry1977]

The big bone in your leg.

[Return of Lava]

I thought the two bones in your leg were the fibia and tibia that ed mccaffrey broke.

[Return of Lava]

both of those bones are in the lower leg?

[Return of Lava]

nevermind i just looked it up and found out. i should have paid more attention in science!

[Return of Lava]

Does anybody know what a torn ACL feels like? I heard its a burning feeling?

[Jared]

Originally posted by Return of Lava
Does anybody know what a torn ACL feels like? I heard its a burning feeling?

My understanding is that it is a pop, then intense pain, similar to a dislocated joint, not a burning. But I have never had one, I am only telling you what I have been told.

[Return of Lava]

Is it worse to tear the ACL or the MCL?

One is in the knee and one in the heel right?

[LawDog]

ACL anterior cruciate ligament
MCL medial cruciate ligament

Both in the knee although the ACL is the one that provides the primary stabilization of the knee so it is generally a much more serious injury.

[Return of Lava]

Oh ok I was thinking about the achillies tendon. Which did Ian Gold tear?

[LawDog]

Ian tore his ACL

[2 Minute Warning]

Originally posted by NameUsedBefore
Biggest bone in your body, its the bone from your kneecap up to your pelvis.

You are correct, it's the femur.
I feel like I'm in an EMT class;) don't get me wrong, I loved being an EMT until.......... severely torn meniscus and 2 operations took me out of 10 years of working on an Ambulance:( I miss it, but LOTS of lifting, I wanted to continue, but my knee said pleeze stop, you said to keep it brief so I will try.......

12 yrs. old..rt knee surgery..benign tumor
1st grade...whack to the head from a swing on the playgound..7 stitches
4th grade....broken forearm.........high jumping at resses
Lots of sprained ankles..
broken nose whilst working at a fish hatchery, 20 lb fish went one way, I went the other
8 years ago, torn meniscus whilst lifting a 500 lb + patient on an icy street during a fire
last operation 4 years ago on the ankle on my good leg...left...bone spur

These days I am very grateful for the computer, I now do graphic art, one door closes and another opens:)

[2 Minute Warning]

P.S. I forgot, Knee injuries are just plain PAINFUL:( Reminds me..... I also for got about my torn rotator cuffs in both shoulders,OWIE... haven't needed surgery on those "yet"........I feel like a big boo boo somedays. Day by day as they say:)

[Speed Demon #26]

Originally posted by portisistheman
You probably won't believe this...I have since talked to him and we have put our differences to rest...I wish him nothing but the best and prosperity in his life and for his family. I just made a decision one day to not hold on to the pain and anger in my life and to live every day to the fullest. He payed for his crime in the penitentuary and I payed for my machismo with my life, almost. It is not worth it. I see him often and it does not even worry me to be around him, wierd, huh? We were actually friends before this incident happened, even wierder! But yes, you are right, that act of cowardice was hard to fathom. Hoping for retribution in one way or another takes away from the time and happiness I need for my family and I will not waste another second on it. Even in my heyday of fighting and drinking and partying, I NEVER would have stabbed or try to kill someone. Although a puch or kick certainly could of had that result. Love the people you love while you can, you never know when something stupid you or someone else does will be the end of it.

Very well put!! AMEN BROTHER!!!!!

[RunByDesign]

Originally posted by Return of Lava
Does anybody know what a torn ACL feels like? I heard its a burning feeling?

If I had to describe it, I would say it felt like I got shot in my knee....

[Return of Lava]

here you go, take your mind off the loss

[rascal]

Originally posted by Return of Lava
Does anybody know what a torn ACL feels like? I heard its a burning feeling?

Imagine someone tearing off your knee cap, putting thousands of needles into the wound and covering it with a pound of salt while stomping on your knee.

[Return of Lava]

3 years later...

I'll also bring this thread back, for those with new injuries, lol

[tnickell]

acl, mcl, fractured femur, I went for massive air off curracanti cornice at Monarch in 2001. I made it down the hill on my own drnk beer for an hour at the lodge while my buddies finished skiing them went to the hospital. I even got a picture mid flight to prove it !!!!!!!!!

[Peanut]

I've stubbed my toe and bumped my head really bad.


Oh, last year, I had a pinched nerve in my lower back.


Sorry. That's all I got. :P

[*Atwater*]

Ive broken my Left arm nine times
And in Oct of 06 I got hurt at work and f***ed up my knee Broke my patella tore my ACL,MCL damged my meniscus and damaged some nerves and I also had some bleeding in my knee it took about 6-7 months to fully recover.