Being injured sucks!

[davbrucas]

I had a high speed get-off at the MX track yesterday. 75ft double and I hit a kicker on take off and the rear end came over too fast to save. I bailed and tore my ACL in my left knee...the bike then hit me square in the back and back of my head knocking me out. I ended up on top of the bike laying on the header pipe which burned the piss out of my chest. So ACL out, burn on my chest, back contusion, concussion and multiple scrapes. On crutches and seeing how hard it is to get around and do my daily routine.
Oh, and the bike is trashed. ~$1500 damage.

[motoman]

Damn Dav, glad to hear your ok despite everything that happened. Guess it'll be a while before we're swinging clubs again...

[The King]

No other way to put this other than that sucks.

I know you won't put much stock in this but I'll pray for your quick recovery. Good doctors are always in short supply.

[bcoop]

Damn, that sucks! Is the wifey going to make you give up riding? I hope your kid wasn't there to witness all that, for his sake. He'd probably never get on one again!

[Steve]

Get better soon Dave. I'm also dealing with an ACL thing, but mine is completely snapped. I doubt I will have the surgery though, just rehab my knee. The doctor reccomended at my age not to do the surgery, just do some rehab and retire from competing.

I was back rolling in BJJ about a month later. I'm still learning to trust it again and really paranoid about it popping out randomly. It doesn't do it as much as it did at first.

Getting old sucks.

[Nash B.]

Rub some dirt on it and walk it off, you big sissy.

[46Tbird]

I bet you were praying to God about 70 feet into that!

Get well soon doctor...

[Stunter Bob]

you should probably learn how to ride and that probably wouldn't happen again lol



Jk, that sucks, been there done that, being hurt blows

[Steve]

Damn Dav, glad to hear your ok despite everything that happened. Guess it'll be a while before we're swinging clubs again...

It will be a long while, if at all. The ACL is what allows your knee to pivot and turn. Just depends if he will have the surgery or not.

It was explained to me that an ACL injury is a young man's injury. For us old guys, it's a long, painful recovery if you have the surgery. Six - eight months before full recovery. Which is why I'm not having the surgery, just rehabbing it to strengthen the rest of it. Thankfully my sport doesn't require alot of pivoting and turning. I don't know how it will effect his golf game, but his MX days might be done for awhile.

[bcoop]

I was back rolling in BJJ about a month later. I'm still learning to trust it again and really paranoid about it popping out randomly. It doesn't do it as much as it did at first.

Getting old sucks.

Fuck that nonsense! You're a brave man. Quite a while back, I was having problems with my shoulder, and couldn't even trust throwing a baseball to my kid. Here we are, at LEAST 6 months later, and I still can't trust certain movements. That's after rehab, a couple cortisone shots, etc.

And yeah, getting older blows. Body doesn't heal like it used to.

[Steve]

Fuck that nonsense! You're a brave man. Quite a while back, I was having problems with my shoulder, and couldn't even trust throwing a baseball to my kid. Here we are, at LEAST 6 months later, and I still can't trust certain movements. That's after rehab, a couple cortisone shots, etc.

And yeah, getting older blows. Body doesn't heal like it used to.

Yeah, it's not alot of fun when you have a serious injury, but I love BJJ that much I will put up with the discomfort in order to train. I'd lose my sanity if I couldn't train.

Even with the injury, I can still throwing spinning hook kicks well above my head and land them quite well.

[talisman]

I bet you were praying to God about 70 feet into that!

Get well soon doctor...

hahah

Hope you feel better man. A guy your age should know better.

[Cannon88]

Man that sucks!

<--has had both ACL's replaced (hockey injuries), both knees are good so far. Going skiing this week, fingers crossed!

[centexchick]

Damn Dave....get better...after having a torn lcl (not acl), miniscus (sp) and a cyst in my knee, I feel your pain. It sucks...not to mention the burn and bumps and bruises!

[Blame Canada]

Man that sucks!

<--has had both ACL's replaced (hockey injuries), both knees are good so far. Going skiing this week, fingers crossed!

Don't pull a Sonny Bono out there.