Smacked a buried rock a few years back and tore up a trailing arm and jammed my wrist pretty good. Thought it was just a sprain and I don't have alot of confidence in doctors so I didn't have it checked. 10 months later I was helping a Chiropractor buddy of mine and he noticed I was favoring the wrist so I told him what happened. He looked at it and started laughing when I told him it had been 10 months. He said it was dislocated and as he was feeling it he just snapped it back into place. Took a few weeks for the soreness to go away but its 100% now. Thankfully I haven't had anything worse.
Have you ever been injured while snowmobiling?
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Jacked up my leg this year after my sled pounded me into the ground rolling in an Avy. Broke throttle thumb last year going over the bars. Other than that just a lot of sprains and tears. Landing on Makaveli_Rev was by far the scariest crash, but no injuries.
I get most of my injuries playing on the water in the summer. Which usually causes me to favor a body part or two all winter. I think I own a brace for every joint.
I get most of my injuries playing on the water in the summer. Which usually causes me to favor a body part or two all winter. I think I own a brace for every joint.
New Years Eve of this last year.............
Our family got invited over to a buddies house so the kids could play and go sledding on his 20 acres.
Got there about 4pm or so, and had a few beers.
My 9 year old comes in the house and asks me to unload the "beel" from the trailer.
So as a good dad, I went out and pulled his sled off the trailer. I decided to take it around the property and check it out (No helmet). The wife comes out and says "Jeff, make sure you put on your helmet" I say back "Hon, I am just going around the property to check it out, I will be fine!"
I found a really good jump and hit it a few times. My son sees me doing this, so I decide to hit the jump one-lassst-time (At 43 I still feel the need to show off now and then). I got way more air than I anticipated, and bounced my forehead off the mastercylinder on the handlebars.......
I am bleeding like a stuck pig and my son comes over and says "Dad, looks like you are bleeding, are you ok?"
I say "Tim, go in and get a towel for me ok?" By the time he got back, the snow below looked like I was getting ready to make a 80 gallon cherry snow cone.
Needless to say, My buddy comes over to me and immediately says, "Umm no good, you need to go to the ER, right now"
So 4 hours later, and 22 stitches, I get back to the party.........
I say to my 9 year old, "That is exactly why you should always wear a helmet"
To which my 9 year old says, "Well dad, at least you learned a lesson" (Littlebas-t-a-r-d)
I had to laugh a few days later as two mean black eyes settled in to my "Look"
That was the only time I was injured.........
Our family got invited over to a buddies house so the kids could play and go sledding on his 20 acres.
Got there about 4pm or so, and had a few beers.
My 9 year old comes in the house and asks me to unload the "beel" from the trailer.
So as a good dad, I went out and pulled his sled off the trailer. I decided to take it around the property and check it out (No helmet). The wife comes out and says "Jeff, make sure you put on your helmet" I say back "Hon, I am just going around the property to check it out, I will be fine!"
I found a really good jump and hit it a few times. My son sees me doing this, so I decide to hit the jump one-lassst-time (At 43 I still feel the need to show off now and then). I got way more air than I anticipated, and bounced my forehead off the mastercylinder on the handlebars.......
I am bleeding like a stuck pig and my son comes over and says "Dad, looks like you are bleeding, are you ok?"
I say "Tim, go in and get a towel for me ok?" By the time he got back, the snow below looked like I was getting ready to make a 80 gallon cherry snow cone.
Needless to say, My buddy comes over to me and immediately says, "Umm no good, you need to go to the ER, right now"
So 4 hours later, and 22 stitches, I get back to the party.........
I say to my 9 year old, "That is exactly why you should always wear a helmet"
To which my 9 year old says, "Well dad, at least you learned a lesson" (Littlebas-t-a-r-d)
I had to laugh a few days later as two mean black eyes settled in to my "Look"
That was the only time I was injured.........
I had been snowmobiling for 26 years before my first trip to the E-room last year with a dislocated shoulder. Rode 15 bumpy miles out with right arm resting on right leg.
With physical therapy I was able to ride on a planned trip to McCall three weeks later. I still feel it slightly, but it's about 95% now.
With physical therapy I was able to ride on a planned trip to McCall three weeks later. I still feel it slightly, but it's about 95% now.
Oh man! Drinking and sledding is generally a bad idea.
Are you all healed up now??
Are you all healed up now??
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sprained/fractured ankle
bruised sternum
seperated ribs (with a tec vest)
tore up hand
punctures from tree branches
chipped teeth
whiplash-neck pain often
I do not jump, I ride like a child, and I am still good looking!
and I have done the puking hangover ride as well, but not in a helmet. I went ahead and took it off first.
bruised sternum
seperated ribs (with a tec vest)
tore up hand
punctures from tree branches
chipped teeth
whiplash-neck pain often
I do not jump, I ride like a child, and I am still good looking!
and I have done the puking hangover ride as well, but not in a helmet. I went ahead and took it off first.
Only one slam-related injury for this season. Got knocked off my machine by some barely covered rocks, landed in some others. Had about 1 square foot of bruise on one of my hips.
Here's my chronic problem:
25 years of pounding my body into the pavement (aka skateboarding) have left my wrists as weak as watered down 3.2 beer. My wrists hurt like hell for about 3 days after a ride. Any suggestions?
Here's my chronic problem:
25 years of pounding my body into the pavement (aka skateboarding) have left my wrists as weak as watered down 3.2 beer. My wrists hurt like hell for about 3 days after a ride. Any suggestions?
Picking my way down through a cutblock in flat light at less than 10 kmh back in '92. Fell in a big hole I couldn't see, over the bars, planted my head in the snow and my body continued to go over pinning my head back between my shoulder blades. Missed the next three months of work and play with neck trouble and still suffer badly to this day. Actually getting worse as time goes by, been really bad this winter. I know it'll end my riding one of these days, and that's gonna' suck! Might just have to go turbo and have some fun before that happens!
Just bruises but nothing needing medical attention since long long ago. When first learning to ride when I was 7, I was on a 440 exciter and my Dad let me take it by myself in a field while he took pictures. Well there was a grove or section of woods, now I have a scar on my jaw line that reminds me every day. 17 stiches, a mild concusion, lots of bruises and an overnight hospital stay, all when I was 7. The next winter I had my own sled 1980 Enticer 250.
yes, wrists, elbows and knees
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SilverGriz
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couple broken ribs for me last year.
Never broken a bone but I've come close. Last season we were riding down a glacier and I fell behind from the group and followed a line I shouldn't have. The only choice I had was to ride off a cliff and drop roughly 20ft straight down onto flat semi-hard snow. I said a quick prayer, pinned it and when I landed I thought I broke my back. My lower back is my only problem but with some treatment (chiropractic), its helped it immensely.
Ride safe folks
Ride safe folks
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