SkateWrecks: Episode II--When Blades Attack - Page 3

dance2sk8 · #51 11-18-2009, 03:04 PM

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Originally Posted by ibreakhearts66

I just wanted to pipe in on the ankle sprain/injury discussion. Every time I hear about someone's ankle injury, I'm more and more confused about how mine worked out. I destroyed my ankle playing soccer. Came down after taking a shot, ankle rolled and my whole body weight landed on top of it. I heard it snap but was able to get up, "walk it off," and completed practice including a 2 mile run. It swelled, but not that much and it bruised, but not that much. I never needed crutches. It was so disgustingly unstable, though, that I ended up going to the doctor. When they did one of the tests where they hold your shin and pull your foot forward from the heel and then the one where they invert your foot and the degree to which my foot moved was just disturbing. I had totally ruptured two of the ligaments and ended up needed surgery, but had little pain and swelling.

Is there anyone else here who has had something like that happen? I still don't understand HOW I was in so little pain after the injury.

Ahhh, I'd love for my husband to chime in on this as he's a nurse.

Found this on google:

"Sometimes ligament sprains can be more painful than ligament ruptures, since all pain receptors are destroyed upon rupture and thus they no longer cause pain."

Guess that explains why you didn't feel any pain.

RachelSk8er · #52 11-18-2009, 03:17 PM

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Originally Posted by ibreakhearts66

I just wanted to pipe in on the ankle sprain/injury discussion. Every time I hear about someone's ankle injury, I'm more and more confused about how mine worked out. I destroyed my ankle playing soccer. Came down after taking a shot, ankle rolled and my whole body weight landed on top of it. I heard it snap but was able to get up, "walk it off," and completed practice including a 2 mile run. It swelled, but not that much and it bruised, but not that much. I never needed crutches. It was so disgustingly unstable, though, that I ended up going to the doctor. When they did one of the tests where they hold your shin and pull your foot forward from the heel and then the one where they invert your foot and the degree to which my foot moved was just disturbing. I had totally ruptured two of the ligaments and ended up needed surgery, but had little pain and swelling.

Is there anyone else here who has had something like that happen? I still don't understand HOW I was in so little pain after the injury.

Ankles are tricky since there are so many bones, tendons, ligaments and muscles involved. I've had sprained ankles in the past where I was fine a few days later with little-no swelling/bruising. With the fall I took last month, I felt and heard a snap when I fell. There was no way I was getting up, and I was certain it was broken (more so than the "hairline fracture" they were never able to confirm whether I had or not), but it wasn't. With all of the swelling and bruising, you would have thought something must have at the very least been torn. But everything checked out OK. My sister had a break in her ankle from soccer but had no clue until 3 weeks later when she went to the doctor (the pain wasn't bad, she had no swelling/bruising, could walk, so she thought it was shin splints and kept icing it).

liz_on_ice · #53 11-18-2009, 06:14 PM

Two broken radius bones and I barely felt either when they happened. First time I didn't believe it was broken till i took off my glove and saw what it was shaped like.

Second one still didn't hurt but I had a pretty good idea from experience what was up before looked. Of course i felt every bump and motion on the way to ER, but very little pain as long as the bones were still.

The skate guard who helped me off the ice and tied my shoes told me he'd broken his wrist earlier that year and drove himself to the ER

ibreakhearts66 · #54 11-18-2009, 06:47 PM

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Originally Posted by dance2sk8

Ahhh, I'd love for my husband to chime in on this as he's a nurse.

Found this on google:

"Sometimes ligament sprains can be more painful than ligament ruptures, since all pain receptors are destroyed upon rupture and thus they no longer cause pain."

Guess that explains why you didn't feel any pain.

That makes sense. That was the only thing I could think of since it hurt as it happened, but I was able to get right back up. Thanks!

tazsk8s · #55 11-18-2009, 10:04 PM

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Originally Posted by liz_on_ice

The skate guard who helped me off the ice and tied my shoes told me he'd broken his wrist earlier that year and drove himself to the ER

When I broke mine, I somehow got my skates off by myself and drove myself home. Hubby was P'd off that I'd done that instead of calling home for a ride, or calling an ambulance. Since I work for the fire department where the rink is located, it would have been my co-workers transporting me. Thanks, but no thanks. I'm still living it down even without that experience!

sk8pics · #56 11-19-2009, 05:25 AM

One of my friends broke his elbow and drove himself to the hospital, too.

He broke it doing a waltz-loop combination, I believe. Ended up needing surgery and had his elbow casted at a 90 degree angle. Yikes!

ibreakhearts66 · #57 11-19-2009, 01:11 PM

I've also been bad about driving when I'm not supposed to. I drove myself either 4 or 5 times while having a heart arrhythmia--atrial flutter and a heart rate of 250. The arrhythmias always happened while I was skating my house is between the rink and the hospital. If I waited for my mom to pick me up, it would take an extra hour and a half to get to the hospital AND my car would be stuck at the rink so....I just drove home. One time I ended up driving to the hospital myself because it was an early morning freestyle and my mom wasn't even awake yet. Sent her text message once I got to the ER

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