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What injuries have you had snowboarding?

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#1 · (Edited)
I have only had a couple that relate to snowboarding. I broke 3 ribs 2 years ago, I could still ride through that pain. Last week broke right leg and tore 3 ligaments in my ankle requiring surgery, obviously I'm stuck on the couch not riding....
Guess I should add a couple of hairline fractured wrists, one for each side....

I've had many other injuries through life but that's it snowboarding......
 
#29 ·
Rib fracture, scar on the bridge of my nose, shoulder glenoid labrum tear, knee meniscal tear, osteochondritis, ankle ligament strain, huge ass bruise on my right hip that still hurts from where I went too fast on a spine and overshot thats been almost 5wks ago.
 
#32 ·
In no particular order

Fractured wrist in 3 places on my 30th birthday (nurses at the ER loved that)
Bent elbow about 45 degrees the wrong way still can't throw a baseball hard or it will come out again (it has).
4 cracked ribs (not in the same crash) multiple others unconfirmed.
Tailbone fracture twice.
Dislocated shoulder.
Whiplash and concussions multiple times (usually in the same hit).
Boxers fracture of right hand (actually happened twice the first wasn't from snowboarding, broke the cast and re-broke it snowboarding).
Broke pinky finger.
Possible current partially torn rotator cuff.
Countless sprains, pulls and ice rash

I'm probably forgetting something.
 
#33 ·
Bruised vertebrae, concussion, broken ribs, chipped patella (knee cap), chipped tooth (knee to the jaw scotty lago style, not nearly as gnarly though), countless shoulder sprains, bruised shins, bruised ass, and my wrist might currently be fractured.
 
#34 ·
Wow, I have clearly not been getting gnarly enough.

Torn MCL and miniscus grade 2 tear, re-tore my labrum in my shoulder half through, dislocated thumb and was mis-diagnosed through physio & took a year to heal, injured my tail bone to the point of not being able to sit for three weeks, caught an edge and strained my neck muscles which was really owie.
 
#36 ·
Sprained ankle years ago on my first run EVER! out for weeks. Fell about 5 weeks ago at 25MPH plus off a 12 foot drop onto my right shoulder. Whatever I did, it was as close to dislocation as possible. I have to immobilize my arm with the other one just to get back to the bottom. Landed on the front of my neck once and couldn't breathe very well for several days. other than that, just bumps and bruises of various degrees.

Funny that we all keep coming right back to it.
 
#38 ·
I have owned my board for 4 years. I got on it once back when I bought it and aggravated a preexisting, nagging shoulder problem (multiple subluxations) by falling on my outstretched arm. For various reasons, I didn't board again until this winter. My first day on it, I was at the point of shakily linking turns, but kept catching my heel edge. One such time I whacked my head on snow nice and hard, mildly concussing myself.

Pretty rough start for me, but my second time out this year I took a lesson and it helped a ton! After 4 days this season, I'm now breezing down the greens and haven't caught my edge since. On to the blues next time I'm out, I think.
 
#39 ·
This is what I got at the moment.
Has anyone experienced an injury with about these symptoms?

It started about a year ago, after one week very intense snowboarding trip (about 8hours a day). I also did fall once a bit bad to my left hip & buttock which most likely caused this. Still I was able to continue riding after falling still for few days. The pain got stronger about a week after the trip.

Currently:
Dull pain (not sharp) on outer thigh, hip. Also inside of the thigh might be a bit sharper.
Also I've had this weird tingling sensation often in my Ankle (which is odd, maybe somekind of nerve)

Now when riding I have to be quite careful with buttering, jumping or twisting (shifties on air). The outer thigh/hip gets quite easily worked up and aches more.

This ache / painstate is pretty much constant in normal life.

At the beginning: (about a year ago)

it was more intense pain, I couldn't lift leg up too much as pain in thigh prevented this, also stretching leg outwards was quite painful.
I visited physiotherapist 5 times, wasn't much lasting help.
X-Ray and ultrasound have been taken both seemed fine. No MRI taken.

Physios don't seem so concerned as the pain doesn't agitate too much when they try moving my leg. It's more of a dull pain. In worst case scenario it's hip labrum tear, but I'd like to believe no.

I've came to conclusion it's probably somehow chronical pain.
Today I found article about Hip Flexor injury which it could be. Apparently it has a high possibility to become chronical.
Has anyone any experience of such injury and could say how does that feel?
 
#40 ·
I didn't sustain any injuries during my first year, but my second year brought about a dislocated shoulder courtesy of some fog and a well-hidden bump that launched me a few dozen feet with a triple cartwheel to finish things off.

Besides that, nothing major, just a few ass bruises from falling on ice, a lot of painful wrists, and a sizable dent on the helmet from a whiplash-type head hit from a caught edge that left my ears ringing for a good 5 minutes.
 
#41 · (Edited)
bruised heel

Separated shoulders. This past Friday I blew out my heel on a very harse landing though. I hit the big park jump at Camelback, PA and came up a few feet short. The lift attendee said it was a 45 footer, it was probably closer to 40, unfortunately I only had enough speed to travel 35 feet or so. I probably came down from a height of 20 feet flush on the knuckle, tried to muscle through it, but just collapsed on impact, bounced, flipped, and landed flat on my back on the transition. I believe I tore something in my right heel, nothing too serious though. I also bruised my left ankle, and both knees were a bit weary the next day. I rode for a few more hours until the heel tightened up. Does anyone have any experience rehabing heel injuries? I bruised one some years back and it took forever to get back to 100%.
 
#43 ·
badly bruised knee (two different occasions)
Some sort of shoulder injury (I'm currently having physio for but I think it originated on my first trip)
fractured rib (just healed)
some sort of minor fracture in/behind the pinky knuckle on both hands (current)
bruised/fractured coccyx (current - makes getting into/out of my car a bit tricky)

nothing major but not a bad collection for only 3 trips. And all while wearing impact protection. Just wear and tear I guess when you decide to learn to ride in the second half of your 30's :) The rib ended my day but got though rest of the week with painkillers more or less ok.

Snowboarding endorphins > fear every time :)
 
#46 ·
Was bombing it down some bullet-proof hardpack, and caught and edge. Did a couple of back flips, and I may have blacked out for a second or two, but I can't remember. A total beginner mistake, but I probably shouldn't have gone out with a cold.

Damaged meniscus in the right knee.
Damaged ligaments in the part that connects the ribs to the spine.
Something weird on my left ankle that the doctor reckoned was a sprain.

I did this on December 22nd, and lost about 40 days of riding. Couldn't walk for about a week, and had a slow recover over the subsequent 4 weeks. Am back to riding twice a week, but feel kinda sore. I'm sooooooo glad I was wearing a helmet. I'm now riding with body armour.
 
#48 ·
3 yrs ago hurt my right knee at work stepping off a tool to a step,just did something to my Left knee at work walking through the plant.I had a burning feeling in the back/side of my calf about an inch down and about 2-3 inches wide and long.Felt like someone stuck an icepick in my leg.X-ray's and ultra sound showed nothing[clogged artery/vein]waiting on an MRI.Burned really bad while driving home from work[90 minute drive most days.] Just goes to show ya,you can get hurt just being you and not doing anything crazy on the slopes !
 
#50 ·
So I knuckled a jump or something to make the outside of my leg hurt right at the top of my boot, I can't seem to replicate the pain when I'm not riding. Today I cleared a jump by ALOT (maybe just a 10-12 footer, but pretty lippy and tall), just barely caught the bottom of the tranny and that leg just sent shivers of pain going up, and seemed like I aggravated the same thing.

I've heard of a "high-ankle sprain"...is it possible to have it this high up? I don't think I took a direct hit to the leg to imply bone bruising, but maybe I wrenched it against the boot and its just bruised up there. ...
 
#51 ·
Been riding seven years and have never been hurt actually riding. I was screwing around at my friends house three years ago and rode my board down a little hill like a sled to get to the bottom really quick and my hand hit got caught on a weed. Pulled my ring finger so far back it split the knuckle in half. Seven years and I manage to get hurt just sliding down a hill. :dunno:..........:laugh:. I'm ok with that.
 
#52 ·
- Broken wrist
- bruised tailbone (landed really funny in a 1/4 pipe when I was way younger)
- fucked both shoulders multiple times
- bruised my chest on a mogul at Jay Peak last year
- elbowed myself in the ribs this year!
- landed goggles first once
- hit my buddy in the head, got a concussion and forgot how to talk properly (bought a helmet after that)
- thought I tore my ass open when I landed on it from about 10 feet up after I hit a lip funny

Back in my skiing days, before my balls dropped I fell on some corn snow and tore my face to shit. It never healed. :cool:
 
#54 · (Edited)
Fractured tail bone.
Did something to my left shoulder to the point I couldn't really move it for 2 weeks. Never saw a doc tho
Sprained both wrists one week apart.
Strained abdomen muscle.
Jamed my knee coming up short on a jump to where it was sore for a week or two.
Misc lumps and bruises on the ass, hips, shins and what not.
That's about it. Nothing major mostly because I'm too scared to go big and risk fucking my self up.


I have a buddy with much worse luck. Been riding only two years and has had two concussions, fractured ribs, and sprained a wrist...
 
#55 ·
Fractured tail bone.
Did something to my left shoulder to the point I couldn't really move it for 2 weeks. Never saw a doc tho
Sprained both wrists one week apart.
Strained abdomen muscle.
Jamed my knee coming up short on a jump to where it was sore for a week or two.
Misc lumps and bruises on the ass, hips, shins and what not.
That's about it. Nothing major mostly because I'm too scared to go big and risk fucking my self up.

Nothing major?
If you fracture your tail bone, your fucked for a year if your lucky.

I don't mean no boarding for a year, were talking daily shots of morphine & not a wink of sleep for a few months.
By the time you are able to walk, you can't. Your muscles are so weak & you weigh more just from being motionless. You almost have to learn to walk again.
You can't even blink your eyes without excruciating pain, everything is connected to your ass.

Imo, burning to death would be about the only thing that would hurt more.
It is the worst injury & you never become 100% after.

TT
 
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