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  1. Thought i'd share my injury story with you guys. About 5 months ago I
    was riding some trials around the local mall. I was about maybe a foot
    and a half off the ground on a fairly wide curb. I routinely hopped to
    the sidewalk but somehow slightly took off wrong and landed askew on
    the wheel. This sort of propelled me forward head first. This is the
    part of the memory that makes me shiver. Here I am stammering forward
    trying to not fall on my face with all of my weight barreling forward
    and the top of my head collides with the bottom of the stop sign pole.
    Luckily I am wering a helmet and the pole slides off the helmet into my
    shoulder. I was really stunned and some people came over to help me
    up.

    The bad thing is I let my adrenaline mask the pain and continued riding
    for maybe a half hour. As soon as I sat down my back seized up. The
    injury probably took about 2 months to fully feel better.

    I have heard about other unicycle injuries from you guys but this one I
    really dont attribute to unicycling. This couldnt have just as easily
    happened if I had tripped walking.

    Any injuries to share?

    Levi

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  2. tried to jump a huge 7 and completely missed and sprained my ankle took
    a couple months to heal ( I've actually sprained both wrists and ankles
    )

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    or maybe

    "90% of unicyclists are 100% mental."

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  3. ouch, how about long distance injury?

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  4. Dislocated Shoulder and kinda dislocated knee.

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  5. 4 worst injuries, in no particular order:

    1) Patellofemoral syndrome in my knees. This is an overuse injury; I
    understand it can be the result of sudden increases in exercise
    regimes. I attribute it partly to riding distances with my seat too
    low, partly to suddenly riding -lots- having previously been quite
    sedentary and (possibly most importantly) repeatedly ignoring the pain
    and riding anyhow until it was much worse - not a good plan!

    2) (something like) torn ligaments in my ankle. I never had exactly
    what was wrong diagnosed, but this was very painful initially and then
    persisted for a long time. It got it whilst doing muni on my 36er; I
    cleared a really tricky slope (the guy before me on a 26" muni hadn't
    managed it) but the wheel then slipped out from me whilst at speed and
    I landed badly (and in stinging nettles!).

    3) Achilles tendonitis. This was just from riding lots and putting
    lots of load on my achilles. It flared up after a particularly long
    ride. Again, I most likely made it worse by ignoring it and continuing
    to ride. Anti-inflammatory tablets from the doctor's helped.

    4) Fell off my 36er at considerable speed (probably around in the
    15-17mph range) on a slight downhill slope and sprawled awkwardly over
    the path instead of rolling out. I grazed my arm, shoulder, back, butt
    - all down one side, basically. The grazes were bad, it hurt like
    crazy, and it took ages to heal!

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    pedals!
    Mark: To answer a question with a question: What use is a skateboard?
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  6. ouch, if the pole had hit the base of your neck you pobebly would be out
    cold.

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    I didn't spell it wrong, you just read it wrong!

    kington99 said:

    A hobnob is an oaty biscuit, the fact that they don't exist in america
    just goes to show that you have no culinary heritage 🙂

    Quoted message said:
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  7. the injuries sounds hard

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  8. Here's what I did to my head on a rock (twisted my ankle after
    dismounting, and fell):

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  9. jamessd said:

    Here's what I did to my head on a rock (twisted my ankle after
    dismounting, and fell):

    You got a lid yet?

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    I didn't spell it wrong, you just read it wrong!

    kington99 said:

    A hobnob is an oaty biscuit, the fact that they don't exist in america
    just goes to show that you have no culinary heritage 🙂

    Quoted message said:
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  10. thejdw said:

    You got a lid yet?

    No, I'm just avoiding going near those rocks again...and avoiding doing
    anything where there's a risk 🙄

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  11. jamessd said:

    No, I'm just avoiding going near those rocks again...and avoiding doing
    anything where there's a risk 🙄

    But surley it jest easyer to get one and then do the fun stuff :p

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    kington99 said:

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    just goes to show that you have no culinary heritage 🙂

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  12. I damaged my ligament on Friday, luckily not too badly. But still no
    riding for two weeks. My bike gets me everywhere so I'm stumped.

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  13. I;m out the the extreme stuff for a bit. I didn't fulu dislocate my
    shoulder, but I did jar it really bad aparrently. It hurts bad just to
    fold laundry.... I also have a huge lump on my leg that had never
    healed yet. I was grinding a guardrail buggered up and landed with all
    my weight on my shin into those small segemtns of I-beam that held it
    up. Needless today it went all the way through my leg armor and I had a
    huge bruise even the bone.

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    jerrick said:

    I think we should get off the topic off kinky/horny girls and unicycles,
    and back to creepy horny men.


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  14. I on saturday , yes last week -5days ago- i free mounted my girffe which
    i cana normally do very well.I was doin a rolling free mount, but this
    time i got about half way up the wheel slipped out from under me and i
    landed straight on my elbow, i'm goin to my MRI in about 30 min from
    now and the y think i split my radial in half😄😄😄o boy

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  15. developed sinding larson johanneson syndrome after falling on a rock at
    moab.

    Im just starting to be able to ride again.

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  16. I've had my share of injuries, Some from unicycling, Some not. I've had
    to stop any kind of hopping, jumping, tricks or grinds.
    (freestyle,trials,muni,street)

    Starting about 3 years ago I broke both bones in my leg, Had to stop
    unicycling for 5 months.

    2 years ago, 1 year after the leg, I broke my left humorous on a bc
    wheel. That put me out for 4-5 months.

    Last year (well not even last year, more like 9 months ago) I
    dislocated my shoulder on a bc wheel, then again on a trials bike, then
    again on a unicycle, then again just swimming in a pool 2 weeks ago. My
    shoulder is now so weak I can hardly do anything with it, due to the
    fact that it is a issue of stretched ligaments and tendons it wont heal
    on its own. For the foreseeable future I wont be able to do -any- kind
    of sports activities with my shoulder.

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  17. Evan Byrne said:

    For the foreseeable future I wont be able to do -any- kind of sports
    activities with my shoulder.

    Phys therapy + 'shoulder brace' (http://tinyurl.com/2f2sbn) or the
    like?

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  18. I ripped my sack when I fell on a slippery log.

    That's pretty much the worst injury I've gotten. I've bruised myself
    bad and had a few sprains but nothing really serious.

    Except for ripping my sack.

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    i think we should get off the topic off kinky/horny girls and
    unicycles, and back to creepy horny men.
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  19. mornish said:

    developed sinding larson johanneson syndrome after falling on a rock at
    moab.

    Im just starting to be able to ride again.

    english please
    and when at moab?

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    gordito8me said:

    it's like running across the highway at rush hour. Dangerous, stupid,
    but not really that fun.

    skianduniaddict said:

    never give 4 teenagers a camera... they go crazy

    johnfoss said:

    Yes, being old makes you stupid.


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  20. I was attempting to ride down stairs and I made it about half way the
    first time and fell off,(about three stairs, so 6 stairs in total) but
    managed to stay on my feet and on the second attempt I must have
    hesitated for a split second and my wheel stopped, but as you all know
    my fork kept going, so i fell off and down the stairs. I don't remember
    the actual fall I remember seeing the top stair and then me rolling
    down the last stair to get up. I suffered little, a bump on the head
    and a sore arm but I haven't tried to go down stairs again yet, I'm
    just lucky I haven't broken anything yet

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