Bum deal, hope he recovers fully! remember his dad broke his neck twice before!

Get well soon.

socalcajun wrote:I hear ya Russ, but I have to question is it a good idea.
Hard to tell if it is a good idea or not. My surgeon hate using metal on sports people unless totally necessary as it leads to many complications - plus without them the bones heal better.

I mean you guys broke your back. I broke my ankles both a couple of times and they haven't been the same since.
I would hazard a guess and suggest that scar tissue is a big problem there. My ankles and knees were very painful until I had an op to remove scar tissue.

I would think breaking your spine would leave some questions dancing around in your heads on whether or not high level competition or hell riding period would still be a good idea.
Any decent crash with mondo breakage or woundage can do that. Way back when I did a shoulder, collar bone and dislocated both my knees - took me a good 6 months to ride at the pace I needed to as I was just not prepared for more pain Later on I learned to ride through the pain barrier when necessary and found the mental side of coming back from injuries easier. Saying that - I would not race competitively with rods in unless it was to like complete a series when running for a title. Big crash again and you can permanently destroy the area around the rods. A gymnast I knew lost an arm below the elbow while practicing with a rod in trying to get back to Olympic qualification level.

RussS wrote:
socalcajun wrote:I hear ya Russ, but I have to question is it a good idea.
Hard to tell if it is a good idea or not. My surgeon hate using metal on sports people unless totally necessary as it leads to many complications - plus without them the bones heal better.

I mean you guys broke your back. I broke my ankles both a couple of times and they haven't been the same since.
I would hazard a guess and suggest that scar tissue is a big problem there. My ankles and knees were very painful until I had an op to remove scar tissue.

I would think breaking your spine would leave some questions dancing around in your heads on whether or not high level competition or hell riding period would still be a good idea.
Any decent crash with mondo breakage or woundage can do that. Way back when I did a shoulder, collar bone and dislocated both my knees - took me a good 6 months to ride at the pace I needed to as I was just not prepared for more pain Later on I learned to ride through the pain barrier when necessary and found the mental side of coming back from injuries easier. Saying that - I would not race competitively with rods in unless it was to like complete a series when running for a title. Big crash again and you can permanently destroy the area around the rods. A gymnast I knew lost an arm below the elbow while practicing with a rod in trying to get back to Olympic qualification level.

Thank you for the insight Russ. Never underestimate the will of a competitior.

I hope all you guys heal up straight.

While its bad, it could have been alot worse, the kid better be thanking God.

He landed on his butt on the face of a jump, he has full feeling and movement.

DMG wrote:
While its bad, it could have been alot worse, the kid better be thanking God.

He landed on his butt on the face of a jump, he has full feeling and movement.

Do you know if he's going to be able to continue racing?

Keep Christian in your prayers.

Johnny Campbell Off Road Champ broke his back yesterday as well. What a ugly day!!!

Man, it was a bad day.

Man, when it rains it pours!
john