serious injury poll

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Question: Have you recieved a serious injury whilst engaged in non
extreme riding?

- yes
- no
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I'm a little concerned about the number of serious injuries I'm reading
about on this board, I'm staring to feel a bit of trepidation about
going out on my unis!

We seem to have had various ankle breakages, wrecked knees requiring
surgery and 6 month rehabs, Mikes come close to breaking his jaw, even a
'necrotised flesh' incident from a pedal bite requiring emergency
antibiotics.

I always used to think that if you just rode around/mild muni with no
herioc drops etc, you could count on being safe, but many of these nasty
injuries seem to have happened on quite mild stuff.

So, here's a poll to try and establish how safe normal riding is;
definition of serious injury is bone breakages or stuff requiring
weeks/months of lay up, 'normal riding' is cruising the streets or mild
off road, with small drops or no drops.


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onewheeldave - Semi Skilled Unicyclist

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the Muni that really fires him up."

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yeah, i had to have surgery and antibiotics after a nasty pedal bite
which was because I was practicing backspins... a freestyle skill!


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hopeful - Street Performer

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I voted yes for a sprained wrist, sprained ankle, (unknown) neck and
(unknown knee) in about 2.3 years of riding. Two from off-road and two
from freestyle on pavement. I was wearing full safety gear for all
except the knee.


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Yes

Sprained ankle.

UWFDTTAT


Ultimate Wheel Flying Dive To Twisted Ankle Transition

Happened Sep 9 2003. Although not at all crippling, I can still notice
it when I have my legs up on the coffee table and my good heel is
resting on that bad ankle

I was only out of commision for 2 weeks or so, but man did it hurt when
it happened.

......And Spickydoo's (as of a few weeks ago) was easily twice as
swollen as mine, with a sharper crease between swelled area and leg
[barf]


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onewheeldave wrote:
* how safe normal 'non extreme riding' is *


Dave, I have ridden for 32 years. I think that non-extreme riding would
describe me prefectly.

I vote no, but this forum will never allow me to vote in a poll. I have
never had a bad injury while unicycle riding. I pray I never have a bad
one. --chirokid--


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I've had my fair share of pedal bites and the like, but never anything
really serious, except a tailbone injury from a missed 34" pedalgrab (2
weeks full rehab, but riding 94% after 4 days). I voted no.


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gerblefranklin - Trials Unicyclist

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army can get you a Medal, while playing with one can get you thrown out?
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Depends on what your definition of serious is, and what you define not
extreme to be. I've sprained a wrist slightly coming off a giraffe in
the dark. Done my wrist falling off riding backwards in a circle.
Sprained both ankles, once flying down from the top of seven stairs and
once in the forest off a rotten log. I bunged up one of my knees pretty
good for a couple of weeks after falling awkwardly while practising one
footed riding on a home-made giraffe. I just tried putting my foot out
the back instead of the front when I came off, luckily right outside my
house. I don't consider any of those activities to be extreme, and the
injuries were relatively serious compared to any other injuries I've
had, but they are not as serious as some. I voted yes on the poll.


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hopeful wrote:
*yeah, i had to have surgery and antibiotics after a nasty pedal bite
which was because I was practicing backspins... a freestyle skill! *


I would say using pins for freestyle is a little extreme, if not totally
unnecessary.


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bugman - Equilibrium Challenged

"Trying to maintain balance by wild arm and body motions is something
like trying to balance a wet noodle"
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I dont concider my uni injuries serious but 2 have resutled in going to
the hospital,

Fall off a 6' uni and a stupid unispin
Sprained Ankle and 8 sitches respectivly.

I voted yes, but to me it I dont concider these injuries bad at all as
compaired to really bad accadents like broken legs and spines.

If I was biking as much as I uni I feel that I would deffenatlly find
myself more hurt than I actually get riding uni's.

2 years of beginer to advanced trials and offroad.

Mike


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odds stacked up against me I will have to fight, One Life One Wheel got
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well, all that's happened to me was a sprained ankle, and i took several
Advils, and continued to ride.

Well, i guess i did land directly on a my knees on cement from 4 feet
up, but that only lasted a few days.

other than that, bumps and bruises is about all.

-Ryan


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m_extreme_uni

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