Hairline Fractures

[Amanda Morrison]

Seriously, I instantly thought of this once I read 'hairline' fractures.

I have been lucky enough to never break anything, but my brother had one in his wrist when he was tackled by a huge kid while playing little league baseball. Sigh.

[sanddrag]

One day I got the brilliant idea to ride a scooter down a wet driveway. Well, it slipped and the handlebars went into my ribs. I was only a little bruised, or so I thought. A few days the small bruise type pain was still there, but the bruising was gone. Also, now every time I took a deep breath, it hurt a lot. So I went to the doctor. They took an X ray but said everthing was fine and the pain should go away in a few days. Well, a few days came and went. Then it really started hurting to take any sort of deep breath whatsoever. So then like two weeks after I went to the doctor I get a letter in the mail saying they reviewed the X-rays again and I have a cracked rib (hariline fracture). No wonder I couldn't take deep breaths without hurting myself. There was nothing to do to fix it except relax and wait. So, I couldn't participate in PE for like 3 weeks and I got an F on my report card, the only one ever. But I brought it back up to an A by writing five 2 page reports on different sports.

[Andy Baker]

Fractures:

Left wrist: roller-skating in jr. high
Right hand: football in 9th grade
Left hand: football in 11th grade
Right thumb: wrestling in 11th grade, same day that the cast from "left hand" came off - doc hit me over the head with clipboard for this one

Muscle tear:
Right pectoral: 80% tear, lifting weights, about 10 years ago. It sounded like a burlap bag ripping. Ouch. This was the final move that made me switch from jockdom to geekdom.

AB