Worst Sports Injury You Have Endured

Was training a two yr old filly, first time she had the hobbles on... when she felt them hit her legs... off she went on a full out gallop... and of course we both crashed and burned big time! Broke my femur, left wrist, four ribs and a few other small bumbs and things. The filly did not make out so well, when she broke her cannon bone... it was all over!

Torn ACL

kept playing Basketball on it for 2+ years until I tore my PCL

5 knee surgeries. 

1. Bone graft to replace 1/2 of the weight bearing surface.

2. Screw that was used stabilize bone graft had to be removed because it was loosening and protruding into my knee joint.

3. Bone graft broke off and lodged in my knee joint the day I was moving home from college.  Could not straighten my leg.

4. Cartilidge clean up in same knee joint.

5. New grafting procedure performed on same knee (instead of screwing a graft to the bone, they used "bone plugs" or "punch grafts." 

Still can't run for crap and still have some bad days, but at least I can sit at my desk and not be in constant pain.

A cannon bone is the bone above the ankle... once it's broke, they have to be put down, no coming back from that.  It was a sad day all around! Me all broken up... and a $300,000 royaly bred filly done.

  That is a sad story.

It really was a sad day all around. Having to tell the owners of the filly, was harder for me then dealing with all my broken bones... like you said... very sad!

I've seen it before as well trott

We have a track in my town and I'm not for from Oaklawn @ Hot Springs.  I used to shoot races for live feeds to the OTB.  I ran the strectch camera most of the time and saw some brutal equestrian breakdowns.  Saw them again in slo-mo as well.......over and over and over.

Tough to witness

Track people tell me its the inbreeding of horses that weakens the bone structure.  Sad side bar to the racing industry.

Sprained my right thumb flicking through channels on my remote watching the NFL ticket.....if that counts as sports related.

Just had too much money riding on too many games that Sunday.

 


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Highschool football = ACL + dislocated kneecap!!!!

Highschool wrestling = poop fingers. I shit you not this ass hole stuck hif fingers up my ass in a match. After complaining to the ref who didnt see it for about 5 min. i realized that everyone was laughing at me. Rightfully so I was screaming at the top of my lungs that i just got violated in an already semi-homosexual sporting event

I did get injured in softball while playing short.  Dude crushed a one hopper to me, and the ball just skipped up and hit me in the eye.  My glasses went flying, the ball went to 3B who tried to throw the guy out.  Biggest black eye I ever had.  You know the one that turns many different colors after a week or so.  Went to work the next day, and everyone thought I had gotten my ass kicked.

And I was watching the ending of a baseball game before I would go on to umpire the next game, and the plate umpire took a ball in the nut sack.  Idiot was not wearing a cup.  Game delayed for about 15 minutes.  It was real slow motion watching the dude walk off the field.

I was in the field umpiring a baseball game, and this dude hit a shot up the middle.  Hit me right in the leg, dropped me in a hurry, and my clicker went flying.  Hobbled around the last two innings.

I played a few sports for quite a few years, but never had any serious injuries. Dislocated a shoulder once, but it wasn't bad.

BUT ... I coach youth football, and a few years ago we did an onsides kick to the side where I had my two studs lined up. For some odd reason the kid on the other team who is on the front line does not fall on the ball, instead he fields it and has thoughts of running with it. Well, he bent over to grab it, and just as he raises his head he gets crushed by my 2 guys simultaneously. That poor kid fell over backwards and starts screaming, we all knew it was bad right away. Long story short, his femur snapped and he had a dislocated hip. Terrible injuries for a 12 year old to have.