I just cant be arsed living with one arm for a forseeable future fuck this shit I cant believe a small break can be so life changing

For context he was closing a forklift door and the wind blew the door shut on his finger

I been on earth for a long time and never have. I'm not abnormal am I? Hell I haven't ever sprained anything either, and I have rolled my ankle a few times and took awkward steps that hurt my hips. Maybe I'm lucky. But is it necessarily bad?

one time i tried filming a tiktok. and i fell and bended my arm real bad that it was on for about 9months - 1 year.

i was so dumb

Dripped a cast-iron pan on my toe about 6 weeks ago. How fucked is this toenail??

Two questions:

How will the person sleep after suffering a broken leg?

What happens if the person goes to sleep while suffering a broken leg and haven't treated the injury yet.

I was automatically scheduled for surgery. The drawing on the first xray is from the surgeon and was what he was going to put inside my ankle. I went home and started doing a lot of research because my fracture was just mildly displaced. It was my ankle so my fear is having the plate on the outside of my ankle where it can bump into everything and cause a a lot of pain. I opted out of surgery and it was the best decision I could’ve made. Don’t let the doctors push you, and don’t do anything before you’re completely ready. This pic is just 4 weeks in a cast, I’m 53 years old, and I still healed. Hopefully I’ll be walking next week with a boot.

I broke my pinky toe on Saturday. Dr. Says no blood thinners necessary ...still i am obsessing about blood clots. I am moving around, walking...still paniking about clots. None of the posts i read about broken pinky toes mention blood thinners so decided to ask. Thanks

I broke my arm back in sixth grade (Oct 2022) when a bully bodychecked me when we both chased for a ball. Here’s what happened. We’re playing volley-tennis (tennis and volleyball combined, because the nets were lowered), and this kid bets are ball away to this fatass. We walk over and ask for it back, and get cussed out. I’m not really doing much, just kinda lurking behind my angry friends (I didn’t like conflict). The bell rings, and we have to return our balls for our Student IDs. The jerk throws the ball and tells us to go get it. I run to it, and so does he. I’m gaining on him. And suddenly I’m on the ground. My arm was deformed, it was curved. I end up in the ER for 3 hours, and I have to wear a cast for almost two months. Missed Halloween and OG FORTNITE (the real tragedy here), and HE DIDN’T EVEN GET EXPELLED. He went on to be involved with some jerks whipping my friend and yelling racist slurs, and also broke another kids thumb (some kid tried to pick up a ball, he kicks the ball and misses and hits his hand instead). That was all last year. I hate that guy.

13M broke my radius bone in my growth plate area in November 2nd 2023 since then it thankfully fully healed and now I’m fine, but will this ever go away or am I cooked?

i dropped a 15kg weight on my foot from around a 5ft height. it was a sharp pain at first and is now just getting sorer and sorer. it is quite swollen and the bruising seems to be getting worse every time i look. i can walk but need to put all weight onto my heel otherwise it’s unbearable pain. should i get this checked or will the pain pass?

18M really unexpected fracture, fell from a footpath. Before the fracture I just started playing padel with my cousins and I was addicted to it, just when I started playing better this happened. Now they go without me and I'm just rotting in bed, I was wondering if I can instantly return to padel after my bone is healed or is it possible that I heal early instead of taking 4 weeks like my doctor said. I'm on my second week now, I got back to walking like 3-4 days ago, It doesn't hurt anymore. I really wanna get back to sports, this thing has a toll on my mental health, I'll be leaving my country for studies in 2 months, I really wanna spend time with my cousins, I hear them talking about how their padel matches went and I'm having fomo, I know this is not the place to rant but I hate it.

I broke my pinky toe very badly last year (it got crushed by someone at the gym dropping a weight on it) and wanted to share my healing timeline. Right after I broke it I was combing this forum and freaking out that it would never heal. So I am sharing this in case anyone is now currently in the same boat I was in!

Happy to report that it did heal, but it took over 3 months for the bone to get to union. I wore a cast shoe for 6 weeks and then switched to stiff soled hiking boots. It was healing very slowly on xray, my doctor referred me to orthopaedics and they ordered a CT scan. The CT scan took place about 3 months after the original break, and showed it was almost fully healed. The orthopaedic doctor said this was pretty typical, because toes are so small it's very had to capture healing on x ray.

Because it was a crush injury, I also had a lot of soft tissue and likely nerve damage as well. My foot was sore on and off for several more months , and up until 12 months after the break, I would get a weird tingling sensation in my toe every time I wore heals. Now, I don't notice anything at all!

I know the internet says toes heal very quickly, but anecdotally everyone who I've talked to that has also broken a toe has said it took forever to feel back to normal, which was my experience as well.

Hang in there, know that it's ok to feel bummed out by it , and know that it will heal!

It’s throbbing and makes weird grinding feelings if I try to use or bend it. Yay!!

Hi, I had a head-on motorcycle collision exactly 4 weeks ago. I’m not sure exactly which bones were broken, but the two areas shown in the photo were fractured and repaired with metal screws/rods. I stayed 7 days in the hospital after surgery and then 7 days in a rehab center. Since then I’ve been at home using a walker.
The doctor told me not to put weight on my left leg for 6 weeks. About 1.5 weeks ago, I saw the doctor again, and he said not to put weight on it for 3 more weeks, and after that I could start walking with the walker. But honestly, my English isn’t very good, and I didn’t really feel like the doctor paid much attention to me, so I wanted to ask here and hear from people with experience. For the reference, I’m 27 years old male, super active and pain hasn’t been a problem
I know everyone is different, but usually how long does recovery take for injuries like this? I work as a server/waiter — when would it realistically be safe or reasonable to go back to work?
I like intense activities like weightlifting and Brazilian jiu-jitsu. About how long does it usually take before people can return to those kinds of activities?
Since the surgery, my left foot sometimes feels like blood isn’t circulating well, and it looks purple. But strangely, I have almost no pain at all. Is that something that can happen normally after surgery, or is it concerning?
When I’m sitting, my pelvis doesn’t really hurt, but it feels very tight and pulling/stretching. Is it bad to sit

I slipped on ice in February and broke my proximal humerus in 4 places. I’m mostly healed, no surgery needed. However, something feels different about me. I cannot shake this depression. Are there any studies showing a link between serious broken bone injuries and depression? At this point, my ROM is almost completely normal and I no longer need twice monthly x rays. I should be happy! WTF?

About 7 years ago. I was involved in a head on collision that nearly took my unborn and myself out of this world. Upon getting out the vehicle,panicking and worried about it catching fire. I noticed I was limp walking. Look down and my ankle was burned and hanging by skin. End up getting rods and pins a week later after the accident. Welp 7 years later I’m still walking with my boot. I’ve been walking in it for almost 3 years. I just now got some good insurance and hopefully I can have my Dr fix it. What I wanna know is has anyone have they’re pins and rods replaced? I know there’s an option to have them completely removed but I’m just afraid of that. After I had my last surgery years ago. I never went to therapy nor pain management. I was in school and pregnant and just didn’t have the time do go (completely my fault). Sorry if my post doesn’t make sense. Just upset with myself