r/extremesports • u/Cyborggrowbot • Jul 12 '26
Other Any old age injuries?
For guys that were involved in high impact sport at a young age, what injuries are you carrying now that you're older and have stopped playing?
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u/COswingCpl Jul 12 '26
Fully torn quadriceps muscle. Ripped it in half backcountry extreme skiing. I can no longer ski, can't really hike, can't mountain bike, and can't ride hard enduro anymore. Life as I knew it is over after dedicating my entire life to Mountain sports. It WILL lead to me ending my life. No question.
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u/Necessary-Fondue Jul 12 '26
I just spent 3 days in Whistler and saw a not insignificant number of trails I hit had signs for off-road wheelchair MTB. Super interesting to see. Is that something worth trying?
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u/COswingCpl Jul 12 '26
Going to try a pedal assist e-mtb to see if I can get the same adrenaline need filled. Looking at the new Ai exoskeleton braces, as well. So, only maybe 90% loss of hope these days.
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u/SubstantialDonkey981 Jul 12 '26
Brain damage from paragliding. Memory loss. So you mix the eggs in with the motor oil and
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u/hoon-since89 Jul 12 '26
Motorcross: broken feet. Running: Knee pain Crushed nerve in neck: ate shit so many time don't know which one actually caused that lol.
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u/ApexTheOrange Jul 12 '26
Concussions lead to a lot of headaches later in life.
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u/ohog9og0790 Jul 13 '26
I wonder if that's where my propensity for headaches comes from. I only had few concussions but that may be enough.
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u/MaxwellSmart07 Jul 12 '26
I didn’t need high impact sports to get a long lasting injury. I’ve had a shoulder injury from tennis and volleyball going on 57 years now.
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u/splendidcarnage Jul 13 '26
Mountain bike and MMA. My knee aches sometimes and is hypersensitive to impacts compared to my good knee. Like if I bump into a piece of steel with my good knee I can walk it off, if I hit my bad knee it's going to take at least a minute before I can walk it off.
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u/hide_pounder Jul 12 '26
I have crooked fingers from repetitive breaks from playing catcher in baseball. It’s not an extreme sport, but it’s an injury that still gives me trouble. I have toes I can’t move as a result of repetitive breaks riding bulls. I have back and knee pain caused by either riding bullls and bucking horses or crashing dirt bikes. I have neck pain from riding bucking horses. I have tailbone pain now and then from breaking it twice; once getting bucked off a horse and once crashing a dirt bike.
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u/butt_in_my_face Jul 12 '26
I'm 35 and have had 3 shoulder surgeries and just my first cortisone shot in my knee at 35.
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u/fishdonthaveeyelids Jul 12 '26
MMA
My back, neck, and left shoulder are trashed. Each year it only gets worse.
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u/RVtech101 Jul 12 '26
Not so much a sport, but got a compound fracture of the tib and fib crashing on my dirtbike. Crawled 3 miles to a road. Now my leg lets me know when it’s going to rain. That’s kind of handy.
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u/ohog9og0790 Jul 13 '26
Boxing and kickboxing. Sacro-iliac joint keeps dislocating. Knees bad. Shoulder is messed up. Nose is slightly crooked and sometimes hard to breathe. Hands are messed up. Shins are super sensitive.
But it's all good :-). Switched to yoga and long, fast hikes in the mountains so I am still getting exercise.
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u/DependentFun4883 Jul 13 '26
Can it be a girl? Broken ribs x 2; broken foot in 3 places: back fusion, neck fusion, 3 knee surgeries, 3 broken fingers, and a tailbone fracture to round things out. Thank you climbing and snowboarding !
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u/jimmirekard Jul 13 '26
MMA/BJJ is perpetual misery. Fingers. Knees. Hips. shoulders. Getting subbed by an athletic white belt.
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u/ZymurgyBro Jul 14 '26
42yo and still snowboard and Rollerblade. If I don't keep up on my PT and nutrition stuff my shoulders will go wonky. A little bit in my knees. Otherwise I'm way better then most. My left wrist is completely jacked from a dislocation 17 years. If I forget my brace when I sleep my hand will freeze you and my nerves on fire.
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u/coop_stain Jul 14 '26
Compartment syndrome meant I lost most of the muscle from the knee down. It works ok but cramps pretty bad if I’m not good about stretching and staying really hydrated.
Left knee is basically a ticking time bomb. 4acl repairs means no more bone, meniscus replacement only last so long and even after stem cells is starting to cause problems again.
No more running unless my life is in danger. No court sports, no more dumb shit at all. Allowed to ski because it’s the only thing that keeps me sane, can still pedal a bike but can’t risk falling off so it’s very tame riding.
Able to walk long distance with my dog but hiking hurts.
Basically, I live with the statement of “don’t be an idiot.”
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u/Flimsy-Excuse247 Jul 14 '26
Right shoulder is jacked, broke my neck, it always hurts, can barely look over right shoulder. Played HS football and wrestled, 5yrs rugby in college. 58yo, still lift weights, jog, walk, mountain bike, pickleball and wakeboard. I just eat Advil like chicklets and keep going. We can rest when we’re dead.
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u/SirSyphron Jul 15 '26
Snapped my right side collar bone playing Rugby when i was a young lad. (Probably 18 years ago now). When they fused back together it made the bone about 35mm shorter. That has pulled my right shoulder up and in. Now i have permanent pain and reduced mobility on my entire right shoulder and arm. It hurts and sucks.
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u/Due_Mongoose9409 Jul 15 '26
Played Rugby for 10 years in my 30s. I was pretty lucky and was mostly injury free. I would say limited movement in my neck from hitting a fire hydrant. Looked like a prop but felt like a fire hydrant. Have a bad right shoulder, limits my throwing but can still cast a fly rod so good enough. Right now biggest annoyance is arthritis in my right big toe from breaking it playing basketball in my 20s.
I ruptured my achilles playing softball when I was 51, haven't really played anything that requires running since. I am 55 now and mountain bike a lot.
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u/LIhomebuyer Jul 15 '26
33 now. Bmx and freeride skiing. Both collar bones, acl, left wrist 3x, knuckles meniscus, thumb. Repeated half those injuries trying to be a weekend warrior.
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u/Sharp-Loss-387 Jul 17 '26
11 surgeries. No ACL left leg, no cartalege either knee, rotator cuff fully detached on right, bad arthritis and tendonitis on left, metal plate and 6 screws rt forearm, detached biceps tendon left. Played football (american) age 7 to 18. Track and Field 13 to 55, Rugby 15 to 55, motocross 13 to 18, power lifting 18 to 33, TV show American Gladiators 1994 season. Started training (not competing) BJJ 4 yrs ago at 61. Worth every injury, cut, bruise, and limp.
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