Your most pathetic injury
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I'm not including things like "I slipped a disk in my back picking up a stapler" because we know that was caused by repeated misuse of the back (which we are all guilty of, of course). I'm taking about physical injuries caused by you doing something that was sore for a number of days or weeks after. Here are mine; a mid-20s very clumsy individual who is only just "getting out and about"
I broke a small bone just below the fingernail in my thumb, by trapping it in the car door. Thumb swelled up, recommended by the guys at work to get the nail drilled to relieve pressure (went black). Hospital x-rayed before doing so and told me the bone was broken, but due to the location they couldn't do anything with and just to be careful. All because I was bursting for the loo and wasn't paying attention to what I was doing. As this is Pistonheads, car was an Abarth 124 Spider.
I bruised my coccyx on a rope swing. Out on my daily walk, saw a rope swing. Thought I'd have a go, and it snapped. Deposited me straight onto the hard compacted dirt, had to sit on a mostly round neck cushion for weeks after.
Now, just this weekend. Test riding a new refurbished bike in my garden. Tyres slipped, in my panic I pulled the right handle off and smashed my right knee into the frame as it went down. Really painful to bend and move it now!
All painful injuries, caused by incompetence and clumsiness. Let's hear yours!
I broke a small bone just below the fingernail in my thumb, by trapping it in the car door. Thumb swelled up, recommended by the guys at work to get the nail drilled to relieve pressure (went black). Hospital x-rayed before doing so and told me the bone was broken, but due to the location they couldn't do anything with and just to be careful. All because I was bursting for the loo and wasn't paying attention to what I was doing. As this is Pistonheads, car was an Abarth 124 Spider.
I bruised my coccyx on a rope swing. Out on my daily walk, saw a rope swing. Thought I'd have a go, and it snapped. Deposited me straight onto the hard compacted dirt, had to sit on a mostly round neck cushion for weeks after.
Now, just this weekend. Test riding a new refurbished bike in my garden. Tyres slipped, in my panic I pulled the right handle off and smashed my right knee into the frame as it went down. Really painful to bend and move it now!
All painful injuries, caused by incompetence and clumsiness. Let's hear yours!
Put my thumb through a joggler once ( the roller type) rolling a wired edge. Bled like f
k, thumb swelled to the size of an egg, at the hospital they had to drill a little hole in my thumbnail, then SQUEEZE MY THUMB to get the liquid out.
Not as serious but probably pathetic-er, was stabbing up a potato with a fork in preparation for baking. I was holding the spud in my left hand and suddenly I missed the tuber and hit the soft bit at the base of my thumb. Luckily the stabbiest tine only penetrated ¼". Hurt though.
I worked at a joinery in the m/c shop for 6 years, don't know how I got out complete.
k, thumb swelled to the size of an egg, at the hospital they had to drill a little hole in my thumbnail, then SQUEEZE MY THUMB to get the liquid out.Not as serious but probably pathetic-er, was stabbing up a potato with a fork in preparation for baking. I was holding the spud in my left hand and suddenly I missed the tuber and hit the soft bit at the base of my thumb. Luckily the stabbiest tine only penetrated ¼". Hurt though.
I worked at a joinery in the m/c shop for 6 years, don't know how I got out complete.
I tripped over playing a lunchtime game of rounders at work a couple of years ago, landing on an outstretched hand. I knew straight away something wasn't right; the X-ray the next day showed I'd broken and separated my scaphoid bone (wrist) and completely ripped the ligaments. Two weeks in a splint to get me through my immediate holiday, then surgery on my return to put in a screw and two pins. 6 weeks in a cast followed by another 3 months in a splint after that.
Two years on and it's still not right.
On the plus side I finished the rest of the game with a broken wrist...
Two years on and it's still not right.
On the plus side I finished the rest of the game with a broken wrist...
Broke my little toe after receiving a gas bill that was clearly wrong and in my haste to get out of the front door to check the meter, I clipped the door threshold.
It went black and blue (the toe and not the meter) and took well over a year to heal as every time I thought it was fine, it’d break again just when walking.
B painful, and all British Gas’ fault - grrrr…..
It went black and blue (the toe and not the meter) and took well over a year to heal as every time I thought it was fine, it’d break again just when walking.
B painful, and all British Gas’ fault - grrrr…..
Brushing my teeth I managed to trap a nerve in my neck/back. It didn’t hurt that much to start with but got progressively worse to the point that I was in agony and whatever I did I couldn’t find a comfortable position to lie down. Sleeping was a nightmare. It took about six weeks to get better.
Many years ago I was welding underneath a customers car that was on a four post ramp, when a small lump of molten metal dropped down the front of my stupidly un done overalls down the inside of my T-shirt and wedged behind my belt buckle. This was on the warm side and in a hurry I grabbed the front of my jeans and pulled them away from the red hot ball of metal. This was a mistake as this allowed the still very hot smallish bit of metal to travel further down before attaching itself to the end of my favourite organ.
louiechevy said:
Many years ago I was welding underneath a customers car that was on a four post ramp, when a small lump of molten metal dropped down the front of my stupidly un done overalls down the inside of my T-shirt and wedged behind my belt buckle. This was on the warm side and in a hurry I grabbed the front of my jeans and pulled them away from the red hot ball of metal. This was a mistake as this allowed the still very hot smallish bit of metal to travel further down before attaching itself to the end of my favourite organ.
Yeah. Not sure anyone here can top that 
Mine is probably when I started wearing barefoot shoes, I was still heel striking running.
After my first jog, one heel became sore, but the other had came down on a pebble, it was agony and I was limping for 3 months. Without cushioned soles, slamming your full body weight onto a small area of your heel is not a good move.
I'm still wearing barefoot shoes, but adapted my gait to a forefoot strike, as designed by nature and haven't had any injuries like this again. You can sense what you are stepping on, and subconsciously adjust.
After my first jog, one heel became sore, but the other had came down on a pebble, it was agony and I was limping for 3 months. Without cushioned soles, slamming your full body weight onto a small area of your heel is not a good move.
I'm still wearing barefoot shoes, but adapted my gait to a forefoot strike, as designed by nature and haven't had any injuries like this again. You can sense what you are stepping on, and subconsciously adjust.
Edited by wyson on Sunday 16th June 22:24
When about 14 was staying at a friends house, after a play fight as you do I went to kick him and smashed my toe on the corner of his coffee table which killed, then the next day, we were messing around burning old toy cars etc, heard his mum come back who was extremely strict with him so both rushed to find water, as I come around the corner he booted the car and it landed on my sock and burnt through onto just the toe, so had a broken and burnt too now.
Woke up hungover from a dance the night before, hairdresser had come around to do my hair, so quickly found a knife to cut the wristband off, it wouldn’t come off so put loads of force into it and it cut but then stabbed my hand, ran to the bathroom and was just pooling blood in my hands, had to sit down as felt like I was going to pass out, eventually sort myself out and head downstairs to get a haircut. Got a lovely scar for that.
Very recently, was grating cheese onto a lasagne, then picked grater back up to add a bit more to grated my finger instead so got a nice scar to remind me of that too.
Woke up hungover from a dance the night before, hairdresser had come around to do my hair, so quickly found a knife to cut the wristband off, it wouldn’t come off so put loads of force into it and it cut but then stabbed my hand, ran to the bathroom and was just pooling blood in my hands, had to sit down as felt like I was going to pass out, eventually sort myself out and head downstairs to get a haircut. Got a lovely scar for that.
Very recently, was grating cheese onto a lasagne, then picked grater back up to add a bit more to grated my finger instead so got a nice scar to remind me of that too.
Plenty of injuries due to lack of PPE. Safety squints don't work as well as you'd hope.
Mostly got away with it TBF. Dropped an open bag of cement that shot back into my eyes when it hit the floor. That was painful.
I was mountain biking in Bavaria down a road with loads of wet leaves, thought to myself "that looks slippy" decided to test it and touched the front brakes. Front wheel immediately folded and I went down hard. Think I tore my rotor cuff but never did get it checked out, wasn't right for months and months. There was no need to brake at all.
Mostly got away with it TBF. Dropped an open bag of cement that shot back into my eyes when it hit the floor. That was painful.
I was mountain biking in Bavaria down a road with loads of wet leaves, thought to myself "that looks slippy" decided to test it and touched the front brakes. Front wheel immediately folded and I went down hard. Think I tore my rotor cuff but never did get it checked out, wasn't right for months and months. There was no need to brake at all.
More stupid than pathetic, but when I was 11 or 12 in the mid-80's the local playground had all manner of kit that would be classified a H&S nightmare nowadays, all set in concrete obviously.
There was a massive slide similar to this:
Seemed a good idea to manhandle our BMXs up the ladder, somehow climb on them at the top & attempt to ride down.
The broken arm was somewhat inevitable.
There was a massive slide similar to this:
Seemed a good idea to manhandle our BMXs up the ladder, somehow climb on them at the top & attempt to ride down.
The broken arm was somewhat inevitable.
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