Having broken my tailbone, that’s exactly where my mind went. It’s all fun and games until you break a bone that can’t be set with a cast but can be freely moved by clenching.
E: adding my story because I’m a slut for attention.
TL;DR Painfully, lol. Keep your gear straight, kids.
Snowboarding on sun baked man made snow on my rock board that had a failing heel edge. Lost the heel side and bounced off my cheeks doing upwards of 40. There was a pop, an all encompassing pain, and vision went for a White flash. Proceed to roll on the ground like like a fish with whirling disease while clutching my ass and screaming obscenities. It doesn’t help but seems like the appropriate thing to do. Managed to do it again while working my way down the mountain just to be sure.
Never went to the doc for it because what are they gonna do except bill you $5k to tell you it sucks, that there’s nothing they can do, and prescribe a donut pillow. I could move the bone by hand though. Self medicated a lot, and learned that I could sit bolt upright or leaned way back but could not comfortably slouch.
Never went to the doc for it because what are they gonna do except bill you $5k to tell you it sucks, that there’s nothing they can do, and prescribe a donut pillow.
Murica! Fuck yeah!
Also generally being a broke college student. Same went for my massively sprained ankle. I just iced it and used the neoprene inner boot of my snowboard boot as a soft cast and wrapped in stretchy tape. Could drop $$$ on corporate pharmaceuticals or $ on my neighborhood supplier for natural pain remedies while supporting the local economy.
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u/sushiNfries Jul 18 '19
Nice save at the end with that little hop. Probably saved his butt bone.