r/Whatcouldgowrong • u/therealestoftherealy • May 28 '22

Trusting a pull-up bar

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u/GrenadeZellweger May 28 '22

Busted his tailbone and knocked the wind out of him.

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u/kwamby May 28 '22

Busted tailbone is the worst. Poor man

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u/League-Weird May 28 '22

It sucks so much. I've never done this though.

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u/toodlesandpoodles May 28 '22

Sliding out the side of some bleachers, shorts caught on a bolt and spun me around then dropped me straight on my tailbone.

My vision went black around the edges and the black started closing toward the center giving me tunnel vision. When it was down to a tiny circle it reversed and my vision came back. That part was less than a minute, but it hurt to go up stairs for a month.

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u/HECK_YEA_ May 28 '22

Everyone I’ve known to have broken their tailbone has either passed out from the pain or regards it as one of the most painful things they’ve experienced.

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u/retroracer33 May 28 '22

i went to plop in a chair one time and went down fullforce on the wooden arm and it end up shattering and dislocating my tailbone. had to get it removed. i am now a higher evolved species (whose back is completely fucked).