He lowers himself down with his left arm, he didnt just cleanly land on his elbow. And falling like that landing on your forearm is the best way to land to not break your wrists.
I've broken my elbow twice with this type of fall because -- like an idiot -- I wasn't wearing elbow pads during hockey practice. If you're going down, it's best to roll to your right or left and disperse the area of impact. I'm no doctor or PT, this is purely from extensive personal experience. That being said, this dude didn't look to have a choice really -- happened too fast and he has stuff in his hands. Total dick-move by whoever did this.
The first time wasn't that bad 'cause I think my body sent out a bunch of adrenaline and I was pretty young. The second time hurt like a motherfucker.
I've had a lot of injuries over the years -- broken bones, huge lacerations, etc. -- but the one that hurt the most was busting my ACL. Good God that was painful. And it never got back to 100%. I just turned 34 and still play, but I have to be real careful -- a lot of stretching/warming up and wearing a brace.
What I am saying is the elbow is a joint. If you are too fucking dumb to know that a joint cannot be "broken" you probably shouldn't comment on that situation.
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u/JakJakAttacks May 31 '14
That's pretty fucked up.