Hurkey Fractures my Fibia

Update: Hurkey Fractures my Fibula

Well,
What started off with a great day of climbing up to Ernie Maxwell, down Maxwell, and climbing all the way back to South Ridge, turned into a one-legged ride thru the Meadow and waiting along the 74 for DirtVert to pick me up.

A few hundreds yards from finishing South Ridge, I took a right bank, front tire washed out. My left leg didn't unclip fast enough and my bike and body landed on my lower leg. After getting up and realizing my ankle was wrecked, additional pain was coming from my upper calf muscle. After a few gel tylenol tabs from Dean (DStepper), I managed to make it to the fire road. Thanks for the quick drugs Dean. Doug and I headed back since I could no longer put any pressure on my leg and the rest of the group went on. After doing a one-legged pedal down the fireroad and thru the Meadows, we found an area where we could hike to the main 74. I waited along the road while Doug rode back camp, picked up the car, and came back to pick me up. All I could think of was Dean talking about the $5000 for a helicopter pickup so I was determined to make it back on my own.

Got it xrayed today and the upper fibia is fractured...yikes. But at least I got one ride on my newly replaced frame.

Thanks Liz and the whole crew for a great day even with the broken ending. Doug, you're the man!

Binh

UPDATE AS REQUESTED: Ok, since I finally got off my ass, here's some pictures of the fibula fracture. Sorry for the fuzziness...it was taken inside the car holding it up to the window. So the fracture turns out to be the small issue. The doctor said the fracture will heal by itself and nothing has to be done but with fractures so high near the knee, the ankle is usually messed up. He looks at my ankle and decides to take x-rays of both ankles. So the gap in between the bones is suppose to be even around all three sides as with the good ankle. The sprainged ankle is not so good. The normal 1/4inch gap is at least 1/2inch wide on the outside and slightly torn on the left as well. So the doctor says in order to not have chronic problems later on, the tendons/ligaments need to be tightened and the bones need to be aligned as they heal. So he's going to pull one tendon side together, put a pin to hold it place, then see if the other side needs a pin as well. So...conclusion: 6 weeks in cast. 6 weeks in a boot. and who know how long in PT. Surgery is scheduled for Thursday morning.

And of course...I'm going to ask for a black and red cast....to match my bike

 

Heal up man. What's the expected recovery time?

 

Sorry to hear this.I hope you're doing well and hope you get better soon.

 

Don't know the down time until I get an appt with the ortho dr this week....guessing 4-6 weeks for any bone fractures.

 

That was such a freak incident.#-o When I saw you right after it happened, you look like you were going to session the spot. so sorry to hear that its broken. You were totally hard core to get out, off the trail. Healing vibes. Take care.

 

Sorry to hear about your injury. Fortunately, you were with other riders who were able to help. Dean assisted me when I separated my shoulder last year at Quaking Aspens.

Hopefully you'll recover quickly!

 

Sorry to hear about your injury!

Is it your tibia or fibula? Tibia is your shinbone. Fibula is the other smaller bone in your lower leg. Just curious.

Heal up quickly!

 

being down sucks ass all you think about is all the riding you want to do but cant,well you would but the recovery time is 4 times longer hope you dont go crazy. get the therapy you need its the best thing for recovery time. Rich :beer: well theres more time to drink ice cold beer now!!!!!!!

 

definitely his fibula

 

Yup the upper part of the small bone.

 

got out on a broken leg. Props to you! Hope the healing goes well

 

Not if... just when!

Sorry it was your turn in the bucket, grasshopper... the rest of us are waiting for ours. Healing vibs from the tribe.

 

Feels like I took seconds from the bucket since I took a shoulder hit on the last ride too. ....NEXT IN LINE!

 

Quick drugs.... anything to help out with the pain. Good luck. Get well soon.

 

We love xrays...show some pics!

 

Sorry to hear about the injury. You'd think after the dog saving incident Karma would have been on your side. Heal up quick.

 

damn, bro. sorry. i thought i was having a bad day up to that point.

i came along about 30 seconds after the crash, and binh was already up, just a little dazed. pretty much right from the start he thought he had broken something. but everybody thought he was wrong: "it would hurt a lot more", "it would be a lot more swollen", etc. well, i guess he knew better--which makes the trip back to the road pretty damn impressive. it was about 2 miles, mostly s/t, and he was one-leg pedaling most of the time, but there were some short uphills that he clipped both feet in for...with a broken leg. yowza.

he's a tough dude. i've seen him crash off a waterfall, roll into cactus, and still finish the ride. in his underwear. now that's tough. :lol:

healing vibes, man. get better fast. i need my coach.

and healing financial vibes to fyo/dave who had his own misfortune before he even got to the trailhead.


:fat tires:

 

Wishing you a speedy recovery. We'll have to get you guys out there again sometime.

 

Way to take the pain like a man:bang: and good luck with the recovery!

 

wow dude. Heal up! busted bones are no fun!