Holy Cow!A senior ice dance team, for what ever reason they guy was upset with the girl and he pushed her trough a partially open door, she hit the edge of the door full force with the side of her hip and had to be carried off the ice. It was then end of that partnership.
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My friend took a rest on a bench in a side box, and I was standing there talking, not moving, just standing still. Next thing I know I was down with spiral fractures in both my tibia and my fibula. I was so out of it in screeching pain, but heard the EMT say he was going to cut my NEW boot off of my foot. A skating friend who was a military nurse came to my rescue and made them let her take the skate off the normal way, just cutting the lace. I was in the ER and the ortho surgeon looked at me and said my knee was pointing east while my foot was pointing west. So I went off in a flash to surgery, where a metal plate was screwed in place to hold my tibia together, and unfortunately the end of the plate was rested on top of my inside ankle. I spent several days in the hospital, but while I was there, a skating friend brought me a card that was signed by every single person who skated during the same sessions as me (she also had brought my skates to the hospital, bearing her blue blade soakers which I still use to this day). After the last cast was finally gone (they replaced the cast 3 times), I did my first round of physical therapy. A year later my leg was constantly hurting because of the plate position. So I went back to surgery and the plate was removed. So then I had to wait another year for the holes to heal before I could skate again. Went back to skate and found that I had to do physical therapy again. Got back to doing freestyle stuff, but one day while out in the middle of the ice, I just "froze", couldn't move, was in a state of panic, and thus started my phobia that kept me off the ice for about 3 years. Now I am back and that dang freak accident is still haunting me with ankle/foot problems.
Moral of my story is: Never take standing still in skates on the ice for granted - make sure you know exactly where your feet are and their position, because all it takes to cause this heartache is an inadvertent slight turn of the foot.
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A coach (who shall remain nameless to protect his dignity) who inadvertantly stepped on the ice with his skate guards on and fell and broke his hip.
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MINE!
My friend took a rest on a bench in a side box, and I was standing there talking, not moving, just standing still. Next thing I know I was down with spiral fractures in both my tibia and my fibula. I was so out of it in screeching pain, but heard the EMT say he was going to cut my NEW boot off of my foot. A skating friend who was a military nurse came to my rescue and made them let her take the skate off the normal way, just cutting the lace. I was in the ER and the ortho surgeon looked at me and said my knee was pointing east while my foot was pointing west. So I went off in a flash to surgery, where a metal plate was screwed in place to hold my tibia together, and unfortunately the end of the plate was rested on top of my inside ankle. I spent several days in the hospital, but while I was there, a skating friend brought me a card that was signed by every single person who skated during the same sessions as me (she also had brought my skates to the hospital, bearing her blue blade soakers which I still use to this day). After the last cast was finally gone (they replaced the cast 3 times), I did my first round of physical therapy. A year later my leg was constantly hurting because of the plate position. So I went back to surgery and the plate was removed. So then I had to wait another year for the holes to heal before I could skate again. Went back to skate and found that I had to do physical therapy again. Got back to doing freestyle stuff, but one day while out in the middle of the ice, I just "froze", couldn't move, was in a state of panic, and thus started my phobia that kept me off the ice for about 3 years. Now I am back and that dang freak accident is still haunting me with ankle/foot problems.
Moral of my story is: Never take standing still in skates on the ice for granted - make sure you know exactly where your feet are and their position, because all it takes to cause this heartache is an inadvertent slight turn of the foot.
Top that.