Yuki's Passion 1 Posted December 11, 2002 Share Posted December 11, 2002 Ive ended up cracking(maybe a slight stress fracture) a rib on my right side. Does anybody have any experience with this?? How long does it take to heal?? Help me, pleaaaaaassssseeee! Im going crazy just thinking about not skiing for that long. Link to post Share on other sites
oo 1 Posted December 11, 2002 Share Posted December 11, 2002 What did you do? Link to post Share on other sites
damian 0 Posted December 11, 2002 Share Posted December 11, 2002 dude, there isnt anything you can do to help it heal besides stay in bed. Bugger that. Get some morphine (chewable orange flavour if possible) and hit the snow. Just hope it doesnt get worse and jab you in the lung. I wouldnt worry about that until it happens. Link to post Share on other sites
mogski 0 Posted December 11, 2002 Share Posted December 11, 2002 YP my torn ligament took around a month and half to heal. Although during this month and half I did go surfing twice and skiing once. I'm with DB on the pain killers and I also reccomend Shippu when you sleep at night. My sympathies to you and I hope you don't miss too much sliding. Link to post Share on other sites
Yuki's Passion 1 Posted December 11, 2002 Author Share Posted December 11, 2002 Wow, cheers yall for the kind words. My embarrassing story: Was leaving a new Irish bar in the city and was so psyched after drinking some Nama Guiness!! Going down the stairs about halfway down the first flight, grabbed the rail with my right hand and jumped over to the other side and must have really tweeked it pretty bad because I could feel it at that second. Pretty dumb, eh? Wish I could say I was in Strawberrys or something, doing a Coke 720 or something other than going down stairs How can I get some chewable orange morphine Deebee?!!!! Mogski, are those the pads that you can put on your body?? Cheers! Link to post Share on other sites
Raury 0 Posted December 11, 2002 Share Posted December 11, 2002 A cracked or broken rib takes up to 6 weeks to heal. It actually takes a fair bit to crack a rib ie: 85kg of snowboarder @ 25kph onto pack ice. It is more likely that you have tweaked a muscle, which shgould settle down in a few day, but up to a week. Link to post Share on other sites
damian 0 Posted December 11, 2002 Share Posted December 11, 2002 chewable morphine? dunno where to get it but it would be great if it was available. Link to post Share on other sites
echineko 1 Posted December 11, 2002 Share Posted December 11, 2002 Ita-so----! Link to post Share on other sites
mogski 0 Posted December 11, 2002 Share Posted December 11, 2002 Shippu are those littel white pads that smell like a rugby locker room. You plant them on the sore part and they either heat or cool from the inside out. Great inventions! Link to post Share on other sites
damian 0 Posted December 11, 2002 Share Posted December 11, 2002 take care with those rubber pads! I injured close to my doodle and put one on without thinking. Ouch. Link to post Share on other sites
Dokumanju 0 Posted December 12, 2002 Share Posted December 12, 2002 hey yuki's pash, i broke 2 ribs (plus my collar bone) 2 seasons ago. It didn't take very long for them (the ribs, that is) to heal up tho, prolly about a month i remember. don't worry, i don't think u'll be out of action for too long, especially if it's just a fracture. hey deebs, doodle...now there's a word i haven't heard in a long time...= ) Link to post Share on other sites
Mongoose 0 Posted December 12, 2002 Share Posted December 12, 2002 Hey Yuki, get hold of some Arnica cream ( homeopathic ointment) it heals like nothing else..First 2 nights rub it on where it's sore..plent of it ..and then wrap the area (yourself) with cling wrap..go to sleep and take off in morning ...do it for 2 nights and then just rub ointment in 3 times a day..it will make the injury heal much faster...I dont know if you can get Arnica in Japan so good luck, but if you can it works unreal.. Link to post Share on other sites
damian 0 Posted December 12, 2002 Share Posted December 12, 2002 doodle is part of my SJ forum friendly vocab. Same as jeepers! by jingo! grouse! and golly gosh! Link to post Share on other sites
Ocean11 0 Posted December 12, 2002 Share Posted December 12, 2002 If you wrap cling wrap around your face before you go to bed, nothing will ever hurt again... Link to post Share on other sites
Davo 1 Posted December 12, 2002 Share Posted December 12, 2002 I'm pretty sure I cracked a rib a few years back at the start of a 10 day boarding holiday. You should be ok to ride-just hurts like hell sometimes in some positions. Link to post Share on other sites
damian 0 Posted December 12, 2002 Share Posted December 12, 2002 I told one of the japanese girls in the office that i went boarding on the weekend. She said in that typical innocent voice: "I am so pleased that you didn't hurt your bone" Link to post Share on other sites
Ocean11 0 Posted December 12, 2002 Share Posted December 12, 2002 Your bone is that obvious around the office is it then? That's regarded as a lot more rude than blowing your nose, believe me. I feel a drive to Hakuba and snowboard all day fit coming on. Maybe Friday's the day. Is Cortina all open? If it is, I might like to have a romp in their trees. Link to post Share on other sites
snowboard_freak 0 Posted December 12, 2002 Share Posted December 12, 2002 Sorryt o hear about that Yuki. That sucks. I would just be going for a slide anyway if its not too painful that it. If it is, yeah do what everyone else said, get pain killers. Or failing that, have a few cones before you go out! Link to post Share on other sites
Yuki's Passion 1 Posted December 12, 2002 Author Share Posted December 12, 2002 Thanks yall - Im hoping that Raury's right about this and its just a muscle. I wanna get in some sick powder!!! Link to post Share on other sites
mogski 0 Posted December 12, 2002 Share Posted December 12, 2002 Quote: Originally posted by Yuki's Passion: Thanks yall - Im hoping that Raury's right about this and its just a muscle. I wanna get in some sick powder!!! Nope raury is wrong and it is a complicated fracture that requires major life threatening surgery and will put you out of powder raping for sveral months! You must go to the hospital today!!! You cannot go to the mountain at all!! Because I can't, you can't That goes for all of you! Link to post Share on other sites
damian 0 Posted December 12, 2002 Share Posted December 12, 2002 Mog's is right. You should also refrain from copulation for at least 6 months. Face it dude, you may as well become a priest posted in middle africa. Link to post Share on other sites
snowboard_freak 0 Posted December 12, 2002 Share Posted December 12, 2002 db your post's crack me up! Drop me an email when you get a chance to let me know how Ingrid went today. Cheers Link to post Share on other sites
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