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Scope > 9 months ago, 5 Feb 2011

Scope

65 posts

5 Feb 2011 4:21pm

Be interested to hear from anyone who has fractured a rib and how long it took to get back windsurfing. Its feeling like a while away at present.....grrrr!!!!

nebbian

6277 posts

5 Feb 2011 4:51pm

Took me at least a month...

Can you sleep through the night yet without waking up when you roll over?

Try to avoid listening to funny jokes

i cracked one and it didnt stop me. then i busted 4 in 5 places. 7 weeks rest and getting back into it but no jumps or risks and im wearing a vest to protect them.
have you had any muscle spasms? they hurt more than the break!

saltiest1

NSW

2562 posts

5 Feb 2011 8:06pm

puking isnt too bad but sneezing...... just dont!

Scope

65 posts

5 Feb 2011 5:24pm

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nebbian said...

Took me at least a month...

Can you sleep through the night yet without waking up when you roll over?

Try to avoid listening to funny jokes

A month would be good.

Not yet Nebbian, only happened a couple of days ago, still a bit tender. Trying to avoid the codeine also as the last thing i need at the moment is constipation!!!!
The thought of a sneeze is horrible.... a light cough just about doubles me up, hahah.

Scope

65 posts

5 Feb 2011 5:30pm

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saltiest1 said...

i cracked one and it didnt stop me. then i busted 4 in 5 places. 7 weeks rest and getting back into it but no jumps or risks and im wearing a vest to protect them.
have you had any muscle spasms? they hurt more than the break!

I can't imagine 4 in 5 places.
No spasms as yet. I got out of the habit of wearing my impact vest, won't make that mistake again.

Thanks for your comments guys

Gaz45

QLD

113 posts

5 Feb 2011 10:16pm

I broke one rib around the back, the muscle spasms were the worst. Four weeks before I sailed again.
A crazy doc in our team broke three, back sailing in four weeks!!!

GTsails

VIC

12 posts

5 Feb 2011 11:43pm

I feel your pain. No fun at all..

Its not so much the ribs.. But the intercostles in between the ribs that take the time to heal.
Lots of pain & the longer you can give it the better.
Nothing worse than getting out there & doing it again.

divaldo

2878 posts

5 Feb 2011 11:17pm

6 weeks

do not rush back, et them heal properly, trust me, you crack them again and you are back to square one!

pweedas

4642 posts

5 Feb 2011 11:30pm

Yep. 6 weeks. You can pretty much count off the days.
I've done heaps. It's my specialty.
You know when it's broken good and proper when you can't even fart. ooooh sorry,.. I mean pass wind.
(well some people are good at some things and some people are good at other things.

)

busterwa

3782 posts

6 Feb 2011 12:32am

remember hit a curb riding back from pub ended up with 3 fractured ribs took 4 weeks and anti inflammatory and painkillers.
didnt think i hurt myself that bad was all ok till i woke up ;-) still had cuts on ma elbows and dried blood on face.

oldee

VIC

14 posts

6 Feb 2011 8:11am

Stopping a sneeze is a great relief.
Rather than waiting for it to happen, take lots of deep breaths through the nose.
Repeat as necessary. My sneezes make the roof vibrate.

sboardcrazy

NSW

8292 posts

6 Feb 2011 8:29am

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Scope said...

nebbian said...

Took me at least a month...

Can you sleep through the night yet without waking up when you roll over?

Try to avoid listening to funny jokes

I didnt know you could conciously stop a sneeze until I hurt my ribs..

sboardcrazy

NSW

8292 posts

6 Feb 2011 8:31am

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GTsails said...

I feel your pain. No fun at all..

I only damaged the cartilage / ligaments but i was silly enough to go for a sail & ignore the pain..not worth it!

brad1

QLD

232 posts

6 Feb 2011 7:43am

Torn rib catlidge..... Was about 5 -6 weeks before sailing again, even then I was just hanging on for the ride. Took about 10 weeks before I could sail without feeling it.

waggles56

VIC

204 posts

6 Feb 2011 10:51am

What is the most common way to fracture ribs when windsurfing? Catapultes? If that's the case will an inpact vest help? Or was it doing jumps?
How did you guys do your ribs?

h20

VIC

458 posts

6 Feb 2011 12:00pm

Landing on gear is the most common way of breaking ribs. Usually you hit may boom or board on the side. Small cracks tale three weeks to be sailing in 4. Bigger 6-8. Need to be careful in first week after the break if you try to push through pain as you can puncture lung. That is bad. So don't just suck it up for the first week. Be smart.

sboardcrazy

NSW

8292 posts

6 Feb 2011 12:01pm

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waggles56 said...

What is the most common way to fracture ribs when windsurfing? Catapultes? If that's the case will an inpact vest help? Or was it doing jumps?
How did you guys do your ribs?

I can't actually remember but I assume it was landing on the boom or mast trying to gybe. I had a big floatation vest on but the problem was I had tried to reposition it while I was in the water and one of the large hard buckles was inside the vest against my body rather than on the outside as it is supposed to be. I assume it was the impact of that pushing into me once I hit the rig that did it..

alfamale

QLD

138 posts

6 Feb 2011 11:03am

Six weeks for me although I still went out with a seat harness (instead of my usual waist)

Mucksy

QLD

217 posts

6 Feb 2011 5:15pm

Took me about 7-8 weeks. Sleeping was incredibly irritating for the first 2 weeks.

My ribs naturally stick out a little bit more than average. My incident involved stepping off the board (not even planning) and not stepping off far enough away from the board. The water was deeper than I expected and naturally went straight into the water. Unfortunately when my ribs got to water level, my board had decided to get caught under slightly so I of course instantly stopped with my rib cage feeling like it had been ripped up and off my spine..

Not fun

Scope

65 posts

6 Feb 2011 5:55pm

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My sneezes make the roof vibrate.

Thanks Oldee, I really shouldn't have read this, the laughter nearly killed me!!

Scope

65 posts

6 Feb 2011 5:56pm

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pweedas said...

Yep. 6 weeks. You can pretty much count off the days.
I've done heaps. It's my specialty.
You know when it's broken good and proper when you can't even fart. ooooh sorry,.. I mean pass wind.
(well some people are good at some things and some people are good at other things.

)

ditto for this one

Scope

65 posts

6 Feb 2011 6:03pm

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waggles56 said...

What is the most common way to fracture ribs when windsurfing? Catapultes? If that's the case will an inpact vest help? Or was it doing jumps?
How did you guys do your ribs?

In my case-overpowered speed sailing without an impact vest, too lazy to go and get it when the wind picked up, got slammed trying to move my alphas along, just hit the water hard on my side.

kato

VIC

3513 posts

6 Feb 2011 9:09pm

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Scope said...

Be interested to hear from anyone who has fractured a rib and how long it took to get back windsurfing. Its feeling like a while away at present.....grrrr!!!!

Go have a talk to a good NON force Chiro they carn,y fix the ribs but they can "settle" them and allow you to breathe and sleep pain free. I,ve broken my ribs more times than i can remember,mostly going over the front and smaking the nose speed sailing, but id rather break ribs than damage the nodes on the ribs,they take for ever to heal and hurt like broken ribs. Good luck with it, just don,t push it for a few weeks

Scope

65 posts

6 Feb 2011 6:36pm

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kato said...

Scope said...

Be interested to hear from anyone who has fractured a rib and how long it took to get back windsurfing. Its feeling like a while away at present.....grrrr!!!!

Thanks Kato, like the sound of that re the Chiro. The GP basically said here's the painkillers and take it easy.

(I probably shouldn't have cut the lawns yesterday, I paid for it today...)

Thanks for the other comments and advice also

mr love

VIC

2415 posts

7 Feb 2011 8:15am

Scope, I had a displaced fracture of number 9 and 10 the first week of December. High speed over the front onto my boom, no vest just a rashie.
I had my first sail just over 4 weeks after but absolutely should not have , hurt like hell. It,s now the second week of Feb and I still cannot lie on my right side in bed and it hurts to lie down on a hard surface. Sailing is fine with a seat harness.

I reckon 6 weeks is a good number before you should sail and like everybody says , don't sneeze!!!!! Good luck and hope it heals quickly.

puffin

235 posts

7 Feb 2011 6:45am

I bruised my ribs badly (not fractured, though)...it was two weeks until I could sail at all, and six weeks until I could sail normally.

lanky

QLD

213 posts

7 Feb 2011 4:28pm

What did everyone do while they couldn't sail? Just munted up my foot (not a rib I know) and I am out of the water till September?

Just found it interesting with so many people having hurt themselves and being out for a while. How to keep sane while of the water and incapacitated is the big question?

Scope

65 posts

7 Feb 2011 6:26pm

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mr love said...

Scope, I had a displaced fracture of number 9 and 10 the first week of December. High speed over the front onto my boom, no vest just a rashie.
I had my first sail just over 4 weeks after but absolutely should not have , hurt like hell. It,s now the second week of Feb and I still cannot lie on my right side in bed and it hurts to lie down on a hard surface. Sailing is fine with a seat harness.

I reckon 6 weeks is a good number before you should sail and like everybody says , don't sneeze!!!!! Good luck and hope it heals quickly.

Thanks for that

landyacht

5921 posts

7 Feb 2011 8:56pm

wait till you get old.
I busted 3 ribs sailing a moth in cyclone Alby(1979?) got caught out on the water and broke em on the boom trying to get ashore,
30 years later I was furling a topgallant sail on the Leuuwin when she dropped off a big swell and the same 3 ribs came back to haunt me. broke on the old joins and hurt more the second time. One of them has popped again since whilst straining on some beams at work.
the doc recons it will just keep happening

saltiest1

NSW

2562 posts

8 Feb 2011 12:15am

busted mine jumping and landing baaaaad. got flung in the harness into the boom clamp (i think). about 300m out. took about 30 min before it really hurt though.

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