Yesterday at Corros Ben Proffitt suffered a painful shoulder injury during a pushloop, here's a short clip of what happened and the aftermath. AC shoulder separation they say, x-rays don't look pretty.
Deano, Colin, the cool dude from Jordan and I sat and watched him the night before as the sun was setting and the wind was blowing close to 35 knots. He was pulling the most amazing tweaked pushies I have ever seen. He was landing some planing!!!
Brings back unpleasant memories of a distal collarbone fracture requiring a bone graft and large titanium screw at the same spot and a painful drive to the hospital. (I wasn't doing anything as radical!). Hope that your recovery is speedy, Ben. I am sure you will be just as good a patient as Justyna.
Are you sure it was the pushloop that did most of the damage or the ride to hospital in that POS van ? I got a lift in that van while Troppo was mild mannerly driving it between Wedge and Cervantes one day... almost needed chiropractic manipulation to re-align my spine !
Shoulders are up there with knees in terms of pain and extensive recovery, all the best with the recovery Mr P
WindWarrior said... Are you sure it was the pushloop that did most of the damage or the ride to hospital in that POS van ? I got a lift in that van while Troppo was mild mannerly driving it between Wedge and Cervantes one day... almost needed chiropractic manipulation to re-align my spine !
Shoulders are up there with knees in terms of pain and extensive recovery, all the best with the recovery Mr P
I hope you never went for a ride in Troppos Mitsy 4x4 ute then Kev, try Perth to Cervantes in that rocket
Not an uncommon windsurfing injury that will probably require some metal hardware to keep it together. I strained mine last year learning to waterstart on an 8M, weight training has healed it completely. Makes me think building up the shoulders and upper chest is good prevention.
