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ninevirtuesLast night's party full of cyclists (15 people present) had:
-One guy with a chronic complete underarm labral tear, arm in sling, surgery next week
-One lady with a nonunion fracture of her collarbone, surgery Monday after next. Due to some extended time she'd spent with her doctor, she was able to tell me that collarbones are supposed to take the hit like that (because otherwise your ribs, and lungs, would take the impact, which is much more serious).
-One lady who'd FOOSHED off her roadbike and had her wrist in a cast (recall that a FOOSH is a Fall On OutStretched Hand).
This was the Capital Cycling Club. I am trying not to conclude that they were all hurt solely because Duke Sportsmedicine sponsors them. ;-)
Well now. They got me thinking. When I fell and concussed, I did not FOOSH; I fell on my side with my arm tucked up under me. My hip, elbow, and head took the hit. I didn't plan it that way; in situations like these, you do whatever your hindbrain tells you to. My little sister, who FOOSHED multiple times as a child and spent considerable time in a forearm cast as a result, is clearly wired differently.
So. We have two different populations (cyclists/Mountain bikers and the very old) who are at risk of falling traumatically. I suspect that both groups could benefit from fall training or fall education and balance practice, and now I'm thinking about the commonalities between them.
-One guy with a chronic complete underarm labral tear, arm in sling, surgery next week
-One lady with a nonunion fracture of her collarbone, surgery Monday after next. Due to some extended time she'd spent with her doctor, she was able to tell me that collarbones are supposed to take the hit like that (because otherwise your ribs, and lungs, would take the impact, which is much more serious).
-One lady who'd FOOSHED off her roadbike and had her wrist in a cast (recall that a FOOSH is a Fall On OutStretched Hand).
This was the Capital Cycling Club. I am trying not to conclude that they were all hurt solely because Duke Sportsmedicine sponsors them. ;-)
Well now. They got me thinking. When I fell and concussed, I did not FOOSH; I fell on my side with my arm tucked up under me. My hip, elbow, and head took the hit. I didn't plan it that way; in situations like these, you do whatever your hindbrain tells you to. My little sister, who FOOSHED multiple times as a child and spent considerable time in a forearm cast as a result, is clearly wired differently.
So. We have two different populations (cyclists/Mountain bikers and the very old) who are at risk of falling traumatically. I suspect that both groups could benefit from fall training or fall education and balance practice, and now I'm thinking about the commonalities between them.
