yep, that's right. Went in today and had the doc check it out and now it is official, probably prognosis is a tear in the right bicep/tendon/attachment point thingy and a micro tear in my rotator cuff.... WTH universe what did I do to deserve this? I am going to be doing so much PT and pain killers in the hopes that I am ready to go come the first of the year.

Love you guys

Flash.

Sorry to hear this Flash. Is this something that just started bothering you or is it related to a specific event?

Aw, I'm super bummed to hear that, Flash.... Sending positive thoughts your way...

Sorry to hear about your injury! Hope you heal soon!

at least i did it snowkiting on some epic pow pow in choice winds here in colorado.

At least you didn't do something silly like fall down the stairs or get tripped by the dog!

Hope you heal fast and strong so you can get back out there!

And that makes all the difference in the world... Did you get some pictures of your session? Did you actually have an accident that caused the problem, or was it an over-use injury? Just curious.

sux when you're injured. get well soon.

if you have spare T3's I would like to purchase a few. hehehehe

Honestly I am not sure if it was either the little wreck I had or an overuse... I kinda went overboard with fresh backcountry powder turns, 12 mile snowshoe treks, cross country skiing, mogul bashing, and kiting with a pretty standard no tweaky crash. (all of this in the span of like 4 days) Sadly I was doing most of this on my own, so photos from the snowkite session are non-existent. I tried snapping two photos while riding not realizing there was snow on the lens... quite comical.

I still am to poor to afford a Go-Pro or Drift camera that I can strap to my head.

I will keep you guys updated... and hopefully I will have photos of me flying again really soon!

Thanks for the well wishes

Sorry to hear it Flash,I have been tryin to heal a shoulder injury too. Flipped a buggy over powerslidin' at the beach.
Heal up ,take it easy for a bit. Ya gotta get some kind of helmetcam , if you are gonna be doin your own stunts...:wee:

I'm dying to go flying!!!! WG

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Originally posted by flash Honestly I am not sure if it was either the little wreck I had or an overuse... I kinda went overboard with fresh backcountry powder turns, 12 mile snowshoe treks, cross country skiing, mogul bashing, and kiting with a pretty standard no tweaky crash. (all of this in the span of like 4 days) Sadly I was doing most of this on my own, so photos from the snowkite session are non-existent. I tried snapping two photos while riding not realizing there was snow on the lens... quite comical. I still am to poor to afford a Go-Pro or Drift camera that I can strap to my head. I will keep you guys updated... and hopefully I will have photos of me flying again really soon! Thanks for the well wishes

trade you a GoPro for some T3's?

im not addicted but it makes the pain go away faster. hehehe.

I hope you feel better!

I might be heading up to Crested Butte this winter. I'll pay you a visit, yes? :D

Cheers,
Seanny

Heal up, keep the activity level low until you're all better, and hopefully you can make Tug Hill! Have fun flash

Hope you feel better soon. I suffered an intrasubstantive rupture of my pectoral major muscle accompanied with a partial tear to the tricep longhead at the point of insertion in 2003. That was a brutal injury which took a long time to recover from but I've been happily kiting for years now and you will be too, soon enough. Do whatever they tell you and don't rush the recovery. Do you need surgery? Did you get a second opinion? If you tore the tendon off, it will not heal properly on its own. If you suffered a partial tear that could be OK depending upon how far it tore and where.

Hmmmm. Bummer. Sorry to hear abou that. Injuries are no fun. Good luck.

-Mike

Do exactly what they tell you in physical therapy. Ice it after. I dislocated my shoulder a year a go Aug and it is 100% now. Are you in a sling? No surgery for me fortunately.

sorry to hear about your injuries Nic hope your not too pissed off and can get back at it soon :~)

OUCH! It sucks when you get hurt, but on the good side you can catch up on daytime TV.
Take the time to heal and it will be in no-time and your back at it, heal well.

lol.. yes I will gladly swap my pain meds for a go-pro... oops... should I say that, am I now going to get arrested? ah hell with it.

Seanny - yes... give me a holler... just cause i f'ed my arm doesn't mean I can't get some turns in! Hell... i have to get more then 50 days on the mountain this year or I lose another growler of beer!!!

I only get the one opinion... cause the VA only covers one.. unless it comes to surgery, then I can seek another opinion. That usually turns out to be exactly the same. The one thing they do have down is joint and head injuries I am not to worried tho, I have been down this road before for other surgeries, so oddly this is familiar territory.

Right now the assessment is that it isn't a full tear, only 'tearing'. I waited a week after the injury for the appointment, to reduce the swelling etc... and with my mobility test and pain levels, they said chances are it is not full tears. So there is at least some bueno news! I have to wait for my turn for the MRI to find out exactly how much damage.

and as far as tv... that will just piss me off more. :singing: It just so happens that I don't have my tv hooked up to anything other than my dvd player, and I lent out my dvd's to my buddy...all of them except my Snowkite, kiting, skiing, cirque movies....(oh, and maybe a Die Hard movie) Talk about freaking coincidence!

Sigh... I love you guys! Between you and my local buddy here I feel less desperate after the prognosis. I was really feeling down and kept screaming obscenities in my head. :bouncy:

That sucks man! I hate being injured. Let me know if you want to borrow my netflix, I don't really use it aside from the occasional Red Dwarf Episodes.

So Sorry to hear about your troubles.

Rip' In Canada you can buy tylanol #1 over the counter . It has much less codine than T'3 but 3 , 1's equal 1, 3 ! :duh:

Sorry to hear that dude ... I stuffed a shoulder messing up on a vert ramp and it wasn't right for ... well it's still not right really! Rest up good and get better soon!

time and rest all will heal.

laying out sucks! unless its a tan line phree kinda laying out moment.

Hope it isn't too serious,once they see the MRI. I slipped and fell on some ice in the road while walking my dogs 4 yrs ago. Landed on my elbow, but the force pushed the humerus upward enough to tear the rotator cuff. Dr. recommended surgery, I opted for physical therapy. I still have pain on occaision, and some reaching positions give a twinge, or lose strength, but I really feel that flying fixed bridles unhooked has increased my strength and range of motion overall. Good luck on your recovery, and we could always use more judges/helpers at the Tug Hill festival, if you are not 100% by then.

I will say the VA does have head injury care almost perfected, they check mine every month :roll:

Hope you heal up quickly and thoroughly,

I'd tear my own ACL if it meant I'd get to stay home and watch Spongebob for hours daily! :D

Well not really, but I do like Spongebob.

Being hurt sucks. I've had many breaks, and a compound fracture. I have much empathy for you. You're still young, you should heal up fast and make a full recovery. As everyone has said, listen to your doctors and take care of yourself. %$#@ happens, make sure everything in the healing process goes right the first time so you won't be back like this anytime soon.

Best of luck!
Seanny

Sorry to hear about your injury. Sounds like you have good care.
Heal quick, but more important - completely.

Kiting or otherwise, I'm sure a good story will come to you later.