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While in France last week i fractured my t11, which has subsequently put my plans to go to austria next week and new zealand for a year on hold. Has anyone else had a similar injury? if so what was your recovery time and is their any other useful information you have? thanks. Also i have no soft tissue damage thankfully! I know i got of very lucky with just a broken bone, just dont feel that way at the minute 
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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no helpful information to offer, just sympathy! Good luck with your recovery.
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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I went over the handlebars of my MTB about 10 years ago and fractured my T5, I spent a week flat on my back in hospital and probably another 6 - 8 weeks recovering before I was back to something resembling normality.
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i fractured L1 snowboarding in the US about 8 years ago, was a burst compression fracture (apparently) but only resulted in me being bed ridden for 2 days. Walking tentatively for a week or so thereafter, but was playing Sunday league football again within 4 or 5 weeks without too much trouble. A lot depends on the nature of the fracture though, had another friend do a very similar injury and was in a back brace for 8 weeks. Just listen to the doctors as well as your body and you'll not go far wrong; Austria is certainly off the cards but NZ is definitely not a write off, in fact i'd focus on it as a recovery goal.
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@treeslayer,
3 weeks very sore
By 6-8 will be pretty good in day to day activity
3 months starting to get back to normal
A bit a hey for months
You will have massive loss of core muscle activation. Do lots and lots of trunk stabilising exercises. See a physio who specialises in backs
Jonathan Bell
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Thanks all. Well they said in france id be in my corset full time all the time even at night for 45 days, then part time, not at night, for another 45 days, followed by physio and getting back into shape, but iv not been to my gp this side of the Chanel yet due to the easter holidays, will hopefully be able to remedy this in the next few days. Im a tree surgeon by trade, so in order to get back into working shape I will be about ready to get back on the slopes, so im hoping to go early next year, or go somewhere else for a year before christmas.
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I broke my l1, 2 and 3 in new year week. Was given a similar timescale to you for healing, brace etc. First 2 weeks I laid flat as much as I could, prob 22 hours a day. I work in a ski resort so as bored as I was I did that knowing I needed to be back asap. After 2 weeks of agony, the pain that woke me up when I moved stopped around day 9, I was able to stand up for up to two hours (I run a chalet) and walk around. Week 3 I was pretty mobile, week 4 I was skiing! I do think they give a worst case scenario with back injuries and rightly so but hope that gives you a bit of hope. No pain at all now except when it got really cold but all my former broken bones flared up then, and have skied everyday since 5 Feb.
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I was helped greatly by a "Pilates for back pain sufferers" class, it was run by qualified physiotherapists at my local hospital, it was invaluable for rebuilding core strength.
When you are ready for physio it might be worth checking if there is anything similar in your area.
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hi all, quick update, im now on the english system and theyv said i need to stay in the brace for 6 in total, then i can probably take it off if the bones healed and start physio and reconditioning. so ill be out of it by the end of april and getting back into some training!
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You will have massive loss of core muscle activation.
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I've heard that term a lot. What exactly does it mean?
I'm under the impression it's different from simple muscle strength?
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You will have massive loss of core muscle activation.
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I've heard that term a lot. What exactly does it mean?
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It refers to the muscles that support the spine and damp its movement.
Some of the muscles are the abdominal wall others attached to the spine itself.
Jonathan Bell
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And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
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@treeslayer, ...wedge fracture L2, stable. Upright after two days. Hauling rocks up a Swiss mountainside 2 weeks' later as rehabilitation. Cycling 1 month after this. Skiing 6 months' later.
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wedge fractures at t6 and t7. I was on a climbing holiday at the time and just thought I was a bit winded so climbed on for 4 days in moderate pain. 6 weeks later got an xray and they told me what had happened. The injury has never been particularly limiting. It ached quite a bit at night for a few months then settled down to a sort of background ache. It still aches a bit 4 or 5 years on but rarely to the degree where I consider taking painkillers so it's pretty manageable. It hasn't stopped me doing any skiing/snowboarding/motorbiking/mountain biking/rock climbing etc.
I'd say as soon as it's stable, you are good to go. They'll probably bring you in for check xrays every 6 weeks or so and once they get two or three identical they'll tell you you are sorted. Core stability will be something you will need to focus on long term, but then, it is something all desk workers have to think about long term so that's no big deal.
Good luck with the recovery and stay positive - of the injuries you can have, this one really ain't that bad.
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You know it makes sense.
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valais and monkey, the doctors have got me on a time scale of 6 weeks with the brace on so 3 weeks left, then hopefully take it off and start rehab and physio, just out of interest how old are you? and i cant believe how quickly you were back to sport, when i did mine i felt a bit winded and lied down for a bit with every intention of skiing down, but after i realized i couldnt sit down or stand up thought better of it! Iv got quite a high pain thresh hold as well... the core strength thing im actually looking forward to physio and rehab, have a few weeks off for purely swimming and gym, and hopefully go kayaking in the summer, as im a tree surgeon i cant go back to work untill im back to normal really
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Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
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You will have massive loss of core muscle activation.
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I've heard that term a lot. What exactly does it mean?
I'm under the impression it's different from simple muscle strength? |
It refers to the muscles that support the spine and damp its movement.
Some of the muscles are the abdominal wall others attached to the spine itself.
Jonathan Bell |
Jonathan, the link pointed to by "movement" looks to be some kind of advert (skiing). Was that accidental, or you did mean to link to a page having to do with spine movement?
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Poster: A snowHead
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@abc, it is Admin's link not Jonathan's.
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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@treeslayer, 3 weeks in a torso cast, near 3 months in a brace and 9 months rehab. I was young and quite fit so about 6 months I was feeling great but warned not to overdo it . . . of course I did, but with no ill effects. Nearly all the rehab was 'core and muscle support with gently increasing flexibility . . . It has given me good posture for my life and one free of backache . . . which considering how much time I've spent sitting though it has been a great benefit.
I did this MANY years ago when much longer timescales were recommended/used for recovery, I suspect that as above it will halve that time in this enlightened era 
edit for crappy grammar and the injury was nearly 50 years ago
Last edited by Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person on Thu 9-06-16 19:29; edited 1 time in total
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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@treeslayer, sorry for delay in responding have been all over the place (in so many ways...) - was 47 when I did that...
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