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I'll start: I tried to move a bookshelf while drunk about 6 years ago and tore a tendon in my shoulder pretty damn good. It still bothers me sometimes if I move it wrong or sleep on it wrong.

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I slipped going down a slope on a hiking trail, but didn't let go of the tree I was using for balance. This caused my chest and shoulder muscles to hyper extend.

Now I have slap tears in both shoulders and arthritis in my sternum.

[-] Art3sian@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

In high school I pierced the webbing of my left hand between my thumb and forefinger with a stud to look cool.

I hit nerves and destroyed the muscles in that part of my hand. It’s my dominant hand and still works okay, but I had to learn to do a few things with my right hand afterwards due to issues with lack of strength. Like, I can’t open jars and shit now with my shitty hand.

[-] EdibleFriend@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

But on the other hand, as a lefty, at least partially you learned to live life the right way. The way God intended.

[-] MTK@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

Had an earing, one day it got caught on a net and ripped out with the stopper.

Never again.

[-] wrath_of_grunge@kbin.social 2 points 1 year ago

captive bead earrings are the answer here.

[-] bravesilvernest@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 year ago

Was doing deliveries in college, considered the fastest one there. This was due to be actively running orders to houses / apartments.

Well, one such occasion I was coming back through a dark parking lot and thought I had another foot before the curb. Proceeded to land on the side of my ankle and roll to the ground. Figured it was fine (forgot adrenaline was a thing) so I got back to the car and drove to the store. Manager told me to go home lol.

Getting home, finally pulled off the shoes and socks and, boy oh boy, there was a softball in my ankle. University med clinic said it was just a severe sprain and to just keep off it.

To this day, 10 years on, my ankle is still slightly swollen. I can still run and walk on it though

[-] ZetaLightning94@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

Slipped down my stairs and broke my finger. It now sits at an angle

[-] jubilationtcornpone@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

When I was a teenager we had a giant trampoline. One time I was jumping on it and I landed wrong and tweaked something in my back. From then on, If I twisted just right, I would have some sort of spasm in my lower back that would immediately put me on my knees. It used to happen fairly frequently but it's very rare anymore. I probably should have had it looked at but I didn't. I haven't been on a trampoline since. No need to aggravate that injury.

[-] threeduck@aussie.zone 3 points 1 year ago

Got WAY TOO drunk at a club, kicked out (which I genuinely accepted with good grace). Walking home, realised I'd forgotten my jacket. Figured I'd just nip in past the bouncer, grab the jacket and leave without bothering anyone. I didn't nip past. I got bounced. Rebuffed from the club, and pushed backwards I fell over and broke my foot (a Jones fracture). Was in a moon boot for 3 months or so, but now it hurts whenever I walk wrong.

[-] derpgon@programming.dev 2 points 1 year ago

It seems like you weren't drunk enough, drunk people are indestructible.

[-] Trollivier@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

In 2017, on a snowy January day, I was supposed to go to the gym before work. When I got to the subway station, the service was interrupted. I thought "I could just take one hour to briskly walk to work, and not go to the gym".

But it was fresh snow and it was abundant, all the sidewalk were still covered. And I didn't have proper boots for a 1 hours+ brisk walk in the snow.

I got to work, changed, and started working. After 2 hours, I want to get up, but I immediately fall back on my chair.

I had hurt both my Achilles tendons at the ankle. My tendinitis in the right ankle healed well, but the one in the left ankle still hurts when I walk for too long. And sometimes just hurts because.

[-] Gormadt@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 1 year ago

I feel you man

I literally laid down wrong night before last and my shoulder slid out again

Still hurts but not nearly as bad as it did right after

[-] RememberTheApollo@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

…and how quickly did it affect you?

Would be good additional information.

IOW, messed up your knees doing track events in college, got a knee replacement at 50 because you couldn’t take the pain anymore.

[-] Gormadt@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 1 year ago

The pain was immediate

I put my shoulder into the shelf and the it made a squelching popping sounds and hurt like hell

I waited 2 weeks before I went to the doctor because I was pretty damn broke and both my deductible and my out of pocket max were pretty damn high

When I finally did go to the doctor they did an ultrasound of my shoulder. I was talking with the tech who was doing the ultrasound and they suddenly sucked air through their teeth and went, "Oh that's not good."

3 months of physical therapy got it back to about 80% functional. After a year it was closer to about 95%. It's basically plateaued there but at least it only bothers me sometimes now rather than every breath I took like when it happened.

[-] RememberTheApollo@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Damn. Ouch. Had a rotator cuff injury. Took a couple days before it actually set in, but when it did, it sucked. Had to sleep with my arm hanging off the bed in a certain position, hurt if I rasied my arm past a certain point. Couldn’t put my arm behind me at all. Dr basically said I could take 6 months and try to work through it with some exercises or get surgery and take 6 months beyond that for recovery. Chose the former, surgery is no guarantee, and it’s up to about 98% after a year or so. Only once in a while reaching behind me do I notice a little loss of range of motion, but that’s about it.

[-] Treczoks@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Tried to open a can of ravioli in tomato sauce with a pair of pliars. Bad idea, 0/10, won't recommend. Still have the scar 30+ years later.

[-] Kolanaki@yiffit.net 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I broke my wrist rollerblading when I was 14. I didn't even fall super crazy or anything; I just got tripped up on a rock getting stuck in my wheel and fell forward while not moving very fast. Even after it healed, I didn't really skate anymore and every now and then to this day, I feel it hurting like it was freshly broken for a moment or two on random occasions.

I had also taken a few tumbles directly onto my knees without sustaining lasting injuries, but I do recall a doctor telling me if I took a fall or two like I had for one time when I thought I broke something that I may need surgery because there was an issue with the cartilage in both my knees.

It wasn't until a few years later while playing racket ball that I pivoted to hit the ball and just felt something pop and hurt like hell in my knee that another doctor said I had, if I am remembering the name correctly, Ozgood Slater's and a deficiency of cartilage in my knees so things that normally aren't supposed to rub together were rubbing together, causing inflammation and pain in the area. I still struggle with this and some days my knees just hurt like fucking hell.

I was rear ended in my 20's while at stop light and got whiplash. Neck is constantly sore from that. Doctor told me it never really heals and just to do stretches. And I have carpal tunnel from shitty posture and playing games.

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[-] xkforce@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

I injured my left arm years ago overdoing it on weight lifting and its still quite messed up.

[-] brennesel@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 1 year ago

20 years ago, I wanted to jump onto a concrete table tennis table in the school playground from a standing position with both feet at the same time. I didn't make it and hit my shin up to the bone.

After it was stitched up, it became badly infected weeks later and I had to have another operation while on vacation.

Now I have a 1 inch scar directly on the shin bone which hurts a lot every time I hit it.

[-] Harbinger01173430@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Does being indoctrinated by society counts as a long lasting Injury?

[-] DumbAceDragon@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 year ago

Slipped on a treadmill as it was running and chipped my tooth. Had to get it capped twice since the first cap fell off after a couple years. Not supposed to chew gum any since that happened but that hasn't stopped me.

[-] MeanEYE@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Torn foot ligament just because I went too hard too early after winter of no exercise. Since then every year I have swollen foot at least once and am unable to walk for few weeks.

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