[News] Bouma breaks Fibula. Out 3 months.

[hummdeedoo]

Originally Posted by pylon

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It's a funny bone to break. I broke mine on my left leg. Rode my motorcycle home, and drove myself to the hospital in a manual transmission car to get it checked out. It ached like crazy, but wasn't blindingly painful.

I knew something was wrong, but was pretty shocked when I was told I broke my leg, after I just walked from the regular parking into a hospital. I was lucky my fracture wasn't displaced. I thought I had just sprained my ankle real bad.

Me too!

In my case I broke both after jumping off a 30 foot bridge - I managed to finish the marathon I was running and then went to my football game that night. I thought something was funny when it was still hurting in the morning.

Jogged over to hospital and was flabbergasted when the x-rays came back

[sureLoss]

Lines at practice without Bouma:
Pat Steinberg @Fan960Steinberg
#Flames lines today:
Gaudreau-Monahan-Hudler;
Bennett-Backlund-Ferland;
Jones-Stajan-Frolik;
Bollig-Jooris-Raymon

[drewtastic]

Originally Posted by handgroen

i'm obviously not thrilled about this, but that aside how tough exactly is lance bouma? he tried to ride this thing out on the bench for god's sake! pretty sure i would be in "most pain in my life" mode if that was me.

Originally Posted by pylon

It's a funny bone to break. I broke mine on my left leg. Rode my motorcycle home, and drove myself to the hospital in a manual transmission car to get it checked out. It ached like crazy, but wasn't blindingly painful.

I knew something was wrong, but was pretty shocked when I was told I broke my leg, after I just walked from the regular parking into a hospital. I was lucky my fracture wasn't displaced. I thought I had just sprained my ankle real bad.

I am currently in my 5th week of recovery from this same (Bouma) injury. It is not fun, for sure, but it also seems to be better to have a clean break than any other ligament/tendon damage--they say bone heals to 100% so long as you give it time and don't weight bear. And I also got the '3-month' timeline for a return to my athletics...that's hard to hear, at first.

And mostly, crutches suck.

[Strange Brew]

Originally Posted by hummdeedoo

Me too!

In my case I broke both after jumping off a 30 foot bridge - I managed to finish the marathon I was running and then went to my football game that night. I thought something was funny when it was still hurting in the morning.

Jogged over to hospital and was flabbergasted when the x-rays came back

Wow. You might be the most interesting man in the world! That is an extreme marathon.

[Street Pharmacist]

Finally! #FreeBacklund

[SuperMatt18]

Originally Posted by Street Pharmacist

Finally! #FreeBacklund

Agree that he needed better linemates, but he hasn't been very good himself to start the season, especially with his positional play in his own zone.

[Street Pharmacist]

Originally Posted by SuperMatt18

Agree that he needed better linemates, but he hasn't been very good himself to start the season, especially with his positional play in his own zone.

He's not alone in that, but it's hard when you are really some out there just trying to cover everything

[Cali Panthers Fan]

Originally Posted by pylon

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It's a funny bone to break. I broke mine on my left leg. Rode my motorcycle home, and drove myself to the hospital in a manual transmission car to get it checked out. It ached like crazy, but wasn't blindingly painful.

I knew something was wrong, but was pretty shocked when I was told I broke my leg, after I just walked from the regular parking into a hospital. I was lucky my fracture wasn't displaced. I thought I had just sprained my ankle real bad.

Originally Posted by hummdeedoo

Me too!

In my case I broke both after jumping off a 30 foot bridge - I managed to finish the marathon I was running and then went to my football game that night. I thought something was funny when it was still hurting in the morning.

Jogged over to hospital and was flabbergasted when the x-rays came back

That's because the fibula is a non-weight bearing bone. You can often put your full weight on a fracture and still move around, but it is a bone where many ligaments and muscles attach, and is half of the ankle mortis joint. There is also a tough fibrous band of connective tissue that connects the fibula to the tibia along the length of the bone to keep it from displacing. Long term, an undiagnosed fracture would eventually displace, but over a short period of time without major ligament tearing, the bone doesn't have enough pressure on it to displace. Often they heal without incident and very few chronic symptoms.

On the other hand, a high ankle sprain can be one of the worst injuries to have when it comes to stability of the ankle joint. That tough fibrous band of connective tissue tears and you now have an unstable ankle joint, and are at high risk for re-injuring the joint in the future. That's why they say it's better if the bone breaks than having a high ankle sprain.

Thus endeth the lesson.

[David Struch]

Enter Garnet Hathaway.

[genetic_phreek]

I like Bouma, he's a fan favorite but also a dime a dozen player. We're not better with him, and not worse without him.

[hummdeedoo]

Originally Posted by Strange Brew

Wow. You might be the most interesting man in the world! That is an extreme marathon.

I don't always run marathons but when I do they include 30 foot bridge jumps.

[Locke]

Originally Posted by genetic_phreek

I like Bouma, he's a fan favorite but also a dime a dozen player. We're not better with him, and not worse without him.

I disagree, and even if he was he brings something to this team that was sorely missed during the playoffs.

[Strange Brew]

Originally Posted by genetic_phreek

I like Bouma, he's a fan favorite but also a dime a dozen player. We're not better with him, and not worse without him.

Disagree. He brought energy, scoring and defensively responsible play last year. They need all that.

[cracher]

Originally Posted by Flash Walken

At least it isn't a ligament injury.

Given the available information, this cannot be assumed.

Most mechanisms of fib fracture automatically come with ligamentous injury (refer to Lauge-Hansen classification... may not have spelled it right?). The only fibula fx's I've seen without ligamentous injury are the high-energy direct smack to the side of the leg types. Any other twisty, jammy mechanisms can be assumed to have lateral ligament damage. It's just not directly addressed because you're in a boot for a while anyways.

[cracher]

Originally Posted by Cali Flames Fan

On the other hand, a high ankle sprain can be one of the worst injuries to have when it comes to stability of the ankle joint. That tough fibrous band of connective tissue tears and you now have an unstable ankle joint, and are at high risk for re-injuring the joint in the future. That's why they say it's better if the bone breaks than having a high ankle sprain.

Thus endeth the lesson.

There are plenty of fracture configurations that blow the syndesmosis. It's the reason why we use syndesmotic screws or a tightrope in an ORIF.

[CroFlames]

Originally Posted by cracher

There are plenty of fracture configurations that blow the syndesmosis. It's the reason why we use syndesmotic screws or a tightrope in an ORIF.

English, please.

[Cali Panthers Fan]

Originally Posted by cracher

There are plenty of fracture configurations that blow the syndesmosis. It's the reason why we use syndesmotic screws or a tightrope in an ORIF.

I was talking about non-displaced fractures, but sure, if you displace the bone enough the syndesmosis will tear.

The fact that they're doing surgery means there was probably some displacement, so it's possible he had a syndesmotic tear as well. That's probably why his recovery time is 3 months and not 6-8 weeks.

I was speaking to the scenarios the other posters had presented.

[mikephoen]

Originally Posted by Cali Flames Fan

I was talking about non-displaced fractures, but sure, if you displace the bone enough the syndesmosis will tear.

The fact that they're doing surgery means there was probably some displacement, so it's possible he had a syndesmotic tear as well. That's probably why his recovery time is 3 months and not 6-8 weeks.

I was speaking to the scenarios the other posters had presented.

You also might have missed that hummdeedoo's post was complete sarcasm.

[Resolute 14]

Originally Posted by Strange Brew

Disagree. He brought energy, scoring and defensively responsible play last year. They need all that.

Yup. It is easy to envision someone like Poirier can replace Bouma's offence. But he won't replace the shot blocking, the penalty killing, the balls-to-the-wall reckless physicality.

That is where Bouma's loss will hurt us.

[Cali Panthers Fan]

Originally Posted by mikephoen

You also might have missed that hummdeedoo's post was complete sarcasm.

Hmm...

Yup, looking at it a second time it sure seems that way. My bad.

In my defense, I've heard of people walking around on fibular fractures before and not seeking treatment for 2-3 days.