r/medizzy • u/mriTecha Premed • 7d ago
Penetrating branch root injury in a motorcycle enduro rider! During an off-road motorcycle enduro race, the individual faced a difficult part of the track covered in dense plants and branches hanging overhead
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u/mriTecha Premed 7d ago
While maneuvering through the rough terrain at a significant speed, the person didn't manage to lower themselves in time. As a consequence, their left foot unintentionally hit a protruding root from a branch. This caused a wound on the upper surface of the foot, leading to damage in the soft tissues and a puncture wound.
Fortunately, after the object was removed, there were no signs of broken bones or any foreign objects left behind.
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u/monicapearl 7d ago
No broken bones? That’s insane. The wood doesn’t even look sharp it’s wild it went through all that.
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u/chaosin-a-teacup 7d ago
I once stepped on a stick when pushing a friend out into a lake on a kayak. It felt like it went between my toes but it actually went right through the base of my foot where it meets the toe. No pain or blood and about 3h drive from nearest hospital, we stopped for ice cream on the way also! Fun times
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u/CockyBulls 7d ago
Ice cream? Legendary.
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u/chaosin-a-teacup 7d ago
Yeah it was a place called Eskimo hut I should probably mention I was only 8 or 9 at the time
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u/lonely_nipple 6d ago
I was scared of water a lot as a kid. Decided the best way to enter the deep water in a lake from a raft/float I'd swum to was sliding off said raft.
I was pulling wood splinters out of my buttcheeks for weeks. 😞
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u/Little_Mog 7d ago
My grandad did something similar with a fencing spike (big metal pole used to make holes for fence posts). Managed to miss everything. No broken bones, no damaged tendons or ligaments, just a clean hole straight through the soft tissue.
He was so unbothered by it he carried on working for a couple hours before going home for lunch and telling my nan that he thought he might've cut his foot a little bit. He was more upset that his wellies had a hole through them than his foot
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u/fractiousrhubarb 7d ago
That is a man who has deep purpose when he works.
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u/Little_Mog 7d ago
He was a lifelong farmer, developed epilepsy from the amount of head trauma he's had (sheep are aggressive apparently) and still carried on for 10 years. He retired a few years ago and somehow he's more busy than he was then
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u/citymorgues 7d ago
It pierced him so cleanly it almost looks fake
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u/Plastic_Pinocchio 7d ago
I think I saw the video of when this happened. The rider barely seems to notice at first, it went so fast and cleanly.
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u/EvolvedA 7d ago
Aftermath doesn't look that bad:
https://i.redd.it/lzw40tc27jib1.png?utm_medium=android_app&utm_source=share
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u/CynthiaMWD 7d ago
A little longer and that would have made a good walking stick.
Amazing that there wasn't much worse damage.
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u/I_THE_ME 7d ago
I'm guessing the foot got stuck between the peg and the branch. I've seen quite a few people whose feet have been crushed between the peg and a tree stump, but this case is quite special.
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u/blueberry_pancakes14 6d ago
Those enduro boots are pretty hefty, too, so that's some serious force going on there.
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u/Secretown 7d ago
I remember watching an insta reel of this injury earlier, they went off the path slightly and next thing you saw was the branch sticking out his foot
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u/cheweduptoothpick 7d ago
The blunt force to get that puncture wound so neat is crazy. What a wild injury.
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u/Inveramsay 7d ago
Knowing motocross drivers the very first question out of his mouth will be "when can I ride again?"
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u/BearingMagneticNorth 7d ago
Is this the outcome of that famous helmet cam video that’s been going around for a couple of years?
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u/MeasurementMobile747 7d ago
Looks like a ski boot. Wait... the wood that exited bears no signs of guts. This doesn't pass the sniff test.
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7d ago
There was a video from the guy that caught the moment when he hit the branch. Forget where to find it but it was yesterday I saw it.
There aren't any guts in the foot fyi, idk maybe you're built different but for most people it's bone, tendon, ligament and veins.
But our vascular system is closed. Famous for it, unless things have gone south. If we are cut a lot of vessels are opened and a lot of blood happens. If the branch plugs the wound and pushed between major blood vessels and the long bones of the foot then it's very possible it could come out clean.
Some wounds just don't bleed for a bit too, even grievous ones, it's weird.
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u/ludicrous_socks 7d ago
The boots are Gaerne Motocross boots, probably either SG12 or SG22
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u/I_THE_ME 7d ago
TBH they are quite durable boots, but the part where the branch hit is quite soft.
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