In this post: Pain after a crash may not appear right away. Adrenaline can temporarily dull pain signals, and symptoms may become more noticeable as the initial stress response fades, inflammation increases, and injured muscles begin to tighten. Neck pain, back pain, headaches, soreness, stiffness, and nerve symptoms can become harder to ignore over the next several days. Prompt medical care protects your health and Read More
Female Specific Motorcycle Injuries
As a follow-up to the boy’s injury post, I wanted to do one for the girls. In thinking back through the thousands of cases we have handled, I could only think of a maybe one where a female was injured in her groin, a tear as I recall. Obviously, I am not posting pictures of that. But I started thinking, as far as accidents, why we see far fewer women injured than men, not just the fact that there are more male Read More
Male Specific Motorcycle Injuries
In the injury information post from yesterday, I promised today would be one for the boys. Motorcycle accidents are one of the leading causes of blunt scrotal injuries. “Testicular dislocation is an uncommon complication, often due to a direct trauma to the fuel tank in motorcycle accident”. Basically, when a motorcycle runs into something, the body keeps traveling when the bike stops. Our balls have almost no Read More
ATGATT! For your skin!
All the gear all the time! Another reason to wear gear. We have all heard of road rash, most of us have had it. But not everyone has heard of “degloving injuries”. I mentioned this briefly in the post yesterday about lower extremity injuries. As a result of sliding on the ground, or getting some part of your body stuck in or under something during a crash, a portion of the skin and subcutaneous tissue can be torn or Read More
