More Than A Pain In The Neck...
February 16th 2007 04:07
Another example of why Rugby players are made from different stuff from the rest of us you...
(giggle).
Please note I am not making light of this incident...it's bloody scary...but you must understand that things like this are a rarity.
I know that common belief is that Rugby is a violent sport and that violent accidents are par for the course.
Not so.
Rugby players bodies are trained and conditioned to absorb and deflect the 'violence' of physical contact.
Although groin injuries perplex me....
I'm featuring this article because I am in awe and in shock and in empathic pain.
from rugbyheaven.smh.com.au
....lucky????
...looking good???
It's a freakin' broken neck!!!
Oh. My. God.
Jenny Craig does not recommend this approach.
It's a bit...extreme.
Take it on the chin?
Dude...I think you're in it neck deep...
I really really hope that Anesi will be okay.
He just sounds so optimistic and brave.
I've heard people (not me okay? Not me...look at my hands, look at the banner) think their life is over with a broken fingernail....
(giggle).
Please note I am not making light of this incident...it's bloody scary...but you must understand that things like this are a rarity.
I know that common belief is that Rugby is a violent sport and that violent accidents are par for the course.
Not so.
Rugby players bodies are trained and conditioned to absorb and deflect the 'violence' of physical contact.
Although groin injuries perplex me....
I'm featuring this article because I am in awe and in shock and in empathic pain.
from rugbyheaven.smh.com.au
Sosene Anesi kept trying to "crack" his back, thinking it might ease the pain in his shoulder during last Friday's Super 14 rugby match in Hamilton.
The pain stemmed from a crunching fifth-minute tackle on Hurricanes winger Ma'a Nonu. Bone-crunching, as it turned out...Anesi's neck was broken.
On Tuesday the Chiefs fullback walked out of Waikato Hospital with his season over but hoping the injury will not require an operation.
"I'm feeling a bit lucky really. If I'd got another bang on the field it could have been a lot worse," Anesi said.
The pain stemmed from a crunching fifth-minute tackle on Hurricanes winger Ma'a Nonu. Bone-crunching, as it turned out...Anesi's neck was broken.
On Tuesday the Chiefs fullback walked out of Waikato Hospital with his season over but hoping the injury will not require an operation.
"I'm feeling a bit lucky really. If I'd got another bang on the field it could have been a lot worse," Anesi said.
....lucky????
It is still a serious injury - doctors have told him a fracture of the C6 vertebra in his neck, and the subsequent shift of the C6 and C7 vertebrae, will require him to wear a neck brace for up to 12 weeks.
"I don't need surgery at the moment but they're going to do another x-ray on Friday and another in two weeks and see how it goes and whether it's healing properly. "If not we'll be looking at an operation, but at the moment it's looking good."
"I don't need surgery at the moment but they're going to do another x-ray on Friday and another in two weeks and see how it goes and whether it's healing properly. "If not we'll be looking at an operation, but at the moment it's looking good."
It's a freakin' broken neck!!!
Anesi was hit on the left side of his head in the tackle on Nonu. "I felt it but I thought it was just a muscle thing so I kept on going.
"It was in my shoulder more because I couldn't even lift my right arm up far and my whole back was stiff as well."
He went home with painkillers and a neck brace, but by the morning it had worsened and team doctor Zig Khouri arranged an x-ray. A CT scan in hospital confirmed the full extent of the damage.
"Even on the field I was just trying to crack my back, thinking the pain could just go away. I didn't even know it was my neck until the scan the next morning."
"It was in my shoulder more because I couldn't even lift my right arm up far and my whole back was stiff as well."
He went home with painkillers and a neck brace, but by the morning it had worsened and team doctor Zig Khouri arranged an x-ray. A CT scan in hospital confirmed the full extent of the damage.
"Even on the field I was just trying to crack my back, thinking the pain could just go away. I didn't even know it was my neck until the scan the next morning."
Oh. My. God.
There will be no training for Anesi, and he will be on new diet to avoid putting on weight.
Jenny Craig does not recommend this approach.
It's a bit...extreme.
Because of his limited movement, the New Zealand Rugby Union will arrange home help for him.
"This is the worst injury I've ever had but I've just got to take it on the chin and do what I've got to do to make it right."
"This is the worst injury I've ever had but I've just got to take it on the chin and do what I've got to do to make it right."
Take it on the chin?
Dude...I think you're in it neck deep...
I really really hope that Anesi will be okay.
He just sounds so optimistic and brave.
I've heard people (not me okay? Not me...look at my hands, look at the banner) think their life is over with a broken fingernail....
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Comment by David
Anesi? That's what I call a man's approach ... That's a MAN ...
I enjoyed reading this post ... (for a variety of reasons ... some are private reasons, and related to another (unmentionable on this blog?) code ...
David ...
Comment by Tracy
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Take it on the chin? Is that a pun? He took it well and truly on the neck.....
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Comment by DuskDevi
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I'm thinking that Anesi would agree...he just won't be nodding his agreement...
...but David...I have nothing against Morse code... nor anything else that is played with a flair....
Hope you are well darlin'...
Dusk
Comment by DuskDevi
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hahahahahahahaa...sheesh...I crack myself up...
Sorry T, I'm having a lame (groan) wit day. Hope you're well hon.
Dusk
Comment by David
Thank you for that MorseL ...
It was like a Divine AFfLatus
David ...
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I'm well buddy but have had to make a few sacrifices in order to get back on top of everything...so I sold the children...kidding!
Had to really knuckle down on those pesky deadlines, etc...you know how it is, my fellow...gasp...jouro and also because we both work from home...you may also understand how easy it is to just..."hmmm, wonder what's happening on Orble today?"...
Or is that just me??
Hope you too are well JD...will be flying over to The Cuckoo's Nest soon....
Hi T....Hi D....I'm a poet...lalalala...
I was just talking about this with my husband and he reminded me of his friend, who had played a game then gone on holiday with his family, came back, went to work, blah, blah, blah...starts experiencing a bit of a headache, 3-4 weeks later decides to go to the doctor...doctor prods and pokes a bit...friend goes "ouch"...doctor almost faints...friend has broken neck.
Friend was immediately put in brace and this story has gone down in history.
Another one:
A Kiwi player gets his testicles ripped off by a Sud Efrican during the 1st half...well actually the scrotum was torn and the testes had to be pushed back in and are we all now pressing our legs together and going yechhhh??......gets them sewn on at halftime, comes back on to field, goes on to score a few tries, then watches his future children spill all over the field, then asks to be taken to hospital because he's got another game on next weekend...
Please. No jokes about "...always knew the Kiwis had no balls, no pain..." nor about "Sud Efrican squirrels".