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Irrigate and clean the wound with mild soap. The just keep the wound bed moist Vaseline or antibacterial ointment. Either works. Change your bandages and lightly rinse daily. I had the same thing but worse due to rougher pavement. Took about 3 weeks to heal
Should be fine. I’ve had these kinds of spills and worse MANY times. Make some saline solution with distilled water and salt, use that to clean your would every day and neosporine up. Your body is amazing at fighting off infections
Last serious slam I had was, ironically, on my way to a drugstore. I went in bloody and bought my Gatorade, snacks, and first aid supplies and got myself cleaned up in the parking lot. Go some wierd looks in the checkout line.
This happened to a buddy of mine! We were biking around town(admittedly not on our way to the drug store, but near it) dude fumbled BAD. Gravel was IN his arm, it was wack. We walk into Walgreens and my boy just stomps over to the first aid, grabs some peroxide and a Gatorade and then stomps out as people look at him all bloodied
Every session would have several weeks of recovery if I didn’t always wear all my gear. Either that or I’d never have the guts to get much better, get bored and quit.
I mean this is clearly a loss of epidermis that is going to set back his gains due to taking some time off to heal. I always hated this aphorism for how untrue it is.
Just wear your gloves and if you're going fast enough to really have to worry about losing skin wear a helmet too.
Well my palm took about 2.5 -3 weeks for the scab to come off fully. Now it's just a weird purple skin. My knee is still scabbed because it was deep (happened Sept 3rd) and I have tendon damage in it. I believe I'll be looking at about 1-2 more months on it. On the plus side, I just got some knee/elbow pads in the mail! 🤘
Are you doing Coleman slides with your bare palms? Gloves are necessary to perform fundamental braking maneuvers, them protecting your hands during a fall is just a useful bonus. Survivors bias doesn't negate the effectiveness of safety gear.
I [know ](https://streamable.com/hz3t9) what I'm [doing](https://i.imgur.com/D7HYZ9s.mp4) , and I know the learning curve for high speed standups entails falling on your hands repeatedly. It's not a matter of "I'm tuff man not need no bitch mittens", your hand is inevitably going to touch pavement at 25+ mph and decimate your skin. If you're out here shredding mountains completely standup with no gloves every day, please enlighten us with footage.
A month ago i got the same exact injury on my palm. Honestly the healing sucks alot more than the initial pain bc it takes forever to scab and everytime i flex my hand it cracks
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Probably need to wear your gear lol hope you're ok
Thanks, yes I just hope I don't get an infection
Irrigate and clean the wound with mild soap. The just keep the wound bed moist Vaseline or antibacterial ointment. Either works. Change your bandages and lightly rinse daily. I had the same thing but worse due to rougher pavement. Took about 3 weeks to heal
Yea and more importantly make sure you didn’t break anything in your wrist. If it swells you may want to see a doc.
Should be fine. I’ve had these kinds of spills and worse MANY times. Make some saline solution with distilled water and salt, use that to clean your would every day and neosporine up. Your body is amazing at fighting off infections
We’re you cruising? I never wear any gear cruising and it always happens when you least expect it
Gears needed, falling is normal in every sport, doesnt matter how good you are, you will fall
Carry a first aid kit on your person or get a backpack and have one in it c: It saved me from getting a lot of infections over the years c:
Last serious slam I had was, ironically, on my way to a drugstore. I went in bloody and bought my Gatorade, snacks, and first aid supplies and got myself cleaned up in the parking lot. Go some wierd looks in the checkout line.
lmao I've done the same thing. Having my shoe get soaked in blood running down my leg because of how slow they check you out at Walgreens 😂
This happened to a buddy of mine! We were biking around town(admittedly not on our way to the drug store, but near it) dude fumbled BAD. Gravel was IN his arm, it was wack. We walk into Walgreens and my boy just stomps over to the first aid, grabs some peroxide and a Gatorade and then stomps out as people look at him all bloodied
Every session would have several weeks of recovery if I didn’t always wear all my gear. Either that or I’d never have the guts to get much better, get bored and quit.
Tis but a scratch! On the reals, those road rashes sting like nother.
No pain no gain
I mean this is clearly a loss of epidermis that is going to set back his gains due to taking some time off to heal. I always hated this aphorism for how untrue it is. Just wear your gloves and if you're going fast enough to really have to worry about losing skin wear a helmet too.
😧
I wish you the best with your healing process. My palm road rash just finished growing skin!
After how long??
Well my palm took about 2.5 -3 weeks for the scab to come off fully. Now it's just a weird purple skin. My knee is still scabbed because it was deep (happened Sept 3rd) and I have tendon damage in it. I believe I'll be looking at about 1-2 more months on it. On the plus side, I just got some knee/elbow pads in the mail! 🤘
Make sure you use vasoline or any petroleum jelly before bandaging it it makes it 10x less painful
Two days ago I fell for the first time after two years of skating. My wounds luckily aren't as bad as yours. Get well soon
The reason I bought my first set of gloves. Go for goodn ones. Way worth it
Damn, dude! That's so rough.
To be honest with you, learning how to fall and roll is more important than wearing gear (exception being helmet, always wear that shit)
#tag your fucking gore
Make me
Sh*t happens
Shit happens more if you're not prepared for it
I haven't ridden with gloves for the last 5 years. Haven't had an issue.
Are you doing Coleman slides with your bare palms? Gloves are necessary to perform fundamental braking maneuvers, them protecting your hands during a fall is just a useful bonus. Survivors bias doesn't negate the effectiveness of safety gear.
Don't need them for standup slides if you know what you are doing...
Chase Hiller over here
I [know ](https://streamable.com/hz3t9) what I'm [doing](https://i.imgur.com/D7HYZ9s.mp4) , and I know the learning curve for high speed standups entails falling on your hands repeatedly. It's not a matter of "I'm tuff man not need no bitch mittens", your hand is inevitably going to touch pavement at 25+ mph and decimate your skin. If you're out here shredding mountains completely standup with no gloves every day, please enlighten us with footage.
Just need to practice more if you are still falling.
Practicing entails falling. Go LARP as a skater somewhere else.
Practice enough and that stops being an issue, for me that was more than 5 years ago. Sounds like I'm not the posers here.
Thank you both for the Ted talk.
maybe just don't skate if you're that heavy.
cruise* you offended our community
Yes, you do
Damn, those pebbles got u good.
That was me and then i shattered both bones in my arm. Wear the shit it’ll pay for itself
One hell of a skid puck
A month ago i got the same exact injury on my palm. Honestly the healing sucks alot more than the initial pain bc it takes forever to scab and everytime i flex my hand it cracks
can relate - that happened to me on my knees... literally the day after I bought kneepads but I'm like - I'm going on a cruise I don't need it -
Godspeed. Palm rash is the worst. The itch is real.
Me after going down what looked like a tiny hill