hobkirk

In June I went over the bars on my 31-mile most common route. Broken pelvis (small fracture). At my yearly cancer doctor visit, my doc's immediate question was: "Did you do it cycling?" She said she'd known several cyclists who had broken their pelvis.

Is breaking the pelvis fairly common? I hadn't heard of it, and I don't see why that would logically be true (at least on road bikes - I can imagine it being more common on MB riding). This is just idle curiosity.

FWIW, the doctors tell me my bones are healthy, but I'm 71 so I know that's relative to old people. I have had a knee replaced (worn out, I ran distance until I was 55) and my hip replaced (broke it riding, got distracted and hit a high curb). When I went over the bars in June, I also got a concussion with memory loss for 1-3 minutes before and after. First, the concussion means I have zero memory of what caused the accident - I know exactly where it happened, I know the surface, I've walked the stretch and searched. No damage to the bike or wheels. Second, it made me think about repeated concussions, and I realized I've had concussions with the short memory loss twice in the past: high school football and motorcycle accident at 20. So the NFL concussion discussion has raised my awareness, because I had never thought about that before.

Shimagnolo

I was talking to a roadie just a couple weeks ago who crashed due to a front blowout and had a broken pelvis and a compound fracture of the elbow.

datlas 

Not nearly as common as a collarbone (clavicle) fracture.

But not uncommon. Might even be in second place.

Pirkaus

Start a poll, I had a cracked ischium a few years ago.

datlas 

I am pretty sure the science/studies have already been done. Google "most common cycling injuries presenting to emergency room." I am pretty sure road rash/abrasions is number one. But for fractures, I am pretty confident that a pelvic fracture is a distant second to collarbone. I would love to do the literature search right now, but I have to go for a ride.

Reynolds 

In 20+ years I've seen broken collarbones, femurs, scapulas, wrists, fingers, but never a pelvis (except when hit by a car).

Seattle Forrest

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VNA

Want to say clavicle, arms/elbow/wrist and hips/femur are more common than a pelvis.
Wishing any one with a recent fracture to get better quickly and be patient.

bbbean 

It's not uncommon. Healing one myself right now.

83cannondale

Old thread I know - recovering from concussion and fractured pelvis - pubic bone in 2 locations - corpus superior and corpus inferior. - hit deep pot hole while riding relaxed on spinachi bars. Hard fall on right side. Impact on hip fractured pubic bones. I'm 66. Speed was 17mph. 3 weeks ago minus a day. Yesterday I was able to take several steps without crutches. Yow !

Kimmo

Yeesh.

Did a wrist once, but I was helped off the bike. Rocking some ti these days.

f4rrest

Yup. Pelvis club member here.

BillyD

Dang! Feel better, heal quickly.

Marcus_Ti

Probably third....Collarbon/wrist fractures being 1/2.

Bsgs87

I took a spill on April 11th and fractured my right hip and a concussion. I'm doing much better right now and walked about a mile yesterday. I won't be riding for a while but more related to dealing with prostate issue.

DiabloScott

I broke my pelvis in three places a few years ago. Oil slick around a tight turning circle... slip bam body-slam; no time to put my arm out and break my collar bone. (if I hadn't been wearing my helmet... )

Broke 7 ribs in another crash.
Got hit by a minivan once and broke my shoulder blade. X-ray revealed I had broken my collarbone years earlier and healed just fine but I don't know when that would've been... probably not a bike accident though.

79pmooney

Clavicles #1 . Arm, hand, wrist injuries next though with so many bones there, pelvis may well rank above any particular one, maybe even all individually. Ribs are in there too.

I've hit the "corner" of my hip hard and suffered 18 months of bursitis several times. Haven't broken it yet. Each time I get reminded of my bike racing mantra, "hit the road with everything you've got", ie elbow, knee, shoulder, ankle, hip and all the skin available. The more you spread it out, the faster you heal and them better the chance you can ride home and keep training.

Ben

expatbrit

Displaced acetabular with dislocated hip last year and healing up now here, from the knee hitting and the femur breaking out the back of the pelvis. Bicycle, and added to a few other face and larynx crunchies, but not the collar bone this time!

Kimmo

Wow, that's lucky - collarbone is meant to be painful as hell. I've seen a hard man do one (off a bike, come to think of it) and cry like a little kid.

Trsnrtr

My wife broke her pelvis in three places a couple years ago from a bike crash and the docs said it was common in cycling, motorcycling and horse riding accidents.

Bah Humbug

I had exactly that too, probably from landing onto the edge of the curb there. Interestingly, I was treated at Boulder Community, and they said it was a rare cycling injury despite having treated a lot of cyclist crashes. Seems more common than I thought from what this thread is saying.

Pirkaus

83cannondale

Thanks for all the input and kind thoughts - I had no idea injuries are so common..!

Point

gettingold

Cracked mine in two places after crashing in November.