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50 People Share Their Injuries That Are Not Funny But You Can’t Help But Laugh
Interview With Expert
There’s an old theory floating around that some people are more prone to accidents than others. It’s called accident proneness, and experts tend to agree that about 20% of the people have most accidents, while the remaining 80% virtually have none.
Today, we’re putting this theory to the test with stories of people who suffered injuries in the most silly ways possible. Scroll down to find them below, and don’t forget to upvote the ones that got a visceral reaction from you.
While you're at it, make sure to check out a conversation with a social psychologist and personal trainer, Jennifer Fidder, and a certified triathlon coach, Kristen Hislop, who kindly agreed to share some advice on how we can avoid injuries and accidents in our everyday lives.
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#1
I'm a landscaper and I got two black eyes bc I accidentally stepped on a rake and it hit me in the face, I thought that only happened in cartoons.
DennyS (denzoren) 7 months ago
Going in to work the next day "So how'd you get two black eyes Bob?" "...street fight...you should see the other guy"
Uncle Panda 7 months ago (edited)
I worked in a tree nursery run by a martial artist. Even UncleBob, a seasoned sensei in several disciplines, could not block a rake handle coming up that fast. They had an absolute rule about 'tines down!' My hard rake is out in the garden right now and I can tell you without looking that the tines are down.
Zee Démairt 7 months ago
This happened to my husband. I have never let him forget it, as is my wifely duty. 😂
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#2
I pulled my shoulder opening a bottle of ibuprofen I was taking for my back.
DennyS (denzoren) 7 months ago
I did it sleeping...shoulder was out of commission for a month.
The Short Lady 7 months ago
I had to go to physical therapy for sleeping wrong.
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MaireC 7 months ago
Yeah, but then you cut yourself on the blister pack 😁
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My husband threw out his shoulder while trying to swat a cricket!
Learner Panda 7 months ago
I trapped a nerve in my back putting a piece of litter into my kitchen bin.
PenguinEmp 7 months ago
Tore my ACL turning over in bed. Foot got caught up in the sheet and didn't turn with me. The resounding crack and pop and death scream alerted my partner next to me that, some things hurt quite a bit. I also broke and ankle tripping over my own foot.
#3
Broke my nose in a judo competition ❌ Broke my nose walking up the steps to collect my trophy for winning the judo competition ✅
Captain Awesome 7 months ago
My son dislocated his knee cap and broke his femur at karate. Not a tournament, teaching a class. Went to pivot and his knee cap went 3/4 around his leg (almost to the back of his leg) and the femur was fractured at the ball socket up. Not even doing something cool, just tried to pivot while working with a student. Ortho said he was lucky he could fix it, but it was a one time fix.
Upstaged75 7 months ago
I broke my eye socket because I bent down to look at something on my horse's foot. She stomped leg at a fly right at that very moment and accidentally rammed her knee in to my face. I've had horses for 40 years and definitely know better than to put myself in that situation. I just wasn't thinking. Most people think that riding is the dangerous part - but it really isn't.
June 7 months ago
Had my eyebrow cut open by a horse's knee !! I was late, horse was dirty af, and I cleaned the second leg from the wrong side, putting my head in front of his knee. Ofc, this is the moment he decided to change his posture and rammed his knee in to my glasses 😆 20 years with horses, I definitely know better too 🤦♀️
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Taro Obanagi 7 months ago
I fell steps while entering a quiz competition when I was like 17 I think so yours wasn't that lame I fell headfirst into the competition in the most literal sense . God's grace that I was okay as in okay enough to sit somehow 😂
Social psychologist and personal trainer Jennifer Fidder says that, in general, people who are less flexible and lack muscle strength and balance are more prone to injuries.
In a workout context, mistakes that often lead to accidents, especially with beginners, include improper form and choosing a weight that is too heavy.
"It’s important to first get familiar with an exercise and practice proper form before increasing resistance. Skipping the warm-up and jumping straight into heavy weights can also lead to injuries, particularly around the shoulder area," Fidder explains.
#4
I dislocated my kneecap while sitting and NOT MOVING. I had to show it to 15 doctors, replicate my NONEXISTENT movement and SOMEHOW dislocated my other one.
Min 7 months ago
I've been told by a physiotherapist that my knees *almost* dislocate when I bend them because my kneecaps are too high. I have no idea what that actually means, but she very much unlocked a new fear when she told me that!
Bryn 7 months ago
It could be the track your kneecaps sits is shallow and so they sit "higher". That's what mine are. It's a fun party trick when you're younger to be able to pop out your kneecaps. Not so fun as an adult LOL
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2 years ago I hurt my knee by pushing back in my office chair. It was on carpet and got a bit stuck. I heard a pop and immediately felt pain. My physical therapist laughed like crazy. (He's been fixing my various stupid injuries for almost 20 years now)
Motherofguineapigz 7 months ago
when I was younger I could move my kneecaps out of position at anytime. Finally had surgery to correct it.
Bryn 7 months ago
I can do mine myself! The tracks my kneecaps sit in is really shallow and so I can dislocate my kneecaps if I wanted to (I don't cause a)it's painful and b)not good to do). They used to pop out all the time when I was younger but now that I've strengthened my quads, it helps.
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Mary Kelly 7 months ago
it's called theater goer's sign...you just need some easy PT, and you'll be good as new
#5
Turned one quarter of an inch, pinched my sciatic nerve, fell, and ate my gaming desk knocking out two teeth and giving myself a concussion. All because I wanted a Capri sun.
Samantha H 7 months ago
That sounds really awful indeed, hope the person is fully recovered now.
#6
I've been laughing so much about these comments that I had an asthma attack lol
Certified triathlon coach Kristen Hislop stresses that weakness is a huge trigger for injuries. "I tell my high school athletes that if you can't balance on one leg for 10 seconds after the age of 60, you've lost ten years off your life. They always need to do research and then tell me I am correct. If you can't balance on one foot, you are more likely to fall. As we age, falls can cause breaks and worse."
She adds that doing too much too soon and our imbalances can also contribute to injury proneness.
"We are born pretty perfect. As we go through life, we have injuries and learn patterns of movement that create imbalances. Our bodies are incredibly adept at compensating. So while we might come back to activity, we are not moving as we should. As we add more and more small injuries, they really start to compound," Hislop explains.
#7
My friend broke her ankle because she was mocking the way i walked 💀
Just stopping by 7 months ago
You and your friends don't occasionally tease eachother?🤨😳
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#8
Broke an arm, AFTER I went to get the cast removed I came home and fell over something, straight back in... IT WAS STILL THE SAME SHIFT.... I broke the other arm doc was like "Girl I JUST took a cast off you?!"
The Dusty Rhino 7 months ago
I had surgery to repair a badly broken ankle. Not a month later (still in the cast), I fell on the same set of stairs and broke my other leg. My orthopedic surgeon was impressed.
Gavin Johnson 7 months ago
Trapped my fingers in a car door, my brother closed it on my hand, x-rays revealed two broken fingers. Got them strapped up. Three days later demonstrating what happened to my younger brother and he says ‘Like this?’ slams the door on my OTHER hand, yep, two broken fingers. We were all in our 30s, I wish I could’ve blamed it on us being young and stupid instead of older and stupid.
Mel in Georgia 7 months ago
My husband was a volunteer firefighter. He was called out to a skate park where a kid had broken his arm. 6 weeks later, same park, same kid, same injury. My husband was like, "Are you kidding me?" Kid goes, "My mom is going to k**l me! I just got my cast off!"
#9
Gave myself a black eye trying to weigh my suitcase... the handle snapped and my clenched fist from holding it, sprung back into my own face 😂
BookFanatic 7 months ago
Hah! I've done that--right in the mouth. Gave myself a fat lip once.
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Luis Hernandez Dauajare 7 months ago
Just hope it happened while weighing your suitcase at home and not in the middle of an airport...
Another thing that is important to know to avoid accidents is that injuries can happen at any age.
"Younger bodies are often more forgiving and generally more flexible, but that doesn’t mean they are immune to injuries. Their healing process tends to be faster, though, largely due to better blood flow, which supports tissue repair. Higher levels of growth hormones and stronger immune systems are additional factors that contribute to quicker recovery from wounds and injuries," Fidder says.
#10
I got a hernia trying to push a fart out.
Uncle Panda 7 months ago (edited)
The hernia was about to happen, letting the fart rip opened it right up.
#11
I broke my foot two days before my wedding, because I tripped over my other foot.
DennyS (denzoren) 7 months ago
D**n and before the wedding too. I hope you both still got married.
Blue Bunny of Happiness 7 months ago (edited)
Just checking out that they really mean in sickness and in health
Child of the Stars 7 months ago
This seems like something that would happen to my mom...except that she's never actually broken her own bones. She broke my tibia and fibula when I was 2 by falling over me, and she broke the leg of one of her brother's friends when she was about 10 by bumping into him then falling on his legs while roller skating. But never one of her own.
BrownEyedGrrl 7 months ago
I broke my foot in 2 places when I stood up. Never try to stand up when your foot's asleep.
detective miller's hat 7 months ago
I have broken both ankles several times from tripping over my own feet.
#12
My husband split his chin open trying to impress me by doing the worm when we were dating. Safe to say the er visit only made us grow closer 😂
Upstaged75 7 months ago
One time when I was home from college I thought it would be funny to show my mom one of the moves I did in a dance recital as a kid. (We were snowed in and I was going stir crazy) Apparently I thought the tile kitchen floor was a good place to do this. My mom laughed until she cried when I fell and sprained my ankle. :)
"Kids who are growing and going through puberty are at high risk for injury. Bones grow faster than tendons and ligaments, which can create true aches and pains. Kids have a tendency to want to go from zero to 60, and while they may not be sore, this can result in injuries. Kids also don't want to talk about something hurting, fearing that they might be pulled from a game," notes Hislop.
"On the flip side, injuries are incredibly common for older adults. Our healthcare system focuses on disease and fixing something afterwards. My son just graduated from the University at Buffalo with a Physical Therapy doctorate. At graduation, they encouraged the grads to go out and focus on health versus disease. We'd all be better off if we focused on doing more and doing it better. We should focus on being strong, lifting weights, working on balance, and working on any imbalances."
#13
Got myself a concussion sneezing while opening the fridge....
L.V 7 months ago
Live advice... If you need to sneeze, make sure you don't have anything in your hands, and you're away from any hard object!
Huddo's sister 7 months ago
The amount of times I've sneezed while holding a cup of tea is amazing!
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Combfish McComish 7 months ago
I've done similar! I was trying to drink juice at my friend's house and started uncontrollably laughing at her non existent face pulling and hit my head on the kitchen bench on the way down
#14
Kicked a soccer ball too hard fell back broken three of my fingers and got a concussion. Doctor came in and said “banged your noggin?” I thought he was introducing himself and questioned him, “what dr dangernoggin?” Instant diagnosis.
Pheebs 7 months ago (edited)
Broke my toe kicking a soccer ball because another person tried to kick it but missed, and my foot hit the bottom of her foot. My kick was successful, her’s was just in the path. I’ve also broken or dislocated toes walking up and down stairs. Broke the same pinky twice in 4 months the exact same way both times - basketball bounced and hit the tip of my finger. I’m a little accident prone.
#15
2 weeks ago I sprained my knee because my legs were criss cross apple sauce and my fat cat laid on my lap.
Ty Stratton-Quirk 7 months ago
I've taken care of cats for the last 25+ years, and I can say, without a doubt, your cat did that on purpose.
Anne Roberts 7 months ago
Cats like to remind us that they are, indeed, the boss of us.
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Sudeep Sarkar 7 months ago
A Scandinavian guy got 3rd degree burns on his genitals for browsing p**n for three hours in the n**e with the laptop on his lap.
Upstaged75 7 months ago
Anyone else find that description of sitting cross legged funny? We always called it Indian Style when I was a kid, but I know that's no longer PC. :)
Something else we can do to reduce our risk of injuries is to be proactive and work on our balance and strength on a daily/weekly basis, says Hislop.
"There are so many little things we can do. Stand on one foot while cooking. Start with your less dominant side (or the injured side in the past). Park further at the grocery store and carry your bags to the car while working on great posture. Walk up and down stairs every day (without holding the railing). Sit on the floor and stand up without using your arms," she further suggests.
"This may not be possible today, but these can be goals to work towards. Never use age as an excuse. You can always get stronger and have better balance. It takes work, but the benefits are HUGE! I do think about how I want to age - what do I want to be able to do. If you travel the world, there are many areas where people old and young, move well without injury because they move more often and lift heavy things."
#16
I was holding a crate of potatoes and bent over and sneezed, now I have two herniated discs in my back, no function of my bladder or bowels, severe pain, numbness, the list goes on and on.
#17
My dog got out so I took my truck to go catch her. I got out of the truck to get her and forgot to put it in park. Truck dragged me 5 houses down the road. Gave myself 3rd degree burns down my legs. I did get the dog.😂
Shark Lady 7 months ago
My sister went into labour 4 weeks early after running to catch her dog.
MotorcycleDoggo 7 months ago
Friends Dad managed to run himself over in his garage, broke his leg. 18 months later, he did it again.
#18
My husband broke his pinky toe right off the bone while doing a twirl to I Wanna Dance With Somebody by Whitney Houston :)
Michael Largey 7 months ago
Even hardcore atheists concede this incident as evidence that there is indeed a God.
Lazy Panda 2 7 months ago
As someone who broke their little toe in similar circumstances, I feel this! And the nurse just laughed at me, and sent me home. My little toe is so curled that it wasn't worth strapping to the others.
"The more muscle mass we have, the better our bones and organs are protected," Fidder summarizes.
"Muscles essentially act as a cushion. Muscle also plays a key role in stability, posture, and overall functional movement. As we age, improving balance and flexibility becomes just as important for preventing falls and maintaining overall stability. That’s why a proper strength training routine, combined with balance exercises and flexibility training, is crucial for reducing the risk of injuries."
#19
My ex laid on the floor to pet our cat, sneezed and got stuck in some kind of hunchback of Notre Dame position. I had to help her get to the toilet for weeks.
detective miller's hat 7 months ago
I get a pinched nerve in my upper back every now and then, and that is basically what happens. You're stuck in one position because literally any other position hurts too much.
ALittleKnownGoddess 7 months ago
For me it was an innocent-looking piece of paper towel lying on the floor. Now when I see something like that I yell 'Not today, Satan!'
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I dislocated my entire knee while i was asleep and went to physical therapy for a year and a half for it 🙂
Damned_Cat 7 months ago
After a certain age, things like that just happen. There is no why or how.
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murmelinpaiva 7 months ago
I turned my knee sidewise getting off a horse once. Doc said I didn't really need the ACL unless I wanted to ski or play football. Take both feet out of the stirrups before attempting to dismount!
Caffeine72 7 months ago
Done that by rolling over in my sleep when the bottom knee decided not to follow the rest of my body.
#21
My Guinea pig bit my toe. I was on heavy duty painkillers, antibiotics and crutches, with an infected big toe.
Blue Bunny of Happiness 7 months ago
I got pecked by a penguin once. I was jokingly upset that it didn’t get infected as I would have loved to say to a Dr that my injury was caused by a penguin. I said as much to my friend who was a retired pathologist. His prediction was that had I done so, the doctor would have asked if anyone else saw the “penguin”….
Koalalover 7 months ago
My friends mum has guinea pigs and one of them bit her so hard she had to get stitches! (The mum not the guinea pig lol).
Uncle Panda 7 months ago
The web address shows the original title. BP recycles current material under new titles multiple times.
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Went to kick a cat toy, missed, legs go flying up, body goes crashing downwards, landed directly on my wrist trying to catch myself. Completely broke radius, fractured ulna. Dr takes one look at the xray and says “Girl, you fell HARD.”
LauraDragonWench 7 months ago
I side stepped to avoid a cat toy, tripped on another one, broke a couple of toes when they folded under my foot, ran smack into the bookcase in front of me and split my lip, scraped my cheek, and gave myself a black eye.
#23
I accidentally inhaled a fly, it remained in my nose, alive, for hours. Had to go to the hospital for a came down my nose and get it removed.
BrownEyedGrrl 7 months ago
Shudder. A friend was a passenger on a motorcycle. No helmet. A June bug flew into her ear. Surgery. Nightmare fuel.
ʁɨɂɥɒ 7 months ago
Think about the fly, how that fly would be feeling,and what it told to it's family about it's experience inside your nose
Catlady6000 7 months ago (edited)
Reminds of the fish that got thrown back into the water, "...and I saw all my dead relatives..."
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Winter 7 months ago
lol! As a child, I was walking home from school one day, and found something stuck between a couple of teeth.... wiggled it out with my tongue, and (from the taste of it) thought it was a plump currant from a bun I'd bought at the Tuckshop at lunchtime. Still thoroughly enjoying the currant, I suddenly thought "hnag on a second! I didn't buy a bun today! WHAT IS IT??" Spitting into my hand, I discovered I'd been happily chewing on a rather large fly! 😲 I walked the rest of the way home thinking "Erk! Yuk! (it's-only-protein! it's-only-protein! it's-only-protein!) Erk!! Yuk!" - Mum couldn't stop laughing when I sniveled and cried, because I'd eaten a fly! You know what she said, when she finished laughing? She said: "It's only protein, love! You'll be OK!" (and I was.... but.... YUK!)
Lene 7 months ago
An ex once got a piece of meatball up his nose. He didn't really think much about it for a while (he was smoking at the time... a LOT!) Until at some point everything started to smell bad. Then he did some sort of sneez-y thing and it flew out. What a weird thing to experience. And I am glad it happened before I met him. Lol.
#24
I used to work at the Cheesecake Factory and when I was cutting bread for a table one day I cut my hand bad on a pointy shard of bread… not the gigantic bread knife, but the bread itself 🤦🏼♀️
#25
I broke my foot walking. Didn't trip. Didn't get stuck on anything. Just walking.
Ann Morgan 7 months ago
RN here: Ever had yourself checked for possible osteoporosis? It isn't normal to break anything spontaneously...
murmelinpaiva 7 months ago
I broke a metatarsal once walking too fast in flip-flops trying to keep up with my sister.
Jennifer Lynn 7 months ago
broke my ankle, and sprained the other one, while walking too. Mis-stepped partly off of the sidewalk onto grass, it was enough of a change to roll my poor terribly weak ankles. It's the example I use to decline joining karate when my kid's sensei tried to convince me to
Jennifer Lynn 7 months ago
Also many years earlier, sprained/strained both ankles walking in my yard. I swear I stepped in a slight divot, which nobody else could find. I was carrying my 5 week old at the time
Load More Replies... Blue Bunny of Happiness 7 months ago
A colleague of mine ruptured her Achilles’ tendon stepping off a kerb in the hospital car park.
#26
Broke my ankle stepping out of an ambulance that was taking my seizing daughter to the ER.
Gadaffi Duck 7 months ago
Reminds me of when I was 17 and going for x Ray's on My knee cap as I have a displaced patella. Mum asked me to guide her in to a tight parallel parking spot and crushed that very knee between her bumper and the car behinds bumper. At least I saved her no claims bonus lol.
#27
I once gave myself a concussion by sneezing in my sleep and hitting my head on the cinder block wall of my dorm the morning of midterms. And it was the best I ever did on my major exams.
#28
I threw my back out for a month picking up a cucumber I dropped when putting away the groceries. I couldn’t walk, excruciating pain, missed a vacation.
Papa 7 months ago
My back has been going out on me intermittently since I slipped and fell on ice when I was about 14. One of the more memorable times was when it went out when I was taking my socks off.
Ghostshaper 7 months ago
A guy I knew threw his back out on his honeymoon (consummating his marriage). Probably happens a lot.
#29
I hit my elbow in class when I was 14. I fainted, and hit my head on the table behind me. I woke up in a puddle of blood and there was pieces of teeth in my mouth. I had to go to the hospital for stitches on my forehead, and I had 2 teeth infections because of the impact. I still have to go to the dentist because of that 7 years later.
Jen M 7 months ago
Yes, but he/she means specifically for the damage caused to her teeth by the accident. Sheesh.
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Threw my back out getting up from the toilet after peeing 🙃
Geoffrey Scott 7 months ago
Mine was reaching for a pkg of sausage in the store, one of those thigh height coolers.
#31
I once sneezed rice out of my nose and my nostrils hurt for hours afterwards.
Lsai Aeon 7 months ago
I feel this one. I once sneezed chili cheese dog out of my nose. It was hell
Littlemiss 7 months ago
Mine was jello and ice cream. I snorted it out my nose and choked on it at the same time
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My cat once ate a blade of grass that got stuck in her throat. She somehow managed to sneeze it out one nostril. Our vet wrote up the story for a medical publication because it was so weird.
Catlady6000 7 months ago
Sneezed just as I swallowed BBQ corn chips and Dr Pepper. Worse, it was a hard enough sneezethat mess came out my nose. It felt like I had sand blasted my sinuses
#32
I broke my arm in the dryer cause the mechanism that stops the dryer from spinning when you open the door didn't work. I put my hand in it thinking it'd stop. a queen sized comforter wrapped around my wrist and twisted till it snapped.
Geoffrey Scott 7 months ago
My hope is it was a laundromat safety switch, pick up a few bucks that way as well.
#33
I dislocated my shoulder once from throwing a ball for a dog.
arthbach 7 months ago
The best of my dislocations was I was going down a slope, with the dog by my side. I went straight down, she decided to take the diagonal, and I tripped over her, and hurt my knee. It was sore for 6 months. One morning whilst getting ready for work I slipped and fell on my knee. I waited for the pain to come, but there was none. My knee had been partially dislocated for 6 months, SIX MONTHS. It was glorious being pain free again!
Jane Hower 7 months ago
A chiropractor could have made that fix the day after it happened.
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Stygtand 7 months ago
I managed to dislocate my shoulder getting out of bed. I was alone, and it went backwards while i was still lying down. I also managed to dislocate the other shoulder while crawling under at table pulling a cable inside a customers home. It went forward and she learned some new words that day.
MalayDragon 7 months ago
I broke my humerus in three places throwing a dodgeball once. still hit my target though, said to the guy "you're out, and so am I"
#34
Stubbed my toe on an oil heater which caused a wound that infected my whole leg and couldn’t walk for 10 days because it kept getting infected. First day out in the real world again and I broke my front tooth taking nurofen FOR MY TOE.
Cathy Lemay 7 months ago
I did something similar to a finger and ended up at er with cellulitis in my forearm. Many antibiotics later it finally healed but it kept flaring up. Painful and scary.
#35
I broke my ribs from coughing too hard……twice.
Nicola Mawson 7 months ago
Yup. Broken ribs so often I devised my own strapping solution and try carry on with my life
Kurt Schilling 7 months ago
Many years ago, I found out that I had an allergenic reaction to Oak tree pollen. Was mowing a yard in pollen season and started sneezing. Pulled several intercostal muscles in rib cage. Agony.
Ghostshaper 7 months ago
I pulled a rib muscle from coughing. Took a couple of months to heal (might've been a rib fracture, too). Then I pulled another in my back after the first one started to feel better. Worst pain I've ever felt when I sneezed.
Jill Woodhead 5 days ago
Yes same..i had a bad cough after flu..coughed so much that I pulled all the muscles between my ribs..agony..then still coughing with sore ribs!
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I was yawning and stretched at the same time and pulled a muscle in my throat. Could barely swallow anything for a week.
Bored Sailor 7 months ago
After my last neck surgery which higher up my throat has very badly swollen and I can hardly swallow, sometimes to the point where I feel liquid go down. IT SUCKS
#37
Fractured my ankle whilst walking- not running just walking. Also dislocated a disc in my back when I was a teenager because I turned around to talk back to my mum- I say it was karma from being a brat😂
#38
I got frostbite and the tip of my finger fell off… it was summer and no doctor could diagnose me then it just shriveled into a raisin and fell off, it was excruciating.
#39
Got a black eye from trying to open a tube of toothpaste.
#40
I got a stab wound from a knife while in 1st grade bc i was dancing and tripped on an open dishwasher in my grandma’s kitchen.
arthbach 7 months ago
Knives should always be put into dishwashers, and stored, 'sharp pointy bit' down.
Lene 7 months ago
I was once in my kitchen preparing some food. Got really nervous about a bee that was flying around the lamp in the ceiling.... so at some point I had a knife in my right hand, some of my hair was resting on my left arm, so when I lifted the left arm to open up a cupboard to fetch something it fell down from my arm. But I just saw something move right at the corner of my eye, so I got scared and accidently stabbed my left hand with the knife in the right. Still have a scar. 🙈
#41
I got a hernia from a chicken nugget. Literally had to have surgery.
#42
Playing hide n go seak and I was hiding under some cupboards/shelves. The person found me but scared me so bad I jumped up, rammed my head into the corner of the cupboard and cracked my skull 💀😭
#43
Walked into a wall and got a concussion. And had to be driven to the hospital in Halloween makeup... which does not go away with water. I was Jeff the killer.
Auntriarch 7 months ago
My mother fell off her chair into the flower border and cut her hand on a metal hopper head being used for alpines. It was a Raffles Hotel party, so she was accompanied by a flapper, a planter, and the man in the white suit. And a couple of plastic scorpions
#45
I crushed my nerves in my thumb because I put it on the back of a shoe trying to put my feet in the shoe and I fell with it still inside and crushed it 😊 1 year paralysis. The beginning of intense problems yeah 😎
Francesa Miller 7 months ago
I accidentally pressed the belt sander trigger while I was setting it down and caught my thumb between the case and the belt. Crushed a bit of bone. Still hurts a bit several months later.
#46
I have a scar on my eyebrow from burning myself of a grain of rice that leapt out the pan as I was frying it.
Huddo's sister 7 months ago
My brother got a big scar from eating a hot jam doughnut when the jam dripped on his chin
The Dusty Rhino 7 months ago
I have one from testing a pasta shell to see if it was cooked. I dribbled boiling water down my chin.
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Omg I cut myself on a chocolate CAKE!! The cake had a cardboard collar in which liquid icing had been poured and had set, unfortunately it made a sharp edge and when I took the collar off it sliced my entire palm 😖
#48
Broke my knee bc i tried to turn the lights off with my foot.
#49
I tore my knee ligament just dancing in my room and my knee cap popped out- had to go to school the next day with a brace and LIE.
Cerridwn d'Wyse 7 months ago
Patellar dislocations are more common in women than men there's something hormonal there that an orthopedist tried to explain to me years ago but I don't remember the details
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broke two toes trying to scooch a chair in and sat down full force (im quite solid) not realizing my foot was directly under the chair leg 🙃
#51
I tore my meniscus attempting the stanky leg.
#52
I sneezed and I gave myself a herniated disc 😃 couldn’t walk at all for a week.
ALittleKnownGoddess 7 months ago
And... second only to knee caps in the bad body part competition, I give you the disc!
#55
I concussed my self getting in my car too quickly bc I thought I was running 30 min late…I showed up to work 45 min early throwing up unable to be in bright lights..
Shark Lady 7 months ago
I'm amazed they managed to get to work without causing carnage on the roads.
BookFanatic 7 months ago
One of our managers--on her very first day of work--smacked her head on the corner of her car door. Walked it off, came into the building, puked on her new desk in her new office, and ended up being carried out by stretcher. Not sure if I'd want to show my face after that.
#57
Went outside with no shoes in rain, slipped and fell down stairs- was air lifted to a hospital unresponsive. Catheter, intubated and all. Nothing wrong, just my body went into shock mode lmaooo. Not a single scratch when I snapped out of it.
#58
I was pushing a lawnmower and slipped. Caught myself with one hand and caused a radial fracture. Tried getting back up but grabbed the lawnmower for leverage 🤦🏻♀️🙄 fell right back down and broke my elbow 🤦🏻♀️😂
#59
I disclocated my knee and partially blew my ACL while doing an ONLINE chemistry exam. Did it by straightening my leg. Had to get surgery a year after because it wouldn’t heal normally.
#60
I was doing that thing where you lock the car whenever someone tries to open the door and I was doing a dramatic evil laugh and hurt my neck so bad I couldn't turn my head for days.
#61
I was putting on lashes and cut my eye trying to fix them with a spooly brush. Had to go to the eye doctor n everything.
#62
Sneezed and full tore my abdominal muscle wall. Bled internally for a few hours too. 👍 I am not allowed to do sit ups anymore either 😂🧘
#64
When I was a teenager, I jumped over a puddle to avoid slipping and falling and somehow ended up slipping on the dry pavement instead, falling backwards into the puddle, and gave myself a nasty concussion.
#65
Fell down a SINGLE stair. broke my ankle in 7 different places. This was 11 years ago and I still have trouble walking on it.
Blue Bunny of Happiness 7 months ago
Friend of mine took early retirement. Retired on Maundy Thursday. The next day ie Good Friday, she slipped on the third step of her staircase and broke her hip. Good Friday has now been renamed, Bad Friday….
#66
My cousin’s husband injured his neck doing an impression of Thorgy Thor from Drag Race. He needed to go to the doctor. 😂
#67
Broke a toe when I tripped on my bell bottoms trying to run to the living room to watch *NSYNC on the today show….
#68
In high school I was running to the bus, tripped on my sweatpants and knocked myself out in the middle of the road. Bus drove away LOOOOOL. Friend driving through the neighborhood to school found me and thought I was dead😅
#69
I broke my pinky toe seeing how far I could walk with my eyes closed and I ran into a chair.
#70
I'm currently dealing with a pinched nerve from last Thursday because I picked up my cat.
Blue Bunny of Happiness 7 months ago (edited)
Pets are dangerous (but adorable and worth it). I put my back out when two of my rabbits shifted position in the carrier I was holding whilst I was stood waiting to check in at the vets.
#71
My dog clotheslined me with her leash while we were running and I fell and got my leggings fabric stuck in my knee.
N.C. O'Brien 7 months ago
Sounds like a dislocated knee. Knee popped and fabric got trapped I’m assuming
Load More Replies... #72
I completely shattered and permanently destroyed my foot and ankle, breaking multiple bones and tearing over 30 ligaments and tendons, just bc I was trying to show off to an oblivious and innocent 3 year old stranger that I could jump rope faster than her with my cowboy boots on. I was 16 years old.
#73
I once wiped out and got a goose egg head banging to the song bangarang by skrillex. I slipped hit my head on the fish tank a bunch of water spilled out and I face planted. I still can’t live it down to this day.
#74
Forced it too hard and burst a blood vessel in my eye.
Rinso The Red 7 months ago
I had a really bad bought of bronchitis once. I puked so hard that ended up popping blood vessels in both my eyes. If I looked to one side it was just completely red
#75
I pulled a muscle in my back while brushing my hair and sneezing… I was 16… couldn’t breathe/walk properly for a few days.
#76
I dropped a drawing pin/push pin, knelt down to find it & it found my knee. Had to get it out with pliers. Got cellulitis. All this happened just after reassuring my husband I was being careful. 🤷♀️
Beth Wheeler 7 months ago
Yes and very dangerous if you don't get antibiotics for it. I know somebody that ends up in the hospital 2 or 3 times a yr because of it. Her d*****s son almost lost his leg because he did go to a Dr for his. He has had skin grafts because it was so big. It's finally better after 7 yrs I think and he is finally able to look for a job again.
Load More Replies... #77
My sister broke her foot last week when a co-worker clapped as she walked in the room. She was startled and flung herself into a pile of moving boxes. 🤷🏼♀️
Daune Tullina 7 months ago
I broke my pinky toe kicking my brother. I broke and dislocated the same toe years later getting up to fast, losing my balance and kicking a wall. I broke and dislocated the middle toe on my other foot by dropping the corner of a side table on it because I have mild nerve damage in my hands and sometimes my fingers let go of things
#78
I’ve accidentally dislocated some fingers sorting laundry and I’ve also dislocated my wrist trying to open up a pack of paper towels (I have HEDS) lol
#79
Hugged someone and folded a muscle in my neck. Couldn’t move at all, ambulance had to take me to hospital and they doped me up on muscle relaxers until they could manipulate it back.
#80
I was in a dr’s office for some testing (won’t go into deets) and was asked to take off my shoes and socks. While sitting on a chair, I bent down, and my knee let out the most ungodly pop, it was so loud and painful the drs got a little concerned. I initially waved their concern off bc that kind of popping and pain is normal for me, but anyways, days go by and things aren’t getting any better. Went to the drs again, got an MRI, turns out I completely tore my meniscus by trying to take my shoes off.
Motherofguineapigz 7 months ago
I crunched up the cartilage between 3 ribs leaning over to pick up a shoe
#81
Drunk new years night. Went to sit on a camp bed, hit a metal filling box and broken my coccyx. Couldn’t move, no one phoned 999, numb from the waist down. I was given a tall glass of neat vodka with a straw and a medical cigarette. It still aches when it’s damp, decades later. Protect your tail bone!
BrownEyedGrrl 7 months ago
I broke mine about 30 years ago. Nothing they can do. It still hurts.
Tim Douglass 7 months ago
Broke my coccyx at some point in my life. I have no idea when or how, but it showed up on an x-ray when I was in my 40s. Probably in my mountain biking days - or motorcycle days - or sports days.
#82
I slept on one too many pillows and couldn’t turn my head left for dayyyys.
#84
I broke my shoulder lifting a gallon of milk from the fridge at costco to put it on my cart.
Lady Eowyn 7 months ago
I hurt mine the same way, not as badly, just a strain. A gallon of milk weighs 9 pounds. That's more than my dog.
#85
Knocked myself out picking something off the floor and misjudged the desk….woke up to my boss freaking out. 😂
#87
Tore my ACL 2 days before my wedding on a trampoline. All I was doing was jumping. I jumped up and MID AIR my ACL snapped and tore my meniscus. Didn’t have said wedding because of it. 10 years later we’re still married 💙
#88
I went ice skating and dislocated my knee, doesn’t sound too embarrassing, but then I tell people I only made it 2 feet while holding on to the bar on the wall and the only reason I fell was because I accidentally (barely) kicked the skate with my other foot trying to take a step.
#89
I got stuck in a toddler swing and lost almost all circulation in my right leg when I was 17. I couldn't walk right for a year and it caused a lot of nerve damage in my leg 🤣 don't get stuck in swings on dares.
#90
Jumped up and and did the Stuart madtv “look what I can do” leg clap thing couldn’t walk the next day and ended up seeing a specialist & pulled all the muscles and ligaments in my groin lol
Daune Tullina 7 months ago
I burned my eyeball when the curling iron I was using slipped off my bangs and hit my eye. Sometimes I have the reflexes of a sloth Broke my rib having completely normal vanilla missionary s e x with my husband. It was a bad thrust Broke the same ribs years later when my toddlers dog piled on me Again woth my ribs. I tripped whole hold my cat who had passed away. I had placed her in laundry basket, and when I tripped, I fell into the wall abd the force of the basket hitting my chest, broke my ribs. It was my Queen B(itch)es final f$%k you. 6 weeks later, my husband hugged me wro g and reinjured the same rib
Svenne O'Lotta 7 months ago
What's the point of ribs if they're made of cardboard?😆
Load More Replies... #93
I slipped on a silky thing at work. And got a concussion, cervical sprain, shoulder sprain and fractured my nose. 😂
#95
Broke my ribs trying to get my kids balloon off the ceiling. Fell onto the arm of a couch.
#98
I injured my wrist eating ice cream which was followed by 4 weeks of physio, 2 seperate X-Rays and an ultrasound.
#99
My husband put his back out making the bed and couldn’t move for a week. I fell asleep which resulted in an entrapment in my shoulder requiring 6 wks of PT
#100
I gave myself a concussion cuz I misjudged the distance between myself and a shelf. Went right at it forehead first while trying to pick something off of the floor. Literally saw stars. My doctor laughed at me when I explained what happened.
#101
I was doing the Disney knees and one popped and still hurts almost a month later.
#102
A door slammed, broke the top of the ceramic clock over it, the clock fell on my foot, broke my pinky toe, spent a whole night looking for an opened ER (they were all closed wtf) to get told to put ice and not walk on it.
#106
I broke my ankle.. walking off a curb. That’s it.
Beth Wheeler 7 months ago
Lady I used to work with that, 1 morning right in front of me on my our way in. I called my boss, Kim I'm gonna be late because Marie just fell and broke her ankle. Don't punch in I'll put you in at 8:00. Then called MRI where I worked and asked a tech to bring 1 of the big wheelchairs. We took turns pushing her uphill to the ER. After I got her checked in I went and told her boss at the time, Marie is in the ER with a broken ankle.
#108
I jumped in the air and forgot to put my feet back down. Ended up on crutches and in a boot 😩
#109
Dislocated my middle finger missing a high five and slamming it on a desk 🤦♀️
Cassidy Moyes 4 days ago
In high school we had to stand on our numbers when the teacher came out for P.E. I was stubbornly standing on mine while a group of boys played rough soccer with a random water bottle. Two crashed into me and I ended up with a dislocated shoulder thats caused problems my whole life since. Another time I sprained my toe tripping over my sister, next day broke it tripping on my bed frame and on the way to sit down broke it further by tripping over the nightstand and coffee table. My husband on our wedding day tried to jump over our custom aisle runner (pictures printed on it) and he dislocated his knee. Before the ceremony No hiking for us on our honeymoon!
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Luis Hernandez Dauajare 7 months ago (edited)
Weirdest injury: I once got a black eye from a dolphin. In my twenties, I volunteered at a dolphin sanctuary. The dolphins were in an enclosed pen in the sea, tourists can swim with them, as they are trained to do tricks. One of them involved jumping out of the water to "kiss" the trainer standing on a platform. Long story short, my dumb*ss self wanted to impress a cute tourist, the dolphin was still not well trained, and I was leaning too close to the water. Dolphins are freaking strong.
Ahnjunwan 7 months ago
Phew, some accidents here need some investigation. Of bones break for apparantly no reason....that is not good 😨
talliloo 7 months ago
i woud have to agree with this comment. i have had broken bones since childhood from seemingly simple events. wasn't diagnosed until my late 30s that i have a degenerative bone disease that leaves me with somewhat brittle bones. when i would complain to my parents of my bones aching i was told they were 'growing pains'.
Load More Replies... James016 7 months ago
I nearly knocked myself out sneezing. I was lying on my side in bed when I sneezed and it was a big sneeze that came out of nowhere. As I sneezed, I doubled up so my head went forward and headbutted the side of my bedside shelving unit with a lot of force. That was so painful.
BookFanatic 7 months ago
My friend's 15 yr old son tripped over the bathroom rug last week. He broke his leg in 3 places, tore 6 ligaments in his foot, and c*****d his femur. No one else seems to be concerned about the number of broken bones a healthy teenager has from a simple slip-and-fall.
Bill Swallow 7 months ago
Jesus, I thought growing up on a dairy farm in the 60s was dangerous! None of our ancient farm equipment had any safety features to speak of. Exposed spinning shafts, belts and pulleys with no guards, gears with large sharp nasty teeth, pitchforks and the like, manhandling heavy hay bales and sacks of feed - and no serious injuries! Reading this, I think I'll give up office work and go back to farming!
Mel in Georgia 7 months ago
I read that haybales cause a lot of injuries and deaths. Whenever my family sees haybales in a field when we're driving we say, "Watch out! Killer haybales!"
Load More Replies... Lady Eowyn 7 months ago
I gave myself a concussion by hitting my head against my bedroom wall when I was in my 20s. Plain ol' drywall wall. Left a dent in the wall and a bump on my head. Doctor sent me for an overnight sleep study, turns out my brain waves do funky things when I'm asleep.
troufaki13 7 months ago
1. I threw my back out when I sneezed 2. I was standing in my aunt's front porch and I heard a noise behind me. I turned my head to see who it was and I fell spraining my ankle. 3. I broke a tooth when I tried to avoid a tickle from a friend, I tripped over my own foot and fell face down. 4. I dislocated my knee when I tried to pick my 3yo nephew up. We were in the sea and saw a wave coming and I picked him up to "save" him. I lost my balance and fell. Mind you, the wave wasn't that big, and the sea level was mid-calf. 5. I could go on and on 😭🤣🤣🤣🤣
OneHappyPuppy 7 months ago
I was once in a local bakery where a giant of a man was at the register paying for his purchase. He had an eye patch so my first thought was probably took a beating. The cashier knew him and asked him what happened to your eye? His response was, he was bathing his 3mo daughter and she poked him in the eye with her teeny finger that had a teeny nail. Scratched his eye and he was on Abs and therapy for it. Don't judge a book by it's cover I guess...
Luis Hernandez Dauajare 7 months ago (edited)
Weirdest injury: I once got a black eye from a dolphin. In my twenties, I volunteered at a dolphin sanctuary. The dolphins were in an enclosed pen in the sea, tourists can swim with them, as they are trained to do tricks. One of them involved jumping out of the water to "kiss" the trainer standing on a platform. Long story short, my dumb*ss self wanted to impress a cute tourist, the dolphin was still not well trained, and I was leaning too close to the water. Dolphins are freaking strong.
Ahnjunwan 7 months ago
Phew, some accidents here need some investigation. Of bones break for apparantly no reason....that is not good 😨
talliloo 7 months ago
i woud have to agree with this comment. i have had broken bones since childhood from seemingly simple events. wasn't diagnosed until my late 30s that i have a degenerative bone disease that leaves me with somewhat brittle bones. when i would complain to my parents of my bones aching i was told they were 'growing pains'.
Load More Replies... James016 7 months ago
I nearly knocked myself out sneezing. I was lying on my side in bed when I sneezed and it was a big sneeze that came out of nowhere. As I sneezed, I doubled up so my head went forward and headbutted the side of my bedside shelving unit with a lot of force. That was so painful.
BookFanatic 7 months ago
My friend's 15 yr old son tripped over the bathroom rug last week. He broke his leg in 3 places, tore 6 ligaments in his foot, and c*****d his femur. No one else seems to be concerned about the number of broken bones a healthy teenager has from a simple slip-and-fall.
Bill Swallow 7 months ago
Jesus, I thought growing up on a dairy farm in the 60s was dangerous! None of our ancient farm equipment had any safety features to speak of. Exposed spinning shafts, belts and pulleys with no guards, gears with large sharp nasty teeth, pitchforks and the like, manhandling heavy hay bales and sacks of feed - and no serious injuries! Reading this, I think I'll give up office work and go back to farming!
Mel in Georgia 7 months ago
I read that haybales cause a lot of injuries and deaths. Whenever my family sees haybales in a field when we're driving we say, "Watch out! Killer haybales!"
Load More Replies... Lady Eowyn 7 months ago
I gave myself a concussion by hitting my head against my bedroom wall when I was in my 20s. Plain ol' drywall wall. Left a dent in the wall and a bump on my head. Doctor sent me for an overnight sleep study, turns out my brain waves do funky things when I'm asleep.
troufaki13 7 months ago
1. I threw my back out when I sneezed 2. I was standing in my aunt's front porch and I heard a noise behind me. I turned my head to see who it was and I fell spraining my ankle. 3. I broke a tooth when I tried to avoid a tickle from a friend, I tripped over my own foot and fell face down. 4. I dislocated my knee when I tried to pick my 3yo nephew up. We were in the sea and saw a wave coming and I picked him up to "save" him. I lost my balance and fell. Mind you, the wave wasn't that big, and the sea level was mid-calf. 5. I could go on and on 😭🤣🤣🤣🤣
OneHappyPuppy 7 months ago
I was once in a local bakery where a giant of a man was at the register paying for his purchase. He had an eye patch so my first thought was probably took a beating. The cashier knew him and asked him what happened to your eye? His response was, he was bathing his 3mo daughter and she poked him in the eye with her teeny finger that had a teeny nail. Scratched his eye and he was on Abs and therapy for it. Don't judge a book by it's cover I guess...
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