Thread: The frail human body, how easily it's hurt......

Originally Posted by sheerluck

Davo, like I said in my first post, and many other posters have said the same thing, the number of backs that are hurt by just ridiculous things is nuts. Picking up an envelope, tying a shoelace, sitting in a chair.....

Not a single story of "I was abseiling down the side of the Matterhorn when.....", or "it was my third attempt at lifting 250kg in the World Championships....", or "my parachute failed to open fully at 5000ft......"

But hey, that's 100,000 years of evolution for you

And Davo, without wanting to sound like your wife, make sure you get your back checked.

Yes, dear!

Well, at least I was working on a Land-Rover both times. That's got to be worth something.

And yes, having read all of these stories, I'll be off to the doctor next week as this could be either worse than it feels, or made worse by falling off a chair or something.

Originally Posted by sheerluck

It's always good to hear the positive stories Rick, particularly as we're of the same era (I'm the wrong side of 40 too).

I worked with a superb physio where I lived before and I busted my knee 3 years ago (it's now an hours drive away, that is not something I can handle). He worked with the Brisbane Broncos part time, and when he was finished with me, I had not only regained the lost 2.5inches of muscle at the thigh, but I was back up to being able to comfortably run 5kms on the treadmill. He was good.

Yep, a goodun is worth their weight in gold.

My bloke did Chiro for three years at Uni before switching to Sports Physio, but he's also done that many fringe lectures/workshops, etc. so draws from a lot of fields and has a brain, which I loved.
He really thinks outside the square.

Unfortunately he's 4.5-5 hours away these days, a little bit far for a minor tweakt but if anything majorish, like not being able to walk the day after playing touch a couple of years ago, I was on the phone, pronto ! (and we did a ten minute, over the phone consult/diagnosis )

Originally Posted by Brian Hjelm

Sounds like a clear case of employer negligence to me and a nice little court case for compensation.

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now now, why run to the lawlers. Yes the employer should have replaced the chairs, BUT the staff should have the nouse not to use them. Why it always the employers fault.....because they are perceived to be making all the loot and an easy target. Why not fine the staff for knowingly using something that they know is broken.

Sheerluck, I'm not having a go at you, in my book that's life. We are all guilty of what you are saying. For most of our lives we have a win, but sometimes we have a loss. It's then in hind sight the do gooders want to crucify someone and say I told you so. Where if they were honest with themselves, they do potentially risky stuff all the time at work, at home, or they must do nothing.

Originally Posted by newhue

now now, why run to the lawlers. Yes the employer should have replaced the chairs, BUT the staff should have the nouse not to use them. Why it always the employers fault.....because they are perceived to be making all the loot and an easy target. Why not fine the staff for knowingly using something that they know is broken.

Sheerluck, I'm not having a go at you, in my book that's life. We are all guilty of what you are saying. For most of our lives we have a win, but sometimes we have a loss. It's then in hind sight the do gooders want to crucify someone and say I told you so. Where if they were honest with themselves, they do potentially risky stuff all the time at work, at home, or they must do nothing.

Jason, your post pretty much follows my views. The chairs we were using weren't perceived to be dangerous. We found it amusing. If, for example, you saw someone using a piece of heavy machinery without a safety guard, you would not stand and laugh. You inherently know that has the ability to cause major harm, and you run as fast as you can to get the user to stop doing what they are doing, and report it to the appropriate department. Your mind can easily connect the dots between use and harm.

Sometimes, however, an event falls into the realm of "how the **** did that happen". No employer could reasonably foresee, without the use of a crystal ball, the event which hurt their employee. But those employees still go screaming off to the lawyers anyway.

I had an event like that. The knee injury I touched on above, was officially a work related injury. The short version of the story was that I fell off a 60cm high kerb in Vietnam, whilst working there. Tore 2 ligaments, cartilage, meniscus and broke a hole through the centre of my knee cap. On crutches for 5 months, one operation, and several months of physio.

That to me fell into the **** happens scenario, and no thought ever entered my mind to seek legal advice. What was there to sue for? I was being paid, my expenses were being met, and every couple of weeks, a basket of fruit turned up at home!

Originally Posted by sheerluck

Noooooooooooooooo!! Kill me now! I would rather watch endless episodes of "The Bold and the Beautiful" than even so much as a minute of Tony Abbott, or Julia Gillard on the TV.

[Not intended as a political statement, just a comment on my hatred of endless party political broadcasts in the run up to election time]

I could call in the way home from work

Mrs hh

Originally Posted by The ho har's

I could call in the way home from work

Mrs hh

Be more than welcome Mrs HH, kettle would always be on.

Might even be able to rustle up a biccie or two

Originally Posted by sheerluck

Be more than welcome Mrs HH, kettle would always be on.

Might even be able to rustle up a biccie or two

You didn't even get offered a biscuit with your water when you came round,did you Mrs HH? I shall give myself a good slapping and find an online manners course.

And finally, some 11 weeks after the original injury, I'm lying here browsing the forum from the discomfort of Greenslopes Hospital, now permanently half an inch shorter. Hopefully be able to move enough to get home on Friday.

Originally Posted by sheerluck

You didn't even get offered a biscuit with your water when you came round,did you Mrs HH? I shall give myself a good slapping and find an online manners course.

And finally, some 11 weeks after the original injury, I'm lying here browsing the forum from the discomfort of Greenslopes Hospital, now permanently half an inch shorter. Hopefully be able to move enough to get home on Friday.

Hope it all gets better soon, though it will take a while

Looks like you will be looking at the ceiling again when you get home

Take care and I hope for a quick recovery

Mrs hh