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So, the concussion I received from what I imagine would have been a bloody funny crash, had I been watching and concious, has faded. Unfortunately, the back pain hasn’t.

Getting a man to run his hands up and down my back for 10 minutes plus some light radiation (a round about way of saying a Doctor x-rayed me) revealed I had torn a ligament off my spine, and the surrounding muscle was staying stiff due to it.

Luckily, some good physiotherapy combined with a couple of fun drugs helped, and I was told today my spine and the estranged ligament had made their peace and decided to get back together.

1 to 2 weeks recovery, so I guess I’ll take it easy dirtbiking this coming week…

It’s interesting, and rather painful. On the ride home yesterday a dog decided to attack my back wheel as I was going over a jump. 5 seconds of sideways/upside down flight later, the bike landed on my head and I blacked out for about 1 or 2 minutes. I know this cause some guy who was walking HIS dog was a long way away when I went down the road, and next thing I knew he was helping me up.

Anyways, waking up with significantly less skin on my shoulder and leg, I was the proud owner of a busted back (which is in fact causing me serious problems) and a concussion.

Ow.