It’s a memory I repress. I can’t quite remember when I got indoctrinated to the Freak Shoulder Fraternity. I’m thinking in ’06, nearly three years to this day in fact. That’s the photo of my freak shoulder there. The photo was taken yesterday. Still ugly, I know. The diagnosis, a 3rd or 4th degree separation. Surgery would’ve been for cosmetic reasons only. So now I walk around with one arm slightly longer than the other. No biggie. Lance and Matt (Tyler Farrar and Stuart O'Grady too) should know it still works okay, but smarts now and then. Although the chick appeal is gone. My wife now gets a heebie jeebie shiver when she runs her hands across my shoulders and hits the freak bump. It happened while pre-riding the Ohio Valley Spring Road Race Series course at Hueston Woods. My left foot pulled out of my cheapo Ritchey pedal. Knee hit handlebars. Bars crossed up. I drilled myself into the pave’ at probably close to 30mph. It had to be the most painful injury ever. I back that up with a torn ACL, a broken wrist, a meniscus tear and a childhood gash to the forearm from a metal file.
Yesterday we heard the news of Lance Armstrong breaking his collarbone in Spain and TV's Matt Lauer injuring his shoulder doing a dodge the deer dive. Today Lance and Lauer, O'Grady and Farrar, we welcome you with our open freak arms to The Freak Shoulder Fraternity. Enjoy the Percocet while it lasts. Print, clip and use your ID card (below) for great discounts at physical therapy clinics across the world. We’ll see you in six to eight weeks.
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Welcome to the club Andy!
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