Wish him luck. <BR> <BR>Last night Allen landed a grande scarerow in the flats. He landed wrong, causing the board to stop abrubtly which fractured the top of his tibia at the knee/knuckle. They admitted him last night for surgery this morning.

good luck allen.

Yikes! Wishing you best for a healthy recovery Allen. <BR> <BR>That is one of those tricks that has injured quite a few people. Seems most of them take out their tibula/fibula too.

WOW....OUCH..... <BR> <BR>Best wishes for a fast, complete and painless recovery.

good luck Allen. <BR> <BR>that sucks

good luck Allen,best wishes for fast recovery.

My thoughts go out to Allen. I hope his surgery and recovery are quick and painfree. The tibial plateau is the same as I broke 9 weeks ago. Thankfully I did not require surgery. <BR> <BR>Good luck to you Allen.

Sucks Allen! <BR>Hope everything goes well and you heal up fast.

Good luck Allen. Recover fast, drink milk, ride hard.

good luck. i fractured the tibial plateau (topside of tibia) but it was non-displaced so i didn't need surgery to put the pieces back. <BR> <BR>i was meaning to do ts o/a 5's but was actually doing scarecrows with a handle pass. the scarecrow rotation did me in. <BR> <BR>good luck to Allen, good news is that it heals relatively quickly and will be strong. gotta work all the neighboring small muscles.

wow.. <BR> <BR>best of luck Allen.. wish you a very speedy recovery!

Good luck Allen!

That Sucks Allen, good luck and I hope you have a speedy recovery!

Allen, take it easy and heal fast. Here's wishing you a fast recovery.

hope all goes well heal up fast.

that sucks

That's some bad mojo, just when summer's coming on. Hope you get better quickly.

bummer, best of luck and wishes toward a speedy recovery.

Sorry to hear this! Had a buddy do the same thing on a b-roll last summer. <BR> <BR>Good luck WakeWorld bro.

Best wishes for a speedy recovery

best of luck

I'm pretty sure I should be a doctor.... I diagnosed that thing right there in the emergency room. The doc was telling Al that he thought he tore all the ligaments and I was going "hmmm, that looks like a tibia plateau fracture". I think that's how you know you've been around wakeboarding too much. LOL!!! I guess Al got his wish. He told the nurse that he wanted it to be a broken bone instead of ligament damage because it heals faster. She thought he was crazy. She was like "your not really going to ride again after this?" Al looked at her like she was nuts. <BR> <BR>Good luck, Al... I guess that's one way to get out of going to so-cal to see the family. Heal up quick, bro.

Good luck Allen! Hope you have a fast recovery. <IMG SRC="http://www.wakeworld.com/MB/Discus/clipart/happy.gif" ALT=":-)" BORDER=0>

Best wishes for a fast recovery!!!

That sucks to hear about Allen. Good luck with the recovery. <BR> <BR>Evan, you should market yourself as an official Delta Doctor. I think I see a career change in your future........lol. <BR> <BR>Tibia plateau fractures are no fun. That is exact reason I will be wearing my CTi for racquetball and wakeboarding for a loooooong time. Kind of sucks for some people (like me) knowing they will probably need knee replacement later on in life. <BR> <BR>T

Best Wishes Al. <BR> <BR>The 'crow is what took me out too back in oct.

CIE EVAN, very funny. i broke mine in groveland florida and the emergency room doc was all, "you probably tore ligaments, nobody EVER breaks the knee" yea, X-rays told a different story. ought to put wakeboard photos in medical books.

Sorry to hear that!!!! Good luck Bro!!! Wish you the best!!!!!

As everyone else said.. wish you the best to a fast recovery! <BR> <BR>See you at spring ride next week

That's terrible news, give him our best. <BR> <BR>How long for it to heal up?

Best of luck to you Allen for a speedy and thorough recovery. <BR> <BR>Would a CTI brace really help prevent this sort of break? They are custom fit, yes? We have three at our house. Maybe it's time to donate one to someone because we do not need all three.

It happens to all of us at some point. good luck and hope for a speedy recovery. My bud did the same thing, you'll be back soon enough.

Ouch man, good luck.

The problem with tibial plateau fractures is not putting any weight on them for a while. Most doc's will require non-weight bearing until the bones heal. Then he'll need to get his ROM back. Hopefully Allen does not have any further damage other than the bones. <BR> <BR>Does anyone know how his surgery went?

Heal up quick Allen, summer's only around for so long.

Timmay.... He was wearing a CTI on that knee when it happened. There goes that theory, eh?

Best wishes and heal fast Allen!!!

Good luck Allen !

And to think you were just at the slider jam last weekend killin it... Thankfully it wasn't more serious, and you'll still be able to ride again. I was looking forward to seein' you ride this weekend. Let us know if there's anything Gary or I can do for you guys! We'll miss ya tomorrow. ;(

sorry to hear this...i tore my mcl last year and thought it was the end of the world ....but u will get through it...take care, take it easy, and get lots of rest...good luck...mario

Good luck Al...hope you will still be @ Spring Ride

Thanks for all the support guys. I visited Allen. He's doing well. Hopefully we can post the xrays. He's got 4 screws.

get well soon Allen<img src="http://www.wakeworld.com/MB/Discus/clipart/smile.gif" border=0>

Good luck Allen. As a Radiographer and a Wakeboarder Tib / Fib injuries are always on my mind. Unfortunately Knee Braces don’t always help this injury. <BR> <BR>Here is a MR image of a Tibia injury post surgery. Again, Recover well Allen. <BR> <BR><img src="http://www.wakeworld.com/MB/Discus/messages/65919/441607.jpg" alt="Upload">

Best wishes Allen. Speedy recovery.

Hey guys, <BR> Thanks for all of the kind words and well wishes. Still in a lot of pain and the doc said NO!!!! weight for 4-6 weeks. He said there was alot of trauma to the bone surface and to the MCL. He trimed up my MCL and put two screws about 3" long toward the top and two more bout 2.5" down lower. They have me in a ROM machine right now they don't want the scar tissue to build up. <BR>It's injurys like this and the fact that I have been in surgry twice in 6 months that make me wonder if the risk is worth it. My initial thought is that it is but the fact that I can't carry my baby girl around the house for 6 weeks just plain sucks. So we'll see hopefully the pain goes away soon. <BR> And hell yes I will be at CIE Spring Ride, You ever seen a drunk guy on Vicodine HAHAHAHA <BR>Thanks guys see you soon, I'll be the driver. <BR>Al

<blockquote><hr size=0><!-quote-!><font size=1><b>quote:</b></font><p>You ever seen a drunk guy on Vicodine HAHAHAHA<!-/quote-!><hr size=0></blockquote> <BR> <BR>quite a few times actually! good stuff.. <BR> <BR>glad to hear your in good spirits! get well soon!

Listen to the doc (mostly), and speedy recovery!

damn bro. sorry to hear the bad news. see you soon and best wishes from Liz and I.

I broke mine my Tibia Plato clean off in 2003. 2 Surgery's and 4month PT, took nearly a year to recover, and 1.5 till I was 100%. Not trying to shed bad light on this, only that I can fully relate to the injury. <BR> <BR>Best of luck Allen! <BR> <BR>oh yea, here were my screws... <BR><img src="http://www.wakeworld.com/MB/Discus/messages/65919/441753.jpg" alt="Upload">

Hang in there Allen,the sooner you get better the sooner you get to carry your little girl around. <BR> <BR>Man that broke my heart when you said that. <BR> <BR> <BR>BTW make sure you get the real Vicodin,that generic stuff is just not the same.<img src="http://www.wakeworld.com/MB/Discus/clipart/proud.gif" border=0>

my buddy broke his tibia plateau and had miniscus damage a few years ago. he was back up in 3 months (i think) and is riding better than ever (no post-op issues), and riding mx as well.

Hey guys <BR>here are a few pics of my tibia sorry about the quality but taking pictures of X-rays is not that easy. I think the screws are about the size as the ones above. <BR><img src="http://www.wakeworld.com/MB/Discus/messages/65919/442037.jpg" alt="Upload"> <BR>The black line is where the fracture is <BR><img src="http://www.wakeworld.com/MB/Discus/messages/65919/442038.jpg" alt="Upload"> <BR>The four screws there are two toward the top you can't seee the back one <BR><img src="http://www.wakeworld.com/MB/Discus/messages/65919/442039.jpg" alt="Upload"> <BR>The scope hole and the cut

Doesn't seem like a lot of swelling. That's good, it will probably cut your heal time:-)

Thats my boy, and I thought you learned from me when I did mine.... guess not. You saw me through mine, and I was back on the water in a couple months. You're definitely lucky it wasn't your ACL or any other ligaments and just the bone. You'll be back sooner than you think, especially your stupid A@@. See ya this weekend if not sooner.

Just remember, scars are tattoos with better stories. Get well soon.

Nice!

All our crew sends best wishes healing up.

Jason R is right...lucky it's only the bone. I tore both the inner and outer ligaments as well as the bone fracture. ACL though was strong and thankfully or I would have had multiple surgeries to fix everthing.

So sorry to hear about this Allen!! We're hoping you heal sooner than expected and that the pain goes away quick! <BR> What is it about scarecrows??!!

Get better man. Britt says she hopes you feel better soon as well. <BR> <BR>(Message edited by kaben on May 01, 2007)

Wow, from my novice point of view, it looks like a clean repair job.

Allen, <BR> <BR>Hang in there homie, The family wishes you nothing but a fast &amp; speedy recovery. I am glad to see you are keeping your spirits up &amp; I'll be sure to make some beer runs for ya @ CIE Spring Ride ;)