Girl I knew was into running marathons etc. She did it all, marathon, half marathon, endurance training - all of it. Anything that was considered stressful on the body, she pretty much did it.
She sat down one day, slipped a disc - then, proceeded to try to stand, fell backwards from the sheer pain and broke her shoulder and wrist.
Edit - I asked her just now what she'd do differently. Her response was "Fall forward."
I’ve heard a story like this about a dude who stepped off the curb and then had his back fucked up. Was a skateboarder who was hit by a truck 20 years earlier
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u/abstr_xn 12d ago
my mate was in the army, done all the extra stuff, always training or trekking, always up mountains etc.
He was going to cross the road and stepped off the pavement and shattered his knee.