broken and wanting to skydive

[hobbes4star 0]

so 2 weeks ago i was go-cart racing and was involed in a minor accident. needless to say i believe that i may have broken or at least cracked the rib on my left side that is right underneath my cutaway handle. so i have taken two weeks off and for the most part the rib does not hurt to bad.
but i am uncertan if i should try an attempt to skydive. i am jumping a 150 spectra with very nice openings. my loading is 1.2. i need opinions does this sound like something i should try or should i give it another couple of weeks??

if fun were easy it wouldn't be worth having, right?

[hookitt 1]

Which answer would you prefer

Hell no!!! give your self time to heal
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I think you can land just fine with a punctured lung I say go for it!
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What could possibly go wrong? Go for it.
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What do you mean, for the most part it doesn't hurt? If it does open hard, can you handle it?
If you do crash land, can you handle it?

We can't answer that for you

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[TOTALCHAOS127 0]

you know your not goin to wait so just jump and see how bad it hurts

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you know your not goin to wait so just jump and see how bad it hurts

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[Frenchy68 0]

"cracked the rib on my left side that is right underneath my cutaway handle"

I'd suggest resting it until the cutaway handle is able to make it back to your right side

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[airdvr 210]

Wow...cracked ribs suck. I did that a few years back skiing and it took forever to heal. How bad is it? Mine kept waking me up when I'd roll over in my sleep. It wouldn't have been the opening shock that would have hurt near as bad as the moving around in the plane.

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[VectorBoy 0]

I know several people and have myself face-planted hard vertical into the pond. No cracks, no brakes just a compression in most of the above cases.
Seems taking at least two weeks off was the way to go. I was still sore during a single jump after the two weeks and took another two weeks before resuming.

[domesuzie 0]

Try jumping off a chair, if it hurts don't jump from anything higher.
When I broke my rib I waited about three weeks, one jump convinced me to wait another two weeks, continued to make one jump every two weeks or so till it stopped hurting.

[argon 0]

First and foremost,without an XRay-you really don't know what happened. I used to do ALOT of 125 Shifter Kart racing and broke two ribs(xray confirmed). I couldn't even take a deep breath for over a week and had to have chest PT to prevent pneumonia. That type of racing causes alot of cartilage damage in the chest also-feels similar to cracked ribs. Believe me-if you had a broken rib you wouldn't even consider driving to the DZ. Be that as it may-WHY push the issue,ever hear of a spontaneous pneumothorax-you have to remember altitude is an issue here also. Relax,get well and jump your ass off. If you don't care about yourself-how about the people you are sharing the sky with. It doesn't make sense to me-100% or stay home.

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[Nightingale 0]

go get an x-ray.

you could have broken a rib, or you could have "sprung" a rib, which feels similar, but is an entirely different problem. you could probably jump with the latter problem, but let the former heal.

[TribalTalon 0]

i think i "sprung" a rib, but i dunno.. i jumped 11 times and it didnt really bother me that bad.. it hurt but the adrenaline over ruled it. i will tell you what tho, if i lay down on my back tears start to come to my eyes and i cannot even move at all. i was at the dz and decided to lay down on my back and i couldnt even breathe, i had to ask somebody to help me up. haha.

[Staso 0]

suck it up and jump !

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[airgord 1]

Do not jump Dustin, it's not worth making it worse.
Get to the doc and have it looked at.
ps your cutaway is on your RIGHT side dude.