Lourdes Injury Update: Oscar Harnstrom
Lourdes is a World Cup that will be remembered for its tremendous brutality and of the hundreds of spills some would inevitably pay a heavier price than others. One of the biggest diggers of the weekend was undoubtedly Swedish sender, Oscar Harnstrom, who hit the deck over the gully gap in the kind of crash that puts you off your dinner (last clip in the video).
The good news is he was well taken care of by the medics, his HS Racing team mates Lorenzo Suding and Markus Hansson as well as the good folks at Tarbes emergency department. He's now doing fine after some surgery on his arm which looks like it rather needed some attention.
The Pila resident lives to huck and we're sure he'll be right back to his good old self in no time...
Get well soon, Oscar, from all at PB.
The good news is he was well taken care of by the medics, his HS Racing team mates Lorenzo Suding and Markus Hansson as well as the good folks at Tarbes emergency department. He's now doing fine after some surgery on his arm which looks like it rather needed some attention.
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 The accident came at an unfortunate time as Harnstrom was making his way up the ranks on his qualy run. 10th fastest at split 1 and pinning to an incredible 6th before disaster struck. |
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| Certainly not a hairline fracture... |
 | I was having a great time riding in Lourdes, it was my kind of track super wide and lot's of line choice. The natural terrain made it fun to try to find transitions and sneaky hidden lines. I was enjoying a good run in the qualy and on the canyon section gap, I guess I went too far right and my tires got slapped to the side by something just before the lip. I fell like a sack of sh*t, fracturing my radius really badly. It took the rescue team over an hour to get me into the ambulance but I promise I didn't cry! I was lucky to get operated right away after checking into the Hospital in Tarbes, 20 km from Lourdes. The hand-specialist surgeon was present, but when I saw him in the operation room I wasn't so stoked. He was really big and scary with blood stains all over his face and on his shirt. They the three weirdest and longest hours of my life, but at least my radius was back in line. I'm now keeping the dream alive, sleeping a lot! Can't wait to heal up! Oscar Harnstrom - HS Racing |
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| Definitely broken... Oscar Harnstrom's arm before and after some significant metalwork. |
The Pila resident lives to huck and we're sure he'll be right back to his good old self in no time...
Get well soon, Oscar, from all at PB.
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Also: I don't have a wife. What the hell would I do?!?
I'd rather switch the shower on to be honest and have it jet washed. ;-)
I am glad they got you to a hand surgeon because here in America with our shitty HMO insurances, my GF was sent to an orthopedist who focused on shoulders, elbows and forearms, when really a radius break there is a wrist problem.
My GF's bone was reset well by the ER doctors and she avoided surgery and plates such as he has now, plates are nice for the bones alignment and general pain reduction, but the surgry and hardware are bad for the tendons (some have to be cut out of the way to install the plates).
Next month she goes in for surgery on the soft tissue that was torn (it wont heal on its own and causes alot of pain and swelling) as the ulna ripped through the pinky side of her wrist and hand, much like the picture in the bottom left.
My last question is about the ulnar styloid, which is commonly broken as well, it looks like the surgeon hasnt removed the floating chunk of bone from where the ulnar styloid broke off top right picture.
Best of luck
TLDR: My GF had this break almost 8 months ago and goes in for another surgery this coming month, it has to be one of the most painful debilitating breaks I have ever seen, and professionals will tell you its worst than an acl injury.