Remy Metailler Fractures 3 Vertabrae While Riding with Kilian Bron
Remy Metailler has shared news on his Instagram of an injury he sustained while riding with Kilian Bron last week. He says he was unsure about a line that Kilian had taken and so he stopped on a little bridge before it to be cautious. He then lost his balance, falling into a dry creek and hitting a rock with his back.
He initially thought he had broken his hip, but X-rays showed that he had 3 fractures on the trasversales vertebraes of L1, L2 and L3.
 | @Kilianbron came at home for a few days of shredding and it started great! The first day was epic. I rode hard but within my comfort zone. At the end of the ride it was getting too dark so I decided to take it very easy. We were done filming so we slowly headed back to the truck. I followed Kilian and was not sure about a line he took so I stopped on a little bridge to be cautious, but somehow lost my balance... I tried to land on the side but fell into a small dry creek and hit a rock with my back. Such an awkward fall. I'm so upset at myself. It felt like I may have broken the top of my hip. After accessing the situation I walked down to the road as my spine seemed fine and it was late. We pedalled slowly back to the car and stopped at the Squamish Hospital where they did an Xray for my pelvis. No fractures were found. I woke up the next day with a violent pain in my right butt cheek so went for a scan in Whistler the next day. The doctor found 3 fractures on the trasversales vertebraes of L1,L2,L3 which are not too concerning even though two are displaced. Unfortunately the pain when moving a certain way was so crazy that we went to Lions Gate Hospital to check more things and I missed @yoannbarelli's wedding. Bummed (yes, cool joke) but I could not even sit in @svanderhoek's car to get there. It felt like I was getting electrocuted and my butt muscle were burning from the inside. Good news, the pain is caused by the nerve being pinched and has gone down a lot as the inflammation reduces. Living alone does not help but, hey thanks Kilian for helping me putting my undies on... Thanks to all my friends and sponsors for being there for me. I'll be back in a few weeks but fortunately have a lot of cool content already filmed. |
Wishing you all the best with your recovery Remy!
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I would venture to guess he probably meant to say transverse process fracture in his translation. The transverse processes serve as muscular attachment points and either the muscle strains or the bone fails. In the realm of spinal trauma, these are considered minor injuries and treated conservatively with rest and rehabilitation. When I used to take spine call at my trauma center, I would love and hate to get these consults. Love because they're easy to address,and hate....well... because they're easy to address and didn't really need a spine surgery consultation.
Considering the crazy rides they all do, and the amount of preparation that they put into the riding to be safe as possible.
It’s almost like the brain switching off if the feature is not difficult.
Take it from an old guy, let it heal properly.
Otherwise you will have the problem for years to come, instead of just a few weeks or months.
Heal up Remy , all the best.
I had a huge crash on Cake Walk and went to the squamish hospital. There they told me it was just bruising and i was to go home. Fortunately there was a nurse there doing a transfer from VGH. She took one look at me and said “no, he’s coming with me”. I had a full siren ambulance transfer down the highway to VGH where they found I had several spinous process fractures and a softball size hernia on my right flank acquired immediate surgery. I spent eight days in the ICU in three months recovering. Buncha clowns at that hospital
Go crazy?
DON'T MIND IF I DO!
No matter which lap you get hurt on, it’s the last lap whether or not your plan was to be done afterwards.
Seems like a few UCI and EWS riders this year had vertebral injuries. Best wishes to them be all.
Wait, never mind. It doesn’t matter and I don’t give a crap. This is a wholly inappropriate place to air whatever imaginary beef you have with a pro rider.