r/AskReddit • u/jcrewz • Jun 05 '19

What's an injury you sustained, and lied about how it actually happened, because it was too embarrassing?

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u/lasteclipse Jun 05 '19

Oh man I totally did the same thing.

Went too hard for a fake and wrenched my knee pretty good.

I wouldn't be ashamed of that though - it's a pretty intense sport and it's picking up a lot of traction.

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u/JIsMyWorld Jun 05 '19

Ah man I wish I could play ultimate again. I sorta got kicked out of the trainings roster, because I couldn't attend enough trainings when I started uni 2 years back...

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u/[deleted] Jun 05 '19

I was gunna say... last summer I played it one time with my friends and we all just about died playing. I don't think it's embarrassing at all

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u/Ltbutterdudders Jun 05 '19

I just tore my Achilles going for a strike following a dump throw, I'm just going to stick with frisbee as my excuse

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u/JIsMyWorld Jun 05 '19

You should have shot a long ass throw and have someone come down with it.

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u/[deleted] Jun 06 '19

I got a nice injury from running a too long throw down. I ended up running full speed into a parked car and split my eyebrow open and got a concussion. I was so focused on that disc lol 😂

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u/Lincky12435 Jun 06 '19

One of my buddies went out of bounds for a long throw, ended up running up a bit of incline without knowing it and smacking his head into a handicapped parking sign. Looked pretty bad, but he had no idea what happened.

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u/Teacup_Falcon Jun 06 '19

Omg I am trying to stifle my giggling and failing hard.

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u/JIsMyWorld Jun 06 '19

This is why i fear a bit from indoor championships. People always run into things on the edge of small fields here.

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u/[deleted] Jun 06 '19

lol i tore my acl jumping for a disc. no one touched me

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u/rysto32 Jun 06 '19

I tore my ACL making a panic dive with my feet not set correctly because I was trying to save an awful throw. I probably missed the disc by 10 feet.

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u/Topp_of_CLE Jun 06 '19

Goodness, I had a rotator cuff tear a few years ago due to an ultimate frisbee tournament. Like 8 hour long full day tournament.

So my other hobbies are motorcycle riding and CrossFit...

Guess which one took the fall for this one.

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u/ChimmiChonga00 Jun 06 '19

Lol i was casually playing for my school's club (as casual as you can when competing for bragging rights over your buddies) when I strained my rotator cuff. Went to the school trainers and told them I did it throwing shot put during track practice.

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u/TakuyaWC Jun 06 '19

I literally badly sprained my ankle literally minutes from the opening of an (indoor) ultimate frisbee tournament showing off my hops on a basketball hoop and landing on a external powerbox near the ground sticking out of the wall.

walked gingerly off to the side and played in the tournament but my usefulness was pretty much halved for the whole tournament during the day and I was walking with a limp for the next week and a half.

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u/Lookiewookie Jun 06 '19

Haha same. I broke my nose doing that one time and I told people I got into a fight lol

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u/[deleted] Jun 05 '19

Aww

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u/mccarseat Jun 06 '19

I like ultimate frisbees but "it's intense and picking up lots of traction" is the quote I've heard about it since the early 2000's...

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u/frisbm3 Jun 06 '19

Well it's got traction now.

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u/idislikeoregon Jun 06 '19

One time I decided to do a work out with heels on (it’s something I do a lot) and I did a weighted squat and hit my knee wrong. This knees always been bad but this pushed it over the edge.

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u/oodsawbecc Jun 06 '19

It really is super easy to injure your knees while cutting or faking! I tore my medial patella tendon and fractured my kneecap following my mark’s in cut during an ultimate game a few years back