Originally Posted by
jefnvk
Far easier to break a wrist trying to catch yourself than a collarbone landing on the meaty part of your shoulder. I've played enough sports that just landing the soft spots and rolling is natural though. Of course, it is much harder to do in a high speed wreck, but from a low speed topple over I am aiming to land on my side.
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/24/w...y-to-fall.html
I managed to get a grade 2 AC separation just rolling over in bed. There is a permanent dent in my shoulder -and- cartilage damage from ligament scarring that will hurt for life -and- bills for an MRI and 3 months of physical therapy, because I rolled over in bed. The people here talking about their AC separations after falling off a bike are grade 4 and 5 and they are discussing surgery options. No thanks, I'm not going to try and land on my shoulder. I don't want the grade 4 and 5 that seems to result from falling off a bike.